The Supreme Court on April 19 sought replies of the Centre and the Assam government on a plea challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, meant to operationalise and regulate the process of grant of Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 31, 2014.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice J.B. Pardiwala took note of the submissions of a lawyer representing petitioner Hiren Gohain, a Guwahati resident, and issued notices to the State government and the Union ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs.
The top court also ordered that the fresh plea be tagged with those pending on the issue.
