Justice Markandey Katju writes: The Indian Government recently notified the rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). The CAA gives fast-track citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before December 31, 2014. Critics of the CAA say that the exclusion of Muslims from those who will get its benefit is discriminatory, and hence violative of Article 14 of the Indian Constitution.
The United States said on Thursday that it is “concerned” about the notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in India, adding that it is “closely monitoring” the implementation of the act. “We are concerned about the notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on March 11,” US State Department Spokesperson, Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily briefing on Thursday.
Calling the Indian government’s decision on March 11 to offer citizenship to persecuted minorities a “big win for human rights”, Hindu organizations across the US, the UK, and Canada hailed the announcement of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
City Councillor Kshama Sawant made history last month when Seattle adopted a resolution moved by her to ban caste-based discrimination, become the first US city to do so. She took and stared down critics like the Hindu American Foundation, a powerful advocacy group, and many Hindu Indian Americans who argued the ban discredits and singles out Hindus.
indica News Bureau- Albany, N.Y., the state’s capital, has become the third U.S. city to take action to officially oppose the Indian government’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that has drawn international condemnations alleging anti-Muslim bias, according to published reports. The Albany City Council resolution, passed unanimously on March 2 and signed by the city’s mayor, […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Many people are blaming Kapil Mishra, former minister of Delhi in the AAP government, and presently in the BJP, for all the violence happening in the northeast and some other parts of Delhi. It is true that Mishra gave a provocative speech calling on the Delhi police to remove the anti […]
Justice Markandey Katju- My sincere advice to the anti CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh and elsewhere in India is to call off the agitation now. I myself am against the CAA ( see my article ‘Why the Citizenship Amendment Bill is unconstitutional’ published in thewire.in. ). Nevertheless, the time has come to end the anti […]
Ritu Jha- The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not about just Muslims but effects anyone who is attached to India, says Anjali Arondekar, Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, and among the 300 signatories opposing the recent attack on students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New […]
Justice Markandey Katju- The Citizens Amendment Act (CAA) permits non-Muslim immigrants into India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to become Indian citizens if they have lived in India for at least 5 years, but it does not grant the same right to Muslim immigrants. The justification for this distinction given by the government is […]
Justice Markandey Katju- The sight on the internet of a large number of anti Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters gathered at midnight at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi (near Jamia Milia Islamia ) to welcome the New Year by singing the national anthem and shouting slogans like ‘Azadi’ and ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ ( Long live the Revolution […]
Justice Markandey Katju- Many people are rejoicing over the defeat of the BJP Govt in the recent Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Elections in India, and the victory of the JMM ( Jharkhand Mukti Morcha )—Congress alliance, which has formed the new state government. While I am no supporter of the BJP, I see no reason […]
