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The Supreme Court has announced that it will commence final hearings on May 5 over more than 200 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. The lead petition has been filed by the Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML).

Activist Sharjeel Imam sought bail in the February 2020 Delhi riots case, expressing anguish before the Supreme Court over being labelled a “dangerous intellectual terrorist” without trial or conviction. His counsel, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, argued that Imam is a citizen by birth who has not been convicted of any offence.

Legal expert Apurba Kumar Dey stated that the CAA will not be implemented in the 10 tribal autonomous district councils (ADCs) of Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Tripura, citing the provisions of the new Act.

Following the passage of the CAA by Parliament in December 2019 and its subsequent Presidential assent, significant protests erupted in various parts of the country.

The chief minister emphasised that a right balance is needed to be struck between protecting the Assamese culture and fulfilling the historical duty.

Low conviction rate is a clear pointer to how the provision is being misused largely for political purposes

It is time a national consensus was built in favour of scrapping the sedition law as it is anathema to democracy

The RTI activist, in an attempt to reach out to the people of the state, wrote several open letters from jail, highlighting problems that need to be addressed.

Fifty years ago India liberated Bangladesh and put it on the world map but the bonhomie between the two neighbours is wearing off

Elections during the Left rule were non-descript, but 2021 could severely strain the State’s social fabric

DMK President M K Stalin slammed the ruling AIADMK for 'supporting' the BJP in Parliament on the CAA issue

Stating that the problems faced by farmers would not be resolved by repealing farm laws, CPI (Maoist) suggested militant movement by farmers, women, minorities, students, journalists and intellectuals to fight against Modi govt

He further said there is a pre-CAA Assam, where Congress and AIUDF were on opposite ends, but in the post-CAA Assam, Congress, AIUDF and Left have opposed the Act.

Unkept promises and unhappiness on CAA and NRC make this election a formidable challenge for BJP

The DMK in its manifesto has said that the Centre would be requested to include Sri Lanka in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and give citizenship to Lankan Tamil refugees living in camps in India.

Gaurav Gogoi's father Tarun Gogoi, who passed away last November, was chief minister of Assam for three terms successively between May 2001 and May 2016.

Making the CAA a poll campaign plank will cause enormous damage to the social fabric

Gandhi said illegal immigration is an issue in Assam and exuded confidence that the people of the state have the capability to resolve the issue through dialogue.

He said the Modi government had in 2018 promised it would bring in a new citizenship law and kept it when the BJP was voted to power in 2019.

He has promised to work with India in confronting challenges like climate change, global health and terrorism