AN ANALYSIS OF THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT, 2019 (CAA) AND THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS (NRC)
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The citizenship act had been enacted in the year 1955 which prohibited foreigners who entered into India without a valid passport or travel documents (illegal immigrants) from becoming citizens. This Citizenship Act 1955 has been amended six times by the Citizenship (Amendment) Acts up to 2019. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 has been passed by the Lok Sabha on 9 December 2019 and signed by the President on 12 December. So as of now, the CAB has become the Citizenship Amendment Act, (CAA). The opposite parties have been insisting and opposing this act, claiming that this Citizenship
Amendment Act can’t be given on the basis of religion and article 14 of our Constitution of India whereas it was one of the polls promises of the NDA government. This is more or less like a tuck-up war. This paper presents an analysis of the Citizenship amendment act 2019 and the way to solve the problem by taking the example of Keshvanandha Bharati Vs State of Kerala case which has played a vital role when the supremacy had arisen between Judiciary and Parliament.
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