CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT: A CRITICISM OR AID

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  • Anukirti Sahoo 3rd year BBA LLB Student, SOA National Institute of Law, Bhubaneswar Author

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Abstract

The promulgated quote of utilitarianism promotes the actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individual. It advocates actions that promote overall happiness or pleasure and rejects the action that cause unhappiness or harm. This philosophy was directed to make social, economic or political decisions, aims for the betterment of the society. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) seeks to make these migrants of certain religious communities coming from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan eligible for Indian citizen which includes Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian. which was introduced in the parliament under grounds of reasonable classification for the betterment of suppressed communities in our neighbouring countries by providing them asylum which denotes that our government has taken action for the welfare of the society.

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Published

02-03-2020

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Sahoo, Anukirti. “CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT ACT: A CRITICISM OR AID”. Law & Political Review, vol. 5, Mar. 2020, pp. 126-9, https://journal.thelawbrigade.com/lpr/article/view/746.