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Hearing in Supreme Court on December 18 against the Citizenship Amendment Act…

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New Delhi, 16 December(HS): A hearing will be held on 18 December in the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.

A total of 13 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against this law by several petitioners, including AIMIM Chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra.

All the petitions have claimed that amendment of the citizenship law violates the fundamental rights including the basic structure of the constitution and the right to equality.