ndia's Supreme Court has postponed hearing pleas challenging the constitutionality of a new citizenship law critics say violates the country's secular constitution and has sparked massive protests.
The court on Wednesday asked the federal government to respond to a batch of petitions challenging the amendment to a 1955 citizenship law and said it will hear the case next on January 22.
Among the pleas the top court turned down was a petition seeking to stop the implementation of the new law, which lawyers said was based on religion.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) makes it easier for non-Muslims from the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who settled in India prior to 2015 to gain Indian citizenship.
Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports from New Delhi.
The court on Wednesday asked the federal government to respond to a batch of petitions challenging the amendment to a 1955 citizenship law and said it will hear the case next on January 22.
Among the pleas the top court turned down was a petition seeking to stop the implementation of the new law, which lawyers said was based on religion.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) makes it easier for non-Muslims from the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who settled in India prior to 2015 to gain Indian citizenship.
Al Jazeera's Sohail Rahman reports from New Delhi.
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