What is CAA movement?

What is CAA movement?

Rollback of farm laws spurs groups in Assam, event planned on December 12. The CAA seeks to fast-track the granting of citizenship to non-Muslims who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and took refuge in India till December 31, 2014.

What does CAA mean?

abbreviation. Civil Aeronautics Administration: reorganized into the Federal Aviation Administration.

How is CAA against the Constitution?

One of the main contentions of those protesting against CAA is that it is against Article 14 of the constitution that relates to Fundamental Right to Equality. It is a given that politicians will always interpret such laws based on either what the people want to hear or what the politicians want them to believe.

Does CAA violate right to equality?

IUML has said that CAA violates the fundamental Right to Equality and intends to grant citizenship to a section of illegal immigrants by making an exclusion on the basis of religion.

What did the Supreme Court say about CAA?

Citizenship Amendment Act(CAA) Is Unconstitutional Since It Distinguishes Between Persons On The Basis Of Religion:Justice Gopala Gowda. “The law laid down by the Supreme Court Constitution Bench judgement in 1994 in S. R.

What is driving the protests against the CAA and NRC?

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens ( NRC) are refusing to die down across the country, with rallies and protests reported in several cities every day. While some rallies have seen political leaders make an appearance, the events have largely been driven by the aam aadmi.

Why are Indians protesting against the CAA?

The fury that has engulfed India in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA) is not, as the government would have us believe, caused by any lack of understanding of the law, or because of any Opposition politics. Indians, irrespective of age, class, gender and faith have come together to protest the amendment.

Will the CAA help or harm the religious groups?

Now, the CAA will ensure they are not harmed. NRC, which may be extended to the rest of the country, is not based on religion, unlike CAB.

Should we lose the same to CAA as NRC?

We should not lose the same to CAA, NRC or any such policy.” Unlike the rest of the country, CAA protests in Assam have a relatively longer history. Even before it was tabled in Parliament, CAB — as it was known before it became an Act — saw widespread protests in the state, starting May 2018.