The assembly’s resolution comes even as the Supreme Court is set to hear the matter on 22 January. CAA is against the secular outlook of the country and would lead to religion-based discrimination in granting citizenship, Vijayan said while presenting the resolution. The assembly passed a resolution demanding the scrapping of the #CitizenshipAmendmentAct. It is an Act passed by Parliament which is required by the Constitution to be implemented by all states. The Constitution does not permit any resolution passed by the state," said former Lok Sabha secretary and constitutional expert P.D.T.

Source: Mint December 31, 2019 19:41 UTC