CJI Bobde said “the country is going through critical times. The Supreme Court will listen to petitions on the Citizenship Amendment Act when “violence stops”, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Thursday. On adv Vineet Dhanda's petition to declare CAA as constitutional, CJI SA Bobde says "the country is going through critical times. However, SC agrees to hear his petition along with other pleas @LiveLawIndiaPetitions of this nature lead to causing more agitations and do not help in the endeavour to restore peace, CJI said, Bar&Bench quoted. It is unclear exactly what violence Bobde was referring to.

Source: Huffington Post January 09, 2020 07:30 UTC