This is in reaction to a news article I read yesterday. The article claimed several violations of the law, viz. Citizenship Act, 1955 while rules wee framed under Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA, 2019).
I took my time to read the provisions of the law and the rules. I have found that the claim of the article about illegal immigrants was outrageous as the law has clearly spoken if the targeted beneficiaries could be called illegal immigrants.
Before going into the details, I better share the link to the news article:
In a long video I have explained my reasons why I think the claims in the news article is outrageous. Those are as follows:
- Legislatures (Parliament/ State Assemblies through its members) make laws
- .Judiciary (the judges in the courts of law) interprets the laws (through verdicts/ rulings/ guidelines/ observations),
- Executive (departments of Union and State Governments) implement the law by deriving rules from the laws.
Amended_Citizenship_Rule-dt[1]._10.9.07.doc: https://www.mha.gov.in/PDF_Other/Citi_Rule-2009.pdf
Order: https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Documents/UserGuide/ordersection6B_rule_11A.pdf
Guidelines for Applicants : https://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/Documents/Annexure.pdf