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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Union government to file its response to a suggestion for segregating over 200 petitions filed against validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019.
A bench of Chief Justice U U Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat asked the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to file the reply within four weeks on compartmentalisation, as per suggestion by counsel from different parties.
The court also said the exercise for compartmentalisation must be completed within two weeks.
The court also indicated that the matter may be referred to a three judge bench as it posted the matter for hearing on October 31.
The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 got its assent from President on December 12, 2019 after its passage from both the Houses of Parliament.
On December 18, 2019, the top court decided to examine validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 but refused to grant any stay on the statute, which has triggered massive protests across the country.
