How is CAA and NRC related?
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Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016, was designed to amend the Citizenship Act 1955 to recognize specific types of illegal immigrants, segregated by religion and country of origin.
What is the difference between citizenship Amendment and national register of citizens?
What’s the difference between CAA and NRC? CAA is applicable for illegal migrants residing in India and does not apply to any Indian citizen at all. NRC consists of a record of citizens of India only excluding others.
What is NRC and citizenship Amendment Bill?
The Act has amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 to give eligibility for Indian citizenship to illegal migrants who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, and who entered India on or before 31 December 2014. The Act does not mention Muslims.
Why CAA and NRC is unconstitutional?
Indian Constitution provides equal treatment to all the individuals despite their caste, religion, race but CAA is not providing equal protection to all. Favoring certain community over others is not justified and providing protection to certain individuals at the cost of others is not constitutional.
Why is citizenship Amendment Bill important?
WHAT IS THE CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT) BILL? – The bill amends the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make people from Hindu, Sikh, Jain Buddhist, Christian and Parsi faiths who entered India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan eligible for citizenship.
Is citizenship an amendment bill?
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in Parliament to amend The Citizenship Act, 1955, so that these people could be made eligible for citizenship of India.
Why does the CAA violate the Constitution?
The reason why the unconstitutionality of the CAA is so egregious and consequential is because it represents a fundamental break from the core principles of the Constitution, namely citizenship being open to all without discrimination on the basis of religion, language, race, ethnicity or gender.