New Delhi: The Central Government has requested the Supreme Court that various petitions challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) be transferred from the High Courts to the apex court. The court has agreed to hear the Central Government's plea seeking transfer of the petitions on January 10.

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According to information received from sources, it has been learned that the Supreme Court has refused to ban the citizenship law. During the hearing of the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Supreme Court flatly refused to stay the law. However, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government and sought an answer. Now the matter will be heard on 10 January.

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Supreme Court today, decided to hear on January 10 the Central Government's plea seeking to transfer those PILs filed and pending in various state High Courts, against validity of #CitizenshipAmendmentAct, to the Supreme Court. pic.twitter.com/HrmmnRC8pb

— ANI (@ANI) January 8, 2020

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The bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice BR Gavai, and Justice Surya Kant refused to stay the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. At the same time, the Supreme Court will hear this matter in January next year, let us tell that in the midst of a ruckus on the citizenship law, today, the Supreme Court heard today about 60 petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law. The Supreme Court says that at first sight it is the view that the petitions related to CAA should be seen by the High Court and if there is a difference of opinion, the Supreme Court should consider them.