Jamia Violence Highlights: IIM Students, Teachers Slam Citizenship Amendment Act

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22:03 PM (IST)  •  16 Dec 2019

Over 1,000 students and faculty of premier management institutes, primarily the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), have issued a statement against the Citizenship Amendment Act, calling it 'discriminatory and violative of the Constitution'.

The online letter, signed and endorsed by as many as 1,053 students and teachers, says: As citizens and members of the academic community, we write to register our protest at the recent enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.

This letter marks another strong protest against the CAA as has been seen across the universities in the country.

22:01 PM (IST)  •  16 Dec 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear the clutch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Wednesday. With over a dozen pleas filed in the apex court, a bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant said that they all will be heard along with other pending matters on December 18.

20:50 PM (IST)  •  16 Dec 2019

Students of the University of Hyderabad here on Monday staged a protest march condemning the brutal police assault on students of the Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday. Raising slogans against 'autocratic' Narendra Modi government, 'unconstitutional' Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC), students marched from the campus to Gachibowli Stadium.

20:50 PM (IST)  •  16 Dec 2019

The Union Home Ministry will soon start the process of drafting rules for those eligible for Indian citizenship after the enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. MHA sources said applicants will need to apply for citizenship with required documents through the prescribed channel. They said applicants will not get citizenship automatically.

19:39 PM (IST)  •  16 Dec 2019

Students of the University of Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and political parties and social organisations staged protests on Monday to express solidarity with students of the Jamia Millia Islamia whose campus witnessed violence on Sunday. The IIT-B students, including many girls, carried torches, banners and posters saying 'In Solidarity With Jamia' and silently marched around their campuses peacefully, late on Sunday.

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