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.

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