Lawyers read out preamble of Constitution at Supreme Court lawns

A group of lawyers re out preamble of Constitution in national capital on Tuesday at Supreme Court lawns to make people remember constitutional values. Apart from senior lawyers Kamini Jaiswal and Sanjay Parikh, several lawyers were present on occasion. move comes in backdrop of protests against Citizenship Amendment Act. Recently, preamble was also re out in Mras High Court as a part of anti-CAA protests. 

" Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association today resolved to strongly condemn violence against JNU students by anti-social elements. Executive Committee of Supreme Court Bar Association today resolved to strongly condemn violence against JNU students by anti-social elements. It furr resolved to condemn inaction on part of Delhi Police and called upon authorities to act and ensure that Rule of Law prevailed," statement re.

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With reopening of Supreme Court on Monday after winter vacation, all eyes will be on judication of contentious issues including controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act and abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of Constitution. On January 22, a bench heed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of amended Citizenship Act, which seeks to grant citizenship to n-Muslim migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi communities who came to country from Pakistan, Banglesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.

A fresh plea was filed in Supreme Court on Friday by an NGO challenging Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, contending that law renders a certain category of children as stateless.  writ petition was moved in Apex court by vocate Ezaz Maqbool on behalf of Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR). petition laid special emphasis on children's rights. It also challenged Section 3(1) of Citizenship Act, 1955 as arbitrary contending that it "lays down different parameters for granting citizenship to children born in India in different periods".

(with ANI inputs) 

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