国际英语资讯:Indias top court to hear petitions challenging constitutional validity of citizenship law
<p><span word="NEW">NEW</span> <span word="DELHI">DELHI</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 16-- <span word="India">India</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="pleas">pleas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="challenging">challenging</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="constitutional">constitutional</span> <span word="validity">validity</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="Citizenship">Citizenship</span> <span word="Amendment">Amendment</span> <span word="Act">Act</span> (<span word="CAA">CAA</span>), <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="A">A</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="bench">bench</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="Justice">Justice</span> <span word="S">S</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Bobde">Bobde</span> <span word="remarked">remarked</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pleas">pleas</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="pending">pending</span> <span word="matters">matters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>," <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Close">Close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="petitions">petitions</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CAA">CAA</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="aims">aims</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="granting">granting</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="belonging">belonging</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="religions">religions</span> -- <span word="Hinduism">Hinduism</span>, <span word="Sikhism">Sikhism</span>, <span word="Buddhism">Buddhism</span>, <span word="Jainism">Jainism</span>, <span word="Parsi">Parsi</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Christianity">Christianity</span> -- <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span>, <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span>.</p><p><span word="Opposition">Opposition</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span> <span word="criticize">criticize</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="contrary">contrary</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="secular">secular</span> <span word="principles">principles</span> <span word="enshrined">enshrined</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="India">India</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="constitution">constitution</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="excludes">excludes</span> <span word="Muslims">Muslims</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="grant">grant</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="citizenship">citizenship</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="immigrants">immigrants</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="illegally">illegally</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="December">December</span> 31, 2017.</p>
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