IUML moves SC seeking stay on CAA rules

New Delhi: Calling them "prima facie unconstitutional", the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a Kerala-based political party, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

The Centre on Monday notified the rules which effectively brought into force the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 (CAA).

The IUML was one of the petitioners which, in 2019, had challenged the CAA in the top court.


The CAA was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019, and got the President's assent the next day. The IUML had moved the SC on the same day challenging it.

The CAA aims to grant citizenship to Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Parsis who arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014, from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

The petitioner has also sought directions to refrain from taking action against persons belonging to the Muslim community who have been deprived of the benefit to apply for citizenship under the rules. The plea has demanded that the CAA rules be stayed.