Supreme Court Grants Relief To Migrant From East Pakistan, Refers To Provisions Of CAA
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court referred to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 while addressing the citizenship claim of BASUDEV DUTTA, an individual who migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to India in 1969. The bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice R. Mahadevan observed that the appellant, a Hindu migrant, would not be treated as an "illegal migrant" under the CAA, thus entitling him to Indian citizenship.…
