Citizenship Amendment Bil

Amit Shah wins round one of CAB debate in LS by blunting Opposition's attack, but deft touch will be required in RS

In touting “reasonable classification” as the basis behind the law, Amit Shah blunted Opposition’s key charge that CAB is violative of the Constitution.

Union Cabinet okays Citizenship Amendment Bill: All you need to know about the draft law mired in controversy

If passed in the parliament, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, will imply that Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who arrived in India on or before 31 December, 2014 will not be deported or imprisoned for being in India even if found to be living without valid documents.