Not including Muslims in the specified groups list for citizenship violates the right to equality under Article 14, the IUML argues.
Graffiti against the Citizenship Amendment Act. (Wikimedia Commons)
Within a day of the Union government notifying the rules to implement the contentious CAA, the IUML, the second largest constituent of Kerala’s United Democratic Front (UDF), approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday, 12 March, seeking a stay and calling the law “unconstitutional”. The IUML, in its petition, said the law was discriminatory against the Muslim minority in the country.