Guwahati: The Supreme Court will hear petitions contesting the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Tuesday.
The Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will hear the petitions.
In its previous hearing, the SC had named two lawyers as nodal counsel, Advocates Pallavi Pratap who represented the petitioner Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Kanu Agrawal, who represented the Central Government.
The precious hearing was heard on October 31 by a bench comprising the then CJI UU Lalit, Justices Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi.
The court earlier directed, “Having noted that there are various pleas projecting multiple views, resolution of entire controversy can be achieved if two or three matters are taken as lead matters and convenience compilations of all counsels are prepared well in advance. This will make proceedings convenient. Pleadings in IUML are complete and were filed by Adv Pallavi Pratap. We appoint Ms Pratap and Mr Kanu Agrawal as nodal counsel. These counsel are requested to have common compilation of all relevant documents.”
“All counsel to share written submissions not exceeding three pages. Nodal counsel can designate one or two other matters as lead matters keeping in mind geographical/religious classification,” it added.
Additionally, the Court ordered Assam and Tripura who had submitted petitions to voice their concerns to submit their reply within two weeks.