Kerala became the first state to challenge the contentious CAA

Kerala
became the first state to challenge the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act
or CAA after it moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The plea has been filed as
an original suit under Article 131 of the Constitution which empowers Supreme
Court to hear disputes between government of India and one or more states.

The petition
states that the CAA violates right to equality under Article 14 of the
Constitution of India, right to life under Article 21 and freedom to practice
religion under Article 25.

The Kerala
assembly had earlier passed a resolution stating that the CAA is against the
secularism expected by the Constitution of India and urged the central
government to repeal the law. The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress headed UDF
Opposition came together to pass the resolution at a special session of the
House.

Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has been at the forefront of opposing the law,
had also written to 11 chief ministers to come together to oppose the CAA.