New Delhi: The Kerala Government today challenged the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Supreme Court of India (SC).
Led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala Government moved the apex court under Article 131 seeking the law to be declared unconstitutional and in violation of Article 14, 21 and 25 of the Indian Constitution.
With this, Kerala government has become the first state government to move the apex court against the Citizenship Act, to which several states have raised objections.
Earlier, the Kerala Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution demanding scrapping of CAA.