CAA NRC NPR Conundrum
The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 which came into force through the notification published by the Central Government in the Official Gazette on 10th January 2020. The Act seeks to amend the definition of illegal immigrants for Hindus, Sikh, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who have lived in India without any documentation. Therefore, by the virtue of the said Act, they would be granted fast track Indian Citizenship in the country. The main objective of this piece of legislation is to safeguard the persecuted minorities of these communities in three countries. On account of the selected three countries already having a state religion, these communities are subjected to persecution. Therefore, in compliance with the principle of non-refoulement by the virtue of which a country wherein a victim of persecution is taking refuge cannot send him back to the country where again he/she would be subjected to the persecution be it religio