Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the implementation of Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

The Central government had on Monday notified the rules which effectively brought into force the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 (CAA).

The IUML has approached the top court to stay the Rules. The petition has said that the implementation of CAA rules must be paused till the Supreme Court rules on 250 pending petitions against the Constitutional validity of the Act.

It says that the preamble of the Constitution envisages that India is a secular country and, therefore, any law passed has to be religion-neutral.

The CAA was passed by the parliament on December 11, 2019 and got the President’s assent the following day.