Top events today: SC to hear CAA pleas, Rajasthan panchayat polls, and more

Business Standard brings you top events that are lined up for Wednesday

1. SC to hear petitions challenging Citizenship Amendment Act today

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear today a batch of pleas seeking to examine the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). CAA seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, Jain and Parsi communities who came to the country from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014. Read on...

2. Polling in Rajasthan's 2nd phase of panchayat elections

The second phase of polling in 2,312 village panchayats of Rajasthan will be held today. Polling in 15,127 wards