Top events today: SC to hear pleas against CAA, GST Council meet, and more

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court will hear plea of a convict seeking review of the court's earlier judgment upholding his death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case

SC to hear pleas against Citizenship Act

The Supreme Court will hear the petitions of Congress and erstwhile Maharaja of Tripura against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

The Act provides citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who faced religious persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan and arrived in India before December 31, 2014. Read more

GST Council meeting

The GST Council meeting scheduled to be held on December 18 is likely to deliberate on raising cess on some more products to meet the growing need of compensation among other issues. Read