UNHCR approaches SC over CAA, MEA says foreign party has no locus standi

India is clear that the CAA is constitutionally valid and complies with all requirements of its constitutional values, Kumar said in a statement

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reiterated that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is an internal matter of India and concerns the sovereign right of the Indian Parliament to make laws. The statement came in response to an intervention application filed in the Supreme Court by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 

"Our Permanent Mission in Geneva was informed yesterday evening by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Michelle Bachelet) that her office had filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court of India in respect to the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act," MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar