New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Supreme Court of India on Thursday has fixed the schedule for the final hearing in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), for the week commencing May 5, 2026.

The petitioners challenging the CAA Act will be heard on May 5 and for half a day on May 6. The respondent Union Government, supporting the legislation, will present its arguments during the remaining half of May 6 and continue on May 7.

The pleas challenge the law on the ground that it applies to individuals from six specified religious minorities - Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian, while excluding other allegedly persecuted minorities such as the Rohingyas in Bangladesh and ...