In India, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of over 140 pleas today against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

A three member bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices S  Abdul Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna will hear the petitions, most of which demand that the law be withdrawn.

Some of the petitions filed later have also sought a stay on the operation of the legislation which came into force on January 10.

The challenge to the law in Supreme Court comes in backdrop of countrywide protests against it.

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