<span style="color: #222222;">A Bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said this after Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal sought urgent hearing of CAA matters.  Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench that the Centre would be filing a reply in a few days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The top court, on the 18th of December last year, had decided to examine the Constitutional validity of the CAA while refusing to stay its operation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court had also said that pleas concerning Tripura and Assam as well as the matters related to Uttar Pradesh, which is going ahead with the implementation of CAA without framing any rules, can be dealt with separately. It had also said that the modalities of hearing the batch of petitions on the CAA will be decided in-chamber and the court may fix them for day-to-day hearing after four weeks.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Several petitions have been filed challenging the Constitutional validity of the CAA. Among those who have filed pleas are the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, RJD leader Manoj Jha, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The CAA, which was notified on 10th of January, grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minorities – Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians – from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who had migrated to India till December 31, 2014 following persecution over their faith.</span><br />''