The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that it will take up various pleas challenging the recently amended citizenship law only after the arguments in the Sabarimala matter are over.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was told by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who sought urgent hearing of CAA matters, that till date the Centre has not filed a reply in the matter.

Attorney General K K Venugopal told the bench, also comprising justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, that the Centre would be filing a reply in a few days.

A nine-judge bench is re-examining various religious issues, including the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple and mosques, and the practice of female genital mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra community.