Supreme Court Denies Extension date on Finalisation of Assam NRC

On 8th May, 2019, the Supreme Court said that it will not extend the July 31, 2019 deadline for finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.

  • It gave a free hand to Assam NRC coordinator dealing with claims and objections of persons against wrong exclusion or inclusion of citizens in the NRC.
  • Over 35 lakh people excluded from the draft had filed claims for Indian citizenship.

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  • The direction came after NRC coordinator informed the bench that many persons, who had objected to inclusion of certain individuals in the draft NRC are not coming forward before ....
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