Constitutional Validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) began the hearing on petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which gives effect to the Assam Accord.

About the Case

  • The petitioners argue that Section 6A is in violation of Article 6 of the Constitution.
  • Article 6 of the Indian Constitution deals with the citizenship of people who migrated from Pakistan to India during the partition. This raises concerns about the legal and constitutional validity of the provision.
  • Further, the petitioners argued Section 6A violates Article 14 for not applying the same laws to neighbouring (border) states.

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