Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 in Assam Accord Challenge — Majority Holds Cut-off Date of 25.03.1971 for Regularisation of Immigrants Valid. The court held that the provision is a reasonable classification under Article 14 and does not violate Articles 6, 7, 29, 325, 326, 355, 356, or 368 of the Constitution....
The Supreme Court, in a batch of petitions and appeals, considered the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which was inserted pursuant to the Assam Accord of 1985. The ...
