Supreme Court Resolves Conflict in Citizenship Rules for Assam NRC — Harmonious Construction of Paragraph 3(2) and Paragraph 8 of Schedule to Citizenship Rules, 2003. The Court held that persons declared as illegal migrants or foreigners by a competent authority are excluded from the NRC and cannot use the claims and objections process under paragraph 8 to challenge such declaration.
1 Jan 2019The Supreme Court of India, in a batch of civil and criminal appeals arising from Special Leave Petitions, addressed the perceived conflict between su...
