On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced about the hearing of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam.
According to the announcement, the Supreme Court will commence its hearing on October 17. About the Section 6A in the Citizenship Act was inserted as a special provision to deal with the citizenship of people covered by the Assam Accord.
Further, the top court had asked the counsel for the contesting parties to decide the issues for adjudication in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam which is to be tilted as, “In Re: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.”
