Supreme Court of India

Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2014] 14 S.C.R. 744
Bench Ranjan Gogoi and Rohinton Fali Nariman JJ.
Decided 17 December 2014

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that on and from the date of this E judgment the following time schedule should govern the work of updating of the NRC in Assam so that the entire updated NRC is published by the end of January, 2016.

Judgment, page 74

From the headnote

Citizenship Act, 1955: s. 6A (as inserted by Amendment Act in 1985 to give effect to the Assam Accord dated 15.8.1985) - Constitutional validity of- The questions as regards constitutional validity of s:6A are substantial questions as to interpretation of the Constitution - Hence, need to be decided by a minimum of 5 Judges - Therefore, . the questions referred to larger Bench-' However, since s. 6A is valid until the Constitution Bench decides the matter, in view of the facts of the case, it is necessary to issue appropriate directions to ensure that effective steps are taken to prevent

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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