Supreme Court of India

Assam Public Works v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 10 S.C.R. 217
Bench Ranjan Gogoi and R. F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 13 August 2019

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Citizenship Act, 1955: ss.3, 6 – State of Assam – Re port of State Coordinator – Action proposed in Paragraph 7( a) that for any NRC Applications/Claimants, if parent/legacy perso n through whom eligibility is sought to be established is a DV or DF or PFT, then such persons will not be included in NRC irrespect ive of the status of the other parent – Challenged on the ground that the said action ran contrary to the provisions of s.3(1)(a) of the Ac t which dealt with acquisition of citizenship by birth in th e case of every person born in India on or after the 26.1.1950 but before 1.7.1987 –

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