Supreme Court Seeking Data From Union Government On Illegal Migration To Assam And NE States Post-1971

The Supreme Court in the case In Re: Section 6A Citizenship Act 1955 observed and has directed the Union Government to furnish data on the inflow of illegal migrants to Assam and NorthEastern states after March 25, 1971.

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The court in the case observed and has directed the Centre to inform the steps taken by the Government at an administrative level to deal with illegal immigration into the North Eastern states particularly Assam and the details have to be furnished in regard to extent of border fencing and the estimated timelines to complete border fencing.

The Constitution bench comprising of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra in the case observed and has passed the said directions while hearing the batch of pleas moved challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, which was inserted to give effect to the Assam Accord of 1985.