SC tags Tripura NRC plea with Assam case

Issues notice to govt.; CJI-led Bench to hear the petition
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the government on a public interest litigation to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Tripura, as is being done in Assam, in order to detect and deport the “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh.A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi directed the court registry to tag the petition, filed by the Tripura People’s Front and some others, along with petitions in the Assam NRC case.The petition asked the Supreme Court to direct the authorities to update the NRC with respect to Tripura in terms of Rules 3 and 4 of The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 by taking July 19, 1948 as the cut-off date as provided for in Article 6 of the Constitution. The petitioner claimed that it had submitted memoranda to the President and Prime Minister of India in February 2018 but had not got any “favourable response in this regard till date.” The petition arraigns the Union of India, Ministry of External Affairs, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, the Election Commission of India and the State of Tripura as respondents. It would now be heard by a Special Bench monitoring the Assam NRC case. Chief Justice Gogoi heads it.
Source :  https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-tags-tripura-nrc-plea-with-assam-case/article25162119.ece

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