Supreme Court to consider petitions against Citizenship Act Section 6A on December 5
Last Updated on November 8, 2023 by News Desk
The Citizenship Act’s Section 6A has been challenged as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on these petitions for December 5. The Act was passed in accordance with the 1985 Assam agreement to give citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants who had entered India prior to March 25, 1971.
The hearing was postponed due to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s statement that they have not yet emerged from the five-judge constitution bench hearing the challenge to the validity of electoral bonds.
The case is the Citizenship Amendment Act, and the court is hearing the matter on the Citizenship Act. Senior attorney Shyam Divan contended that one of the petitioners contesting Section 6A needed at least three days to present their case before taking a break for Diwali.
The Solicitor General suggested that the issue should be seen holistically in a historical context. On August 15, 1985, in Delhi, representatives of the Assam government, the All-Assam Students Union (AASU), and the All-Assam Gana Sangram Parishad signed the Assam accord.
Large numbers of migrants arrived in India as a result of the Bangladesh liberation war, and the status of these migrants has been a point of contention between Bangladesh and India.
Written by: Srijan Raj @procrastinate_human
