SC says NRC process will continue, but enforcement will be controlled | News from India

NEW DELHI: In the midst of a political confrontation intensifying on the National Register of Assam Citizens, the Supreme Court said Tuesday that the exercise of verification of citizenship of the State residents would be led to its logical conclusion, even though it was asking the Center to develop a standard "fair and equitable" use procedure for ruling on applications for Indian citizenship.

A bench of judges Ranjan Gogoi and RF Nariman made it clear that the exercise conducted under the aegis of the court to identify so-called aliens will not stop, but has stifled the fear of fallout for the 40 million lakh who did not succeed. to the NRC draft released Monday saying that no coercive action will be taken against them. Of the 40.07 lakh, the claims of 37.59 lakh were rejected and those of 2.48 lakh were put on hold, CNR coordinator Prateek Hajela told CN.

Attorney General K K Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the relevant ministry would prepare a detailed procedure to receive and adjudicate the applications and objections of those excluded from the National Register of Assam Citizens (NRC).

"Given the magnitude of the human dimensions of the problem, it would be appropriate for the oversight committee to insure the public against any coercive action on the basis of a NRC project," said L & # 's 39; AG.

The bench stated that he gives no insurance, but places orders. "In this regard, the court would like to point out that what has been published is a NRC draft, it can not serve as a basis for any action," he said, dispelling fears among members of the minority community's proceedings. 39, expulsion. He also said: "Whatever the terms of the POS, it must be a fair procedure.Those who have been excluded from the NRC project must have a fair chance. that you (the Center) want to frame to govern (claims and objections) must be a fair procedure. "

Asked about a possible timetable, the Auditor General stated that this will depend on the total number of complaints and objections received. However, Judges Ranjan Gogoi and RF Nariman were determined to complete the preparation of the NRC project, whose credit goes largely to the judiciary for its tireless follow-up of the process undertaken by a team of thousands of officials, led by Hajela, graduated in electronics from IIT Delhi and became IAS since 2013.

The bench asked the Center to place the draft SOP to receive and adjudicate the claims and objections in court on August 16 for the review. By stating clearly its intention to finalize the NRC project in due course, the bench stated: "We allow the relevant government department of the Union to define the terms and submit them to the court to deal with the claims and claims. objections. "On August 16, he would set the timetable for this, the court said.

Hajela told the court that the NRC project would be on display at the local registrar's office starting August 7 to allow the public to verify their names. "Those who have objections or claims against the NRC project can file it with the vouchers in front of the local registry office in 30 days from August 30 to September 28," he said.

In what could elicit more controversy given the polarization on the CNR project excluding more than 40 lakhs, the Center stated that it thought to seek the biometrics of those who claim citizenship to prevent them from disappearing into other states by changing identities. He added that biometrics would help authorities to identify non-citizens as they migrated to other states and changed their identities.

The court asked Hajela about certain newspaper articles announcing the deadline of December 31 for the publication of the final version of the CNR. Hajela said that there was no truth and that the 31 December deadline was for budgeting for the preparation of the NRC.