The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday extended the deadline for the final publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) to August 31, 2019. Earlier, the deadline was set for July 31, 2019.

However, the SC rejected the Centre and the state government's proposal for the review of the people whose name is already in the NRC draft. The Centre and the state government had demanded the inspection of 20 percent of those people residing in the border districts. The government had raised concerns that lakhs of illegal refugees, in collaboration with the local NRC officials, had their names in the NRC draft.

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday extended the deadline for the final publication of National Register of Citizens (NRC) to August 31, 2019. Earlier, the deadline was set for July 31, 2019.

However, the SC rejected the Centre and the state government's proposal for the review of the people whose name is already in the NRC draft. The Centre and the state government had demanded the inspection of 20 percent of those people residing in the border districts. The government had raised concerns that lakhs of illegal refugees, in collaboration with the local NRC officials, had their names in the NRC draft.