Amid an intensifying political confrontation over Assam’s National Register for Citizens, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that the exercise for verifying the citizenship of residents of the state will be taken to its logical conclusion, even as it asked the Centre to frame a ‘fair and equitable’ standard operating procedure to adjudicate claims for Indian citizenship.
Amid an intensifying political confrontation over Assam’s National Register for Citizens, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stated that the exercise for verifying the citizenship of residents of the state will be taken to its logical conclusion, even as it asked the Centre to frame a ‘fair and equitable’ standard operating procedure to adjudicate claims for Indian citizenship.