Assam Activist Moves Supreme Court Against Harassment of Muslims in the Name of NRC
An Assam-based Muslim activist has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking intervention of the apex court to stop harassment of religious and linguistic minorities particularly Muslims in Assam in the name of detection, determination and deportation as foreigners.
The petition by Tarek Akhtar Ansari filed last week calls for quashing the notification issued in October 2020 by the state coordinator of NRC that said that the NRC list will be updated purportedly to make way for Hindus excluded from the final NRC list published in 2020.
The petition further seeks insertion of a provision regarding methodology for identification and determination of foreigners in the Foreigners Act, 1946, and a provision under the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964 to ensure fair investigation while clearing doubt before making reference of a case, serving copy of the same upon the suspected person at the time of issuing notice and also to revisit the judgment….
