The Supreme Court Wednesday set the ball rolling for filing of claims and objections, ruling that claims and objections forms in connection with the NRC update process can be submitted by people whose names have not been included in the final draft from Sep 25. The apex court also favoured a two-month period for submission of claims and objection forms that, in effect, means that the said forms can be submitted within two months from Sep 25.
#BREAKING | #NRC claims and objection forms to be accepted from Sep 25; Supreme Court proposes increasing period of accepting claims and objection forms from 30 to 60 days. SC fixes Oct 23 as the next date of hearing. pic.twitter.com/JAqVHrPyS8
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The two-judge bench of the apex court comprising incumbent Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, while taking up NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela’s affidavit on excluding five out of the 15 documents that can be submitted during the claims and objections process for hearing, ruled in favour of Hajela’s affidavit.
#BREAKING #NRC | Ten out of 15 documents to be permitted for use in claims & objections process during #NRC update process, rules Supreme Court considering affidavit filed by #NRC State Coordinator Prateek Hajela pic.twitter.com/frrsHxDMGG
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The apex court stated in its ruling that 10 documents will be considered during the initial two-month period and only after that will the court decide whether the remaining five documents can be used as supporting documents while re-applying for induction into the final and updated citizens’ register.
The two-judge SC bench also fixed Oct 23 as the next day of hearing in the case.
