In a 4:1 verdict, India's Supreme Court upholds Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, validating its constitutional status. The law pertains to citizens from the Assam Accord era. The decision underscores the need for better policies against illegal migration,

The Supreme Court of India, led by Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud, has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955.

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. The provision granted citizenship to ‘foreigners’ who entered Assam before March 24,

The pleas against Section 6A primarily challenged provisions of the Assam Accord which formed the basis of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, published in 2019.

The Supreme Court upheld Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, validating the Assam Accord's 1971 cut-off date for citizenship determination. Despite opposition seeking a 1951 cut-off, the verdict acknowledged the Assam agitation's legitimacy.

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act of 1955, which deals with the grant of Indian citizenship

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In a dissenting opinion, Justice Pardiwala declared Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which provides Indian citizenship to immigrants in Assam from 1966 to 1971, as arbitrary and unconstitutional. The section's open-ended nature and lack of a temporal limit have led to misuse and failure of its intended objectives.

In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which grants Indian citizenship to immigrants who entered Assam between January 1, 1966,