The Supreme Court directed the Central Government on Thursday to apprise the Court about the steps taken at an administrative level to deal with illegal immigration into the North Eastern states, particularly Assam.
The Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra also sought details from the Union of India with regard to the extent of border fencing and the estimated timelines to complete border fencing.
The Centre was further directed to furnish data on the inflow of illegal migrants to Assam and North-Eastern states after March 25, 1971.
The Apex Court issued the direction on a batch of petitions challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, which was inserted to give effect to the Assam Accord of 1985.
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