Illegal immigrants, NRC, & Assam Accord: What Section 6A of Citizenship Act says

The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved verdict on a batch of petitions challenging Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. A special provision for Assam introduced after the accord of 1985, Section 6A has been challenged on the grounds that is 'arbitrary, discriminates against the state & is constitutionally invalid'.

Apoorva Mandhani explains what Section 6A says, and why it is under challenge now.
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