Citizenship Act, Section 6A
The controversial law, enacted in 1985 as part of the Assam Accord, aimed to address the influx of immigrants from Bangladesh ...
Section 6A, which was incorporated in the Citizenship Act 1955 following the signing of the 1985 Assam Accord, was upheld by ...
The CJI referred to Article 29(1) of the Constitution which states, "Any section of citizens residing in the territory of ...
New Delhi- Section 6A, which was incorporated in the Citizenship Act 1955 following the signing of the 1985 Assam Accord, was ...
Justice J B Pardiwala dissented from the Supreme Court's majority opinion in upholding Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, ...
Justice Pardiwala ruled that “Assam Accord was a one-time political settlement, arrived at in the specific context of widespread violence and agitation in Assam.