In Brief
This case concerns the National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, addressing citizenship registration procedures for large-scale illegal migration. The Supreme Court upheld a special registration procedure requiring persons entering Assam between 1966–1971 to prove prior registration in the 1951 NRC or electoral rolls by March 1971. The Court mandated establishment of a data security regime similar to AADHAR before releasing NRC inclusion/exclusion lists. The judgment directs implementation of citizenship determination criteria while protecting citizen data and reserves the matter for Constitutional Bench review."
The lawyer headnote and full judgment text are available to registered users.