In Brief
This interlocutory order in a citizenship-related writ petition addressed the concerns of children of parents who were granted citizenship through the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. The Supreme Court accepted the Union's undertaking that such children would not be separated from their parents and sent to detention centres pending final adjudication of their own citizenship status. The Court granted four weeks to respondents to file replies to various applications and put the matter up for further consideration, thereby safeguarding the interests of vulnerable children while allowing the statutory citizenship process to proceed.
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