New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The Supreme Court today questioned how persons who have applied for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, could be provisionally included in electoral rolls before they are granted citizenship.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by Aatmadeep, an NGO, seeking directions to include migrants from Bangladesh claimed to be eligible for citizenship under the CAA in the voters' list after the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal.
Senior Advocate Karuna Nundy, appearing for the NGO, argued that thousands of refugees' CAA applications had remained unprocessed. She contended that citizenship rights should accrue ...