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Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging Sec 6A Of Citizenship Act On Nov 1

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The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement. It was signed in the presence of then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi on 15 August 1985.

New Delhi: The constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear on November 1 the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam.

The Bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha listed the matter for hearing on November 1. The court was hearing the matter challenging Section 6A of the citizenship act which was inserted by an amendment in 1985 in furtherance of the Assam Accord.

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The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement. It was signed in the presence of then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi on 15 August 1985.

The core point of the accord was the identification and deportation of illegal immigrants from Assam, for which the All Assam Studentsโ€™ Union (AASU) had been protesting since 1979.
Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 was inserted by an amendment in 1985 of the Assam Accord, which classified โ€˜illegalโ€™ immigrants of Indian origin who came into Assam from Bangladesh into three groups.

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Patna (Bihar): Senior BJP leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday hit out at the state government for its โ€œinsensitivityโ€ after a lathi-charge on Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) aspirants.

Sinha said that the government should have called the students and listened to their demands. BSSC aspirants were protesting against the state government over a paper leak were lathi-charged by police on Wednesday. โ€œItโ€™s a reflection of the governmentโ€™s insensitivity. The students were taking out a peaceful procession but a barbaric lathi charge was done in such cold weather. They (Govt) should have called those students and listened to their demands. Why donโ€™t they get CBI investigation done?,โ€ said Vijay Kumar Sinha.
National President of Janata Dal-United, Lalan Singh said that this is not the first time that students have been lathi-charged.

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โ€œIt keeps happening, this is the first time that students have been lathi-charged in the country and the state. I do not know whether a lathi-charge has taken place or not. If someone breaks the law, he is not allowed to break the law. Anyone has the right to protest in a democratic way. If someone does any work by breaking the law, then naturally law and order have to be established there,โ€ said Lalan Singh.
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Special Executive Magistrate, Patna MS Khan said that the students protesting started violence and vandalism and to control it, a lathi-charge was done.

โ€œThey started violence and vandalism and to control it, (lathi-charge) was done. Some have been arrested. FIR will be registered against them,โ€ said Special Executive Magistrate, Patna MS Khan.

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