All Assam Ahom Association Represented By Its President Mr. Jnanandan Phukan vs. Union Of India Represented By The Secretary

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 274/2009

ASSAM PUBLIC WORKS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

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Date : 16-08-2018 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHINTON FALI NARIMAN

	For Parties :		Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General
			Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
			Mr. R.M. Bajaj, Adv.
			Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, Adv.
			Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
			Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv.
			Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv.
			Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv.
			Mr. B.V. Balaramdas, AOR
			Mr. Tushar Mehta, Sr. Adv.
			Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
			Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.
			Ms. L.S. Changsan, Principal Secy.
			Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR
			Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.
			Ms. L.S. Changsan, Principal Secy.
			Mr. Tushar Mehta, ASG
			Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv.
			Mr. A.K. Yadav, Adv.
			Mr. Raj Bahadur, Adv.

for Ms. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Mustafa K. Hussain, adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Tehseena Hussain, Adv. Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv. Ms. Lhingneivah, Adv Mr. Salvedor Santosh Rebello, Adv. Mr. Merusagar Samantray, AOR Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr.Adv. Mr. A.S. Tapadar, Adv. Mr. Ajit Wagh, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla, Adv. Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR Mr. Mansoor Ali,AOR Mr. H.U. Chaudhry, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Prateek Jalan, Adv. Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Adv., Mr. Rahul Kriplani, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv. Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR Ms. Abha R. Sharma, AOR Ms. Sujeeta Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Ankit Mishra, Adv. Mr. Anil Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Sunny Chaudhari, AOR. Ms. Aruna Mathur, Adv. Mr. Avneesh Arputham, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Arputham, Adv. Ms. Geetanjali, Adv. M/s. Arputham Aruna & Co., AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Shishir Kumar Saxena, Adv. Mr. Virag Gupta, Adv. Mr. Lokendra Kumar, Adv.

Mr. S. Udaya Kumar Sagar, Adv. Mr. Mrityunjai Singh, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, AOR. Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Mr. Nayantara Roy, Adv. Mr. Jugal Kishore Gilda, Adv.Genl. Mr. A.P. Mayee, AOR Mr. Chirag Jain, Adv. Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR Mr. D. S. Lyngdoh, Adv. Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv. Mr. Sarad Kumar Singhania, Adv. Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. M.Yogesh Khanna, AOR Ms. Sujatha Bagadhi, Adv. Mr. S. Partha Sakathi, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kumar Pandey, Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Surender Mishra, Adv. Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR Mr. Pradeep Misra. AOR Mr. Aditya Kr. Dubey, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR Mr. Bhupesh Narula, Adv. Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, Adv. Ms. Remya Raj, Adv. Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR. (Standing counsel for the State of Assam) Ms. Rachana Srivastava, AOR Mr. Aviral Saxena, Adv.

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Mr. Ejaz Maqbool, AOR. Ms. Akriti Chaubey, Adv. Ms. Tanya Shree, Adv. Ms. Quarratulian, Adv. Mr. V.Giri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. Milan Laskar, Adv. Ms. Shushmita Das, Adv Mr. Shakil Ahmad Syed, AOR Mr. Mohd. Parvez Dabas, Adv. Mr. Uzmi Jameel Husain, Adv. Mr. A.S. Tapadar, Adv. Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv. Mr. Rameshwar Pd. Goyal, AOR Mr. Santi Ranjan Das, Adv. Mr. Anindo Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Sarla Chandra, AOR Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR Mr. Rudro Chatterjee, Adv. Mr. A. Chaliha, Adv. Mr. R.H.A. Sikander, Adv. Mr. P. Gupta, Adv. Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, Adv. Mr. Harsh Hiroo Gursahani, Adv. Ms. Kajal, Adv. for M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Mr. Leishangthem Roshmani Kh, AOR Ms. Maibam Babina, Adv. Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR Mr. M. Balashivudu, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv.

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Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR Ms. Rachna Gandhi, Adv. Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR Mr. Kailash Prashad Pandey, AOR Mr. Partha Sil, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Ms. Arna Das, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR Ms. Madhumita Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. Abhijit Sengupta, AOR Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR (NP) Mr. B. Balaji, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR Mr. Abhishek, AOR Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR M/S. K J John And Co, AOR Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mr. Shakil Ahmed Syed, AOR

Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR Mr. V. K. Sidharthan, AOR M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Pursuant to the order dated 31.07.2018 the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, has filed an affidavit dated 13.08.2018 enclosing thereto the modalities/standard operating procedure for filing and disposal of claims and objections leading to the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC).

We have read and considered the standard operating procedure filed before the Court. At this stage without commenting on any of the modalities suggested on behalf of the Union of India in consultation with the Government of Assam, Registrar General of India and State Coordinator for NRC, we are of the view that the following stake-holders ought to be given time until 25th August, 2018 to indicate their views in the matter:

• (1) Assam Public Works (Petitioner in W.P (C) No.274/2009)
• (2) Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha (An indigenous Peoples organisation of Assam)

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• (3) National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Progressive)
• (4) Indigenious Tribal Peoples Federation
• (5) All Assam Bhojpuri Parishad (2 to 5 are petitioners in W.P (C) No.562/2012)
• (6) Joint Action Committee for Bangali Refugees (Petitioner in W.P (C) No.916/2014)
• (7) All Assam Minorities Students' Union (AAMSU)
• (8) Jamait Ulama-i-Hind

We further direct that from 20th August, 2018 blank claim/objection form will be made available to the public as suggested under the heading 'Timelines' in the document framed as standard operating procedure filed along with the affidavit dated 13.08.2018. We also direct that receipt of claims and objections from the public will commence on and from 30th August, 2018.

The State Coordinator, Shri Prateek Hajela, is directed to make available copies of the final draft NRC in all Panchayat offices and such other places so as to make access to the draft NRC freely available.

The State Coordinator is also directed to file in Court, in a sealed cover, the percentage of the population in each district (district-wise) who have been left out of the final draft NRC.

The aforesaid information be laid before the Court by the State Coordinator on or before 25th August, 2018.

The matter will be considered again on 28th August, 2018 at 2.00 p.m.

(NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER

(ASHA SONI) BRANCH OFFICER