GUWAHATI, March 20 - Four petitioners of cases relating to the citizenship right in the country vis-�-vis the Assam Accord have made a plea before the Chief Justice of India requesting judicial intervention in the matter of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on the basis of the cut-off date of March 25, 1971 suggested by the Assam Accord for determination and deportation of illegal migrants.
The petitioners included Matiur Rahman of the Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha, Jnanananda Phukan of the Assam Ahom Sabha, Dipak Kumar Nath of the Swahid Nirjyatita Pariyal and Pranab Kumar Majumdar, who represented eight distinguished citizens in the apex court in a case on the issue.
They requested the Chief Justice of India to issue a direction to the authorities concern not to update the NRC until the cases relating to the cut-off date for determining and deporting the illegal migrants is settled by the Constitution Bench of the apex court, said Rahman in a statement mailed to this newspaper.
