Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that for reasons not known, objectors were not appearing for hearings of objections they had filed regarding inclusion of some names in the draft NRC during its update process. The court asked Hajela to exercise his discretion, adding that the final NRC must be published by July 31. In January, Hajela had told the top court, which is monitoring the NRC update process, that they had received about two lakh objections and 36.2 lakh claims. When Hajela asked the court what he should do regarding such objections, the court asked him to “process according to law”. They also urged the NRC authority to identify and penalise those who filed false objections to “hamper” the NRC update process.

Source: The Telegraph May 08, 2019 19:18 UTC