NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Centre's plea seeking extension of time for publication of the draft National Register of Citizens NRC ) for Assam , as the government termed fixing of the deadline as judicial overreach and an "encroachment" into the executive domain.The apex court said that on the expiry of the midnight of December 31, the draft NRC pertaining to 2.38 crore claims, will be published.The NRC is being prepared to identify illegal migrants in Assam.The court said it has been monitoring the process of updating the NRC for three years now and pointed out "sheer inaction on the part of the executive in dragging the matter".The court listed the matter for further hearing on February 20, 2018.

Source: Times of India November 30, 2017 22:30 UTC