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Centre, Assam seek re-verification of 20% draft NRC data

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New Delhi, July 17: The Centre and the Assam Government made urgent mentions before the Supreme Court seeking an extension of the deadline for the final publication of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) from July 31 2019 t a future date.

They urged the court for more time so that a sample re-verification process could be conducted. The application stated that a 20 per cent sample re-verification of the names should be conducted in the in the districts bordering Bangladesh and a 10 per cent sample re-verification in the remaining districts.

The deadline for the final list is July 31 and the Centre has sought for a hearing before that. Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta requested the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi to grant the Centre a hearing on the issue before the July 31 deadline.