Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging Section 6A of Citizenship Act from October 17

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it will begin hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, from October 17, reported Live Law.

A Constitution bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices AS Bopanna, MM Sundresh, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the petitions.

Section 6A of the Act is a special provision that deals with the citizenship of those covered by the AssamAssamAssam Accord of 1985.