NRC published in August 2019 is final: Assam Foreigners Tribunal

Guwahati, Sep 20: The National Register of Citizens (NRC) published on August 31, 2019 is the "Final NRC", ruled a Foreigners'' Tribunal (FT) in Assam, even as the Registrar General of India is yet to notify it.

Declaring a man Indian citizen, the tribunal in Karimganj district held that though National Identity Cards are yet to be issued, "but there is no doubt that this NRC Assam published in 2019 is nothing but Final NRC".

The ruling was given by Sishir Dey, member (attached), FT-II, Karimganj in a ''D voter'' (doubtful voter) case against one Bikram Singha of Jamirala village in the Patherkandi police station area of the district.