Guwahati: The Supreme Court on Thursday requested a response from the Central Government in a petition challenging the Presidential order altering the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873 to deny Assam an Inner-Line Permit (ILP) scheme.
A bench of Justices Narasimha and Bapanna sent a notice to the federal government after hearing the case.
The Center was given four weeks to answer by the top court.
The petition was filed by Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad wherein it said, “It is a well-known fact to the Central government that the state of Assam is facing tremendous problems due to the influx of illegal immigrants and under such a situation, bringing Adaption of Laws (Amendment) Order 2019 so as to deprive the state of Assam from the applicability of Section 6B(4) of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 is a sheer violation of the Articles 14, 21, 29, 325,326 and 355 of the Constitution of India.”