Activist Sharjeel Imam sought bail in the February 2020 Delhi riots case, expressing anguish before the Supreme Court over being labelled a “dangerous intellectual terrorist” without trial or conviction. His counsel, senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, argued that Imam is a citizen by birth who has not been convicted of any offence.
Statelessness is a human problem with no easy end in sight. Power rests with the nations that make policy dictating whether a refugee has a nation they can call home
It has been clarified at various levels in government time and again that till now no decision has been taken to create National Register of Indian citizen," the ministry told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma
The final NRC was released on August 31, 2019 by excluding names of 19,06,657 persons. A total of 3,11,21,004 names were included out of 3,30,27,661 applicants.