<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today said the publication of the complete draft NRC of Assam cannot be the basis of any coercive action against anyone since it is merely a draft. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It also directed the Centre to formulate Standard Operating Procedure, SOP to deal with claims and objections.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court directed the Centre to place the SOP before it for approval and said it should be fair and giving reasonable opportunity to contest exclusion.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman said the Centre should place the SOP before it by August 16 and that a local registrar has to give notice to those who have filed claims and objections, and give them reasonable opportunity for hearing.   </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At the outset, Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator Prateek Hajela placed before the court its status report giving details of publication of the draft NRC yesterday. </span><br />