September 24, 2015 8:16 PM

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Indo-Bangla pact: SC notice to Centre on affected persons

The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and the West Bengal on a plea alleging omission of around 597 persons, affected by the recent pact between India and Bangladesh to exchange territories, from the list of citizens. A bench of Justices T S Thakur and V Gopala Gowda issued notices to the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs<br/>on a petition filed by an NGO. <br/><br/>The NGO's counsel alleged that there were some persons who are neither citizens of India or Bangladesh and there is gross violation of rights to life and basic human dignity of the families residing in the Bangladeshi enclaves located in India and Indian enclaves in Bangladesh.<br/>The plea has sought a direction to the Centre to disclose the list of eligible residents of the enclaves on both sides of the border and give an opportunity to those who claim that their names have been illegally and wrongly omitted to make a representation to the authorities.

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