by Iam uncertain if this judgment is momentous Govt enacted the Assam Accord so its stance in the court was that the cutoff date should be 1971 However numerous individuals in Assam aspired for the cutoff date to be 1951 he saidSarma said I perceive that this verdict establishes 1971 as the cutoff date, my reaction is mixed There is both jubilation, despondency in it Therefore I am reluctant to characterise it as a historic judgment it is simply an amalgamation of both sentiments
Published in The Times of India (Online) (21.10.2024)