CJI Ranjan Gogoi said, "the NRC as it will finally emerge is not a document of the moment – 19 lakhs or 40 lakhs is not the point. It is a base document for the future – kind of a reference document to determine future claims".
The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of five petitions including one plea filed by ML Sharma pertaining to the abrogation of Article 370 and the restrictions placed in Jammu and Kashmir pre-empting a security threat.