Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday cited a 2005 Supreme Court order to defend his recent remarks targeting Miya Muslims in the state, saying that acknowledging the “reality” is neither hatred nor communalism but a recognition of a “grave and long-standing” problem. In Assam, “Miya” is a derogatory word used to refer to undocumented immigrants and is exclusively directed at Muslims of Bengali origin. It established special tribunals to determine the status of “illegal” immigrants who arrived on or after March 25, 1971. You are quoting Sonowal-I judgement, the SC made this observation based on a report by Assam Governor SK Sinha. The Election Commission is separately conducting a “ special revision ” of the voter list in the state, which is similar to the usual updates to the electoral roll.