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Gauhati HC draws a line against automatic family-wide ‘foreigner’ declarations

Setting aside a Foreigners Tribunal order against five children, the High Court ruled that kinship alone cannot determine citizenship status and reiterated that every individual must face an independent legal reference before being declared a foreigner

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