Tag: Assam

Behind the 3,000-bigha allotment to Mahabal Cement lies a decades-old conflict over customary rights, ecological safeguards, and Sixth Schedule protections

State government directs Foreigners Tribunals to halt proceedings against six religious communities citing Citizenship Amendment Act, sparking concerns of institutionalised discrimination and political calculation ahead of 2026 elections

In a state gripped by communal rhetoric and corporate land grabs, the Assam government’s “explosive” policies are fuelling polarisation, dispossession, and repression, while the poorest bear the cost of a political project masked as governance

Court notes production before SP (Border) was attempted; says no deportation threat survives at present but grants liberty to petitioner to return if State takes further action

In the name of industrial progress, the Assam government has unleashed bulldozers across Dhubri and Goalpara, displacing thousands, mainly flood-hit, landless, Bengali-origin Muslims. With no meaningful rehabilitation. As land is cleared for a Rs 40,000 crore Adani power project, what’s being erased is more than just homes: it’s the fragile stability of lives long on the edge

CM Sarma announces fresh deportations and vows to expand the eviction campaign; PIL in Gauhati High Court allege constitutional violations, unlawful detentions, and a pattern of arbitrary expulsions targeting Muslims and marginalised groups

1)  Disregarding Due ProcessSince May 23, 2025 individuals declared...

Assam is witnessing a sweeping and arbitrary deportation drive targeting "suspected" illegal immigrants. Justified through selective readings of Supreme Court orders, the campaign bypasses due process and violates fundamental rights under the Constitution and international law. This piece examines the legal flaws behind the drive and the troubling role of Foreigners Tribunals in enabling it.

The IEAA, 1950, the Foreigners Act, 1946 and orders thereto have to be read harmoniously with Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955: the former is a mere means of identification to be followed by adjudication by Foreigner’s Tribunals; hence the Supreme Court had emphasised following due process on the issue of deportation

State asked to file affidavit and report on police station attendance before next hearing; matter listed on June 20