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Pushed Back, Let Down: How the state has let down the marginalised in Assam
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.
CJP’s legal team secures another triumph for marginalised woman accused of being a Foreigner
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Misspelled names and soil erosion nearly left Anowara Khatoon stateless. However, after a challenging struggle spanning eight months, she has finally been granted Indian citizenship!
Assam legal aid plea hearing deferred beyond vacation
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The plea filed in 2021, that has details of an independent survey of 10 districts revealing an absence of any measures, sought legal aid for those excluded form NRC in accordance with a press communication of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs
CJP helps a Muslim daily wage earner falsely suspected of being a foreigner prove her citizenship
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CJP legal team produced linkage certificates, voter lists with her name and land deeds in order to clear her name
Once declared citizen, same person cannot be declared foreigner by another FT: Gauhati HC
One Moinul Haque was already declared citizen but in another proceeding, an ex parte order declared him a foreigner
West Bengal man dubbed “foreigner” in Assam!
CJP helps Mrinal Mandal get released on conditional bail from Detention Centre
Citizenship should ordinarily be decided on merit rather than by default: Gauhati HC
The court observed this while dealing with a petition challenging an ex parte order declaring the petitioner to be a foreigner and remanded the case for reconsideration
Assam MP asks CM to fire FT member who had called Muslims ‘Jehadi’ and ‘Jahil’
FT members had donated to Covid-19 relief efforts but urged funds not be used to help people who caught the infection at the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi