Tag: Foreigners' Tribunal

Should the State Government intervene in cases of arbitrary orders by the Foreigners’ Tribunal?

In a recent decision of the Gauhati High Court that noted discrepancies and ignorance of procedure established by law in orders of the Foreigners’ Tribunal, has directed reviews by state government to the orders of the FT wherein “suspected illegal migrants/foreigners” are declared citizens

CJP helps a Muslim daily wage earner falsely suspected of being a foreigner prove her citizenship

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

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