Tag: NRC Assam

From Tribunals to DCs, 10 Days to Prove Citizenship: Assam’s radical shift in “foreigner” expulsions

Cabinet move under the 1950 Act empowers District Commissioners to expel alleged foreigners in 10 days, raising constitutional concerns over due process and separation of powers

Assam: When six ordinary Indian women were forcibly pushed out from India–No Man’s land– Bangladesh & then back

The sum total of what cruelties can be suffered when state authorities become unaccountable and function above the law, slurring ordinary Indians as “Bangladeshi”; the first person exclusive accounts are from six hapless women from various locales in Assam, fortunate to be dumped back within Assam on a highway far from home after first being unlawfully pushed into to Bangladesh!

Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: A new chapter in Assam’s citizenship jurisprudence on discrepancies in documentary evidence

Examining the Supreme Court’s latest ruling and its impact on citizenship claims under the Foreigners Act in Assam, with a detailed analysis of how the Rofiqul Hoque case reshapes judicial scrutiny of documentary evidence

Marked for deportation, denied due process: Ajabha Khatun, among the 63 facing detention in Assam, seeks Supreme Court’s intervention

Stripped of her rights, detained without proof—Ajabha Khatun’s battle exposes the deep flaws in Assam’s citizenship determination process and the urgent need for judicial intervention.

Families torn asunder: 28 Bengali Muslims taken from homes, detained as “Declared Foreigners” in Assam

Heart-wrenching scenes from Barpeta as detainees are sent to Asia's largest detention camp, Matia, leaving families in despair

Vindicated: Sher Ali and Jamila Khatun’s Triumph over False Accusations of Foreigners, get declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

CJP team of Assam brings relief to the couple after long struggle ends in victory

CJP Victory: Indian woman regains citizenship, rejoices with CJP

Declared a suspected foreigner the minute she went to exercise her freedom to vote, Anjuma struggled for years to regain her citizenship. Now finally, after years of struggle, CJP helps Anjuma regain her lost citizenship.

A couple declared Indian again after more than a year of struggle, after CJP steps in

CJP has triumphed with another victory; a 20-year-old notice from the Foreigner Tribunal was successfully contested and victory was sweet when the couple was declared Indian on March 19, 2024

Creating an NPR for an all India NRC without informed consent?

Citizens activism through the Right to Information Act (RTI)...

Citizens for Justice and Peace intervenes as Assam beggar receives FT notice

CJP assists FT notice recipients Halima Bibi and disabled husband in citizenship battle

SHOCKING! Foreigners’ Tribunal notices pasted on electricity poles in Assam

CJP team finds multiple notices pasted in Bongaigaon, as panic over citizenship issue grows in the region

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