Remanding the cases to foreigners tribunals for fresh adjudication, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta held that determining #citizenship and foreigner status must be decided through a “fair, lawful and reasonable” process.

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#foreignerstribunals

“The Supreme Court clearly said the illegal expulsion act is valid and if the government wishes, they can expel the foreigners without going to Foreigners Tribunals,” #Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

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#ForeignersTribunals #IndiaBangladeshborder

In this piece, Suraj Gogoi & I analyse a recent Gauhati HC order which offers an indictment of the #ForeignersTribunals regime, but then goes on to introduce more arbitrariness in the system by asking the state gov to review past orders.

#Assam #citizenship #NRC

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