17-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC orders verification of police attendance records in re-arrest of two bail-compliant detainees in Torap Ali case State asked to file affidavit and report on police station attendance before next hearing; matter listed on June 20
17-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC grants visitation rights after state confirms Doyjan Bibi is in Kokrajhar Holding Centre After weeks of silence, State verbally confirms she is at Kokrajhar Holding Centre; Court allows vakalatnama signing and lists matter for further hearing on June 25
16-Jun-2025 “Illegal detention not even for a minute”: Gauhati HC orders immediate release of bail-compliant detainee in Assam After three hearings, Court finds continued detention of Hasinur “expressly illegal”, a result of State overreach; bench affirms liberty of man held despite pending writ and full bail compliance
13-Jun-2025 गौहाटी हाई कोर्ट का असम सरकार को निर्देश: मई में पुलिस द्वारा गुप्त रूप से हिरासत में लिए गए दो लोगों की जानकारी दे इन दो लोगों के अचानक लापता होने और गिरफ्तारी मेमो न दिए जाने के बाद परिजनों ने हाई कोर्ट का दरवाजा खटखटाया। दोनों व्यक्ति पहले डिटेंशन सेंटर से रिहा किए गए थे और सुप्रीम कोर्ट के आदेश के अनुसार हर सप्ताह पुलिस थाने में हाजिरी दे रहे थे।
12-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC questions legal basis of re-detention of bail-compliant detainee, orders verification of police attendance record Bench observes detention may be illegal if bail conditions were being followed, grants visitation rights to the family of the person detained
10-Jun-2025 Gauhati HC: Union government admits Samsul Ali was handed over to BSF, Court grants family visitation rights if not yet deported Petition remains pending; Court directs disclosure of deportation details if carried out, after successive hearings highlight procedural gaps in custody and handover
09-Jun-2025 Holding centres, missing memos, and silent transfers: Gauhati HC hears 5 petitions filed by families of Bengali-speaking Muslim detainees in Assam High Court intervenes, ensures detainee location disclosure, visitation rights, clarity on BSF handover, review of ex parte FT order, and stay on one deportation
04-Jun-2025 Gauhati High Court directs Assam Government to disclose whereabouts of two men secretly detained by the police in May Families approached High Court after two detainees vanished without arrest memos; both men had been reporting weekly to police after release from detention centre based on SC orders
27-May-2025 Supreme Court and the Rofiqul Hoque Judgment: Evolving jurisprudence on documentary evidence in Assam citizenship cases Rofiqul Hoque v. Union of India rejects precedents that allowed minor documentary discrepancies, setting a more exacting standard for proving citizenship in Assam
23-May-2025 Indian again! Matleb Ali’s fight to prove Indian identity ends with CJP’s intervention CJP helps restore Matleb Ali’s Indian citizenship, ending his fight against wrongful suspicion of being a “foreigner”
16-May-2025 From Detention to Deportation: The mass deportations and detention crisis at Assam’s Matia centre From silent pushbacks to illegal detentions, India’s treatment of Rohingya and other foreigners at Matia reveals a disturbing erosion of due process and rights
06-May-2025 “Abuse of law”: SC quashes second FT case against woman already declared Indian, reinforces finality of citizenship verdicts In Tarabhanu Khatoon v. Union of India, the Supreme Court quashed a second Foreigners Tribunal case by terming it as an abuse of process
25-Apr-2025 Restoring Citizenship, Rebuilding Lives: CJP continues its journey in Assam Three lives. Three victories. Thousands still wait for justice
23-Apr-2025 Declared Foreigner, buried Indian: The tragic death of Abdul Matleb in Assam’s detention camp Branded Bangladeshi by the State and detained without extinguishing his legal remedies, Abdul Matleb died in custody — only to be returned to his family as an Indian. His story exposes the human cost of Assam’s broken citizenship regime
10-Apr-2025 A jumla or a concrete step? Assam CM’s announcement on Koch Rajbongshi cases raises more questions than answers Assam CM's vow to drop FT cases against Koch Rajbongshis sparks debate on identity, execution, and political motives
10-Apr-2025 A Long Road to Justice: CJP helps Alijon Bibi reclaim her citizenship after 2-year legal battle Muslim woman in Assam reclaims Indian citizenship after 20-year battle, with Citizens for Justice and Peace by her side