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06-Jun-2025

India: A deep dive into the legal obligations before “deportation” Deportation drives shrouded in secrecy, defying both domestic and international law

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

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

28-Jan-2025

Relentless Pursuit of Justice: CJP’s Advocacy for Citizenship Rights in Assam In 2024, this is how CJP stood firm in Assam

06-Sep-2024

28 Bengali Muslims Detained as “Foreigners” in Assam’s Barpeta This video covers the heartbreaking reality of Assam’s escalating detentions & the struggle for justice led by CJP

16-Jan-2024

Foreigners’ Tribunal arbitrary orders: Should the State Government intervene? The Gauhati High Court noted discrepancies in orders of the Foreigners’ Tribunal, has directed reviews by state government

20-Dec-2022

Unwavering and relentless: CJP’s Assam Team in 2022 Wading through floods, reuniting families and bringing smiles to many faces

10-May-2022

Res Judicata principle applicable to FT decisions: Gauhati HC Once declared citizen, a person cannot be declared foreigner

29-Mar-2022

CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: Gauhati HC grants Assam and UoI final chance to file affidavits CJP had moved the HC over inadequate legal aid for NRC excluded persons

07-Feb-2022

CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: ASLSA indicates shortage of funds for providing legal aid to those excluded from NRC Previously, the Gauhati HC had emphasised upon importance of funding for legal aid

23-Nov-2021

CJP’s Assam Legal Aid Petition: Gauhati HC asks Centre and State to indicate stand on funding Court observed proper funding could help provide competent legal aid

01-Jun-2019

SC directs NRC authorities to ensure fair Claims and Objections hearings Also makes recommendation about hiring judges for Foreigners’ Tribunals

13-May-2019

SC offers Relief to Assam Detention Camp Inmates Those who have spent more than 3 years in captivity to be set free subject to certain conditions

08-Aug-2018

Gauhati HC Upholds NRC Coordinator’s order on siblings and family members of Declared Foreigners Analysis of order dated June 22, 2018

08-Aug-2018

Gauhati HC order on Siblings and family members of Declared Foreigners Analysis of Order dated May 2, 2017

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