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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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High Court Scraps Assam Tribunal Order Declaring Ex-Army Man Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside the order of a Foreigner's Tribunal (FT) declaring a retired army man of Assam as an illegal migrant.
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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Woman, Whose Son's Suicide Raised By PM Modi In 2014, Declared Indian Citizen
An 83-year-old woman has finally won her long battle to prove that she is an Indian citizen. Akol Rani Namasudra, a resident of Assam's Cachar district, was on Wednesday recognised as an Indian citizen by the Foreigners' Tribunal of Silchar.
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"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
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Woman Declared Indian Now Called Foreigner. Court Pulls Up Assam Tribunal
A Foreigners' Tribunal's flip flop on a woman in Assam -- first declaring her an Indian and less than five years later a foreigner -- has irked the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from the detention camp and pulled up the tribunal.
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High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order To Strip Assam Family Of Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court has set aside a Foreigners Tribunal's ex-parte decision to strip a family of citizenship in Assam and said such judgements affect the fundamental rights of a person
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Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order Declaring Assam Resident A Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring a Morigaon resident as a foreigner on grounds that citizenship is an important right and should be decided by the Tribunal on the basis of material evidences.
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Assam Stops Foreigners' Tribunals From Passing "Consequential Orders"
The Assam government has restricted the Foreigners Tribunal from passing "consequential orders" as the members do not have the authority and can only make "opinion" on a case.
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Court Gives Assam 45 Days To Complete Facility To House "Foreigners"
The Gauhati High Court has given the Assam government 45 days to complete the construction of a facility to house "illegal foreigners" in Goalpara district.
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No More Cases Against Gorkhas In Foreigners' Tribunal: Assam Cabinet
The Assam cabinet decided on Wednesday that it will not register any case at the Foreigners' Tribunal against those excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) or doubtful voters from Gorkha community and withdraw all the existing cases in
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Man Declared "Foreigner" By Assam Tribunal Gets High Court Relief
The Gauhati High Court has turned down an order that declared a man "foreigner" and observed that it was not necessary for the person to show linkage with all relatives mentioned in the voters' list.
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83,008 Pending Cases Of Doubtful Voters In Assam: Government
A total of 83,008 cases of doubtful voters is pending in Foreigners Tribunals in Assam while 86,756 others were declared as foreigners in last five years, Lok Sabha was informed on Sunday.
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15,000 Bangladeshis Got Indian Citizenship In Last 5 Years: Centre
India granted citizenship to 15,000 people from Bangladesh in the last five years, and cases of 83,008 who were declared as "doubtful voters" are pending in Foreigners Tribunals in Assam, the Home Ministry said in Lok Sabha today. It said 86,756 people were declared as foreigners in the last five years.
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Man Who Couldn't Attend Citizenship Hearings Freed From Assam Camp
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order by a foreigners' tribunal in Assam and freed a man from detention centre and has asked the tribunal for a fresh hearing of his citizenship claims. The court observed that he should get one last chance since he was declared a foreigner in an ex parte order as he never appeared for trial.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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High Court Scraps Assam Tribunal Order Declaring Ex-Army Man Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside the order of a Foreigner's Tribunal (FT) declaring a retired army man of Assam as an illegal migrant.
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Foreigners' Transit Camp In Assam Receives First Batch Of 68 Detainees
The first batch of 68 people declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunal was moved to the newly built Assam's biggest detention centre, officially known as Transit Camp in Goalpara district.
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Assam Woman, Whose Son's Suicide Raised By PM Modi In 2014, Declared Indian Citizen
An 83-year-old woman has finally won her long battle to prove that she is an Indian citizen. Akol Rani Namasudra, a resident of Assam's Cachar district, was on Wednesday recognised as an Indian citizen by the Foreigners' Tribunal of Silchar.
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"Targetted Since I'm Muslim": Assam Woman Out After 2-Month Detention
A 55-year-old woman in Assam - held in a detention centre inside Tezpur Jail for two months on grounds she is an undocumented foreigner - has been released after the Gauhati High Court reversed a contentious decision by tribunal court in March.
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Woman Declared Indian Now Called Foreigner. Court Pulls Up Assam Tribunal
A Foreigners' Tribunal's flip flop on a woman in Assam -- first declaring her an Indian and less than five years later a foreigner -- has irked the Gauhati High Court, which ordered her release from the detention camp and pulled up the tribunal.
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High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order To Strip Assam Family Of Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court has set aside a Foreigners Tribunal's ex-parte decision to strip a family of citizenship in Assam and said such judgements affect the fundamental rights of a person
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Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order Declaring Assam Resident A Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring a Morigaon resident as a foreigner on grounds that citizenship is an important right and should be decided by the Tribunal on the basis of material evidences.
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Assam Stops Foreigners' Tribunals From Passing "Consequential Orders"
The Assam government has restricted the Foreigners Tribunal from passing "consequential orders" as the members do not have the authority and can only make "opinion" on a case.
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Court Gives Assam 45 Days To Complete Facility To House "Foreigners"
The Gauhati High Court has given the Assam government 45 days to complete the construction of a facility to house "illegal foreigners" in Goalpara district.
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No More Cases Against Gorkhas In Foreigners' Tribunal: Assam Cabinet
The Assam cabinet decided on Wednesday that it will not register any case at the Foreigners' Tribunal against those excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) or doubtful voters from Gorkha community and withdraw all the existing cases in
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Man Declared "Foreigner" By Assam Tribunal Gets High Court Relief
The Gauhati High Court has turned down an order that declared a man "foreigner" and observed that it was not necessary for the person to show linkage with all relatives mentioned in the voters' list.
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83,008 Pending Cases Of Doubtful Voters In Assam: Government
A total of 83,008 cases of doubtful voters is pending in Foreigners Tribunals in Assam while 86,756 others were declared as foreigners in last five years, Lok Sabha was informed on Sunday.
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15,000 Bangladeshis Got Indian Citizenship In Last 5 Years: Centre
India granted citizenship to 15,000 people from Bangladesh in the last five years, and cases of 83,008 who were declared as "doubtful voters" are pending in Foreigners Tribunals in Assam, the Home Ministry said in Lok Sabha today. It said 86,756 people were declared as foreigners in the last five years.
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Man Who Couldn't Attend Citizenship Hearings Freed From Assam Camp
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an order by a foreigners' tribunal in Assam and freed a man from detention centre and has asked the tribunal for a fresh hearing of his citizenship claims. The court observed that he should get one last chance since he was declared a foreigner in an ex parte order as he never appeared for trial.
