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    Citizenship And Foreigner Status Occupy A Field Of High Constitutional Significance: SC Sets Aside Gauhati HC Orders Declaring 27 People Foreigners
    Citizenship And Foreigner Status Occupy A Field Of High Constitutional Significance: SC Sets Aside Gauhati HC Orders Declaring 27 People Foreigners
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    Citizenship And Foreigner Status Occupy A Field Of High Constitutional Significance: SC Sets Aside Gauhati HC Orders Declaring 27 People Foreigners

    The Supreme Court of India set aside Gauhati High Court rulings declaring 27 appellants as foreigners and remanded the cases for fresh adjudication by Foreigners Tribunals. The Court stressed that citizenship issues require fair, lawful and reasonable procedures.

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    15 Documents, Yet No Citizenship: Why Gauhati High Court Rejected the Man's Claim
    15 Documents, Yet No Citizenship: Why Gauhati High Court Rejected the Man's Claim
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    15 Documents, Yet No Citizenship: Why Gauhati High Court Rejected the Man’s Claim

    The Gauhati High Court held that producing 16 documents alone cannot establish Indian citizenship if they fail to satisfy the legal burden under the Foreigners Act. The Court ruled that the person claiming citizenship must prove they are not a foreigner.

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    Supreme Court to Review Plea for Including Pre-2014 Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal’s SIR on December 9
    Supreme Court to Review Plea for Including Pre-2014 Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal’s SIR on December 9
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    Supreme Court to Review Plea for Including Pre-2014 Bangladeshi Migrants in West Bengal’s SIR on December 9

    The Supreme Court will hear on December 9 the plea seeking provisional inclusion of pre-2014 Bangladeshi migrants in West Bengal’s SIR process. Petitioners argue earlier judgments already grant them protection, while the CJI says each case must be evaluated individually.

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