-Outlook IndiaThe High Court has dismissed citizenship claims of a woman who submitted 15 documents.
The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed citizenship claims of two petitioners– one of whom produced as many as 15 documents while another submitted his electoral photo identity card.
The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed citizenship claims of two petitioners– one of whom produced as many as 15 documents while another submitted his electoral photo identity card.
In an order dated February 12, a bench of Justices Manojit Bhuyan and Parthivjyoti Saikia dismissed a writ petition filed by one Jabeda Begum. She was declared a foreigner from Bangladesh by a Foreigners Tribunal in Baksa district in May 2019 despite her claim that she was a citizen of India by birth.
Those identified as suspected illegal immigrants who have come to Assam after March 24, 1971, the cut-off date as per the Citizenship Act, have to prove their citizenship in the Foreigners Tribunals.
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