Topic: Citizenship
Assam authorises police, district officials to expel ‘illegal migrants’; ‘suspected foreigners’ get 10 days to prove citizenship
The Assam Cabinet on Tuesday cleared an SOP for implementing a 1950 law that empowers District Commissioners, instead of Foreigners Tribunals, to give “suspected foreigners” 10 days to prove their Indian citizenship or face “evacuation orders,” which, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, will allow the state government to bypass the existing citizenship determination system.
Foreign minorities, except Muslims, allowed to stay in India without passports if they arrived before 2025, says Home Ministry
In an order issued on Monday, the Union Home Ministry announced that members of minority communities, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, and Christians, fleeing religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan will be permitted to remain in India without passports or travel documents, provided they arrived in the country on or before December 31, 2024.
“Merely possessing Aadhaar, PAN, or voter ID doesn’t make one citizen”: Bombay HC while denying bail to alleged Bangladeshi national
While denying bail to an alleged Bangladeshi national, the Bombay High Court ruled that possessing documents such as an Aadhaar card, PAN card, or voter ID is insufficient to prove Indian citizenship without verification.
Pune: Hindutva mob storms Muslim Kargil veteran’s home, calls them Bangladeshis, demands ID; 7 booked
Hakimuddin Shaikh, a retired soldier who fought in the 1999 Kargil War, stated in his complaint that about 80 men barged into his home in Pune’s Chandan Nagar, demanding that the family show their citizenship documents.
“We are Indians, but forced to prove it”: Residents of Delhi’s Vasant Kunj fear eviction
Residents of Jai Hind Camp in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj are in turmoil after officials cut off their electricity on June 8.
SC stays deportation of Muslim woman declared ‘foreigner’ in Assam despite documentary evidence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the deportation of a Muslim woman declared a “foreigner” by the Foreigners Tribunal, a decision upheld by the Gauhati High Court in February 2025, despite her submission of documentary evidence.
