Topic: Foreigners' Tribunals
Assam CM says govt can expel up to 50,000 undocumented migrants to Bangladesh a year under new policy
Assam will “push back” undocumented migrants into Bangladesh within a week of them being declared foreigners by the Foreigners’ Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday, adding that in the last three months, the Assam government had forced 2,000 persons into Bangladesh.
Assam invokes 1950 expulsion act for first time, foreigners tribunal orders five “declared foreigners” to leave India in 24 hours
In the first known use of the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950, since the Assam cabinet approved its implementation earlier this year, the Sonitpur district administration has issued orders directing five persons, “declared foreigners” by a tribunal in 2024, to “remove” themselves from India within 24 hours.
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.
SC quashes Foreigners Tribunal case against person already declared Indian, says “abuse of process of law”
The Supreme Court set aside the Gauhati High Court’s refusal to quash a Foreigners Tribunal case, ruling that the proceedings were barred by res judicata since the appellant had already been declared not a foreigner in an earlier case.
Supreme Court pulls up Assam govt over delayed deportation of ‘foreigners,’ directs immediate action
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Assam government over the delay in deporting individuals declared as foreigners.
Declared ‘foreigners’, 28 Muslims in Assam sent to detention centre
Police in western Assam’s Barpeta district sent 28 Muslims declared “non-citizens” by the Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) to a ‘transit camp’ at Matia in the Goalpara district on Monday.
