‘Abuse of process’: SC quashes foreigners tribunal case against woman declared Indian in 2016

‘Abuse of process’: SC quashes foreigners tribunal case against woman declared Indian in 2016

The tribunal had ruled in the woman’s favour after noting that she had presented proof that her parents were on the voter lists of 1966 and 1970.

“Abuse of law”: SC quashes second FT case against woman already declared Indian, reinforces finality of citizenship verdicts

In Assam, the process of determining citizenship has often become a site of prolonged anxiety, institutional arbitrariness, and systemic discrimination—particularly for Bengali-speaking Muslims. Against this backdrop, the Supreme Court’s recent order in Tarabhanu Khatoon @ Tarabhanu Bibi v. Union of India comes as a crucial reaffirmation of the principles of legal finality, procedural fairness, and constitutional protection. The petitioner, who …

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. The apex court observed that the Foreigners Tribunal proceedings were “nothing but an abuse of the process of law,” as the appellant had already been declared not a foreigner in earlier proceedings, and “so long a…