Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals Bypass Constitutional Safeguards: Report
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Assam’s Foreigners’ Tribunals bypass constitutional safeguards: Report
The quasi-judicial Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) in Assam –legitimised by the Foreigners Order of 1946 and thereafter 1964– have become routine instruments of exclusion by disregarding due process and constitutional safeguards, a comprehensive study of these tribunals and the broader legal crisis of India’s citizenship adjudication has revealed. The latest report by the Bengaluru-based National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the Queen …
Assam’s Citizenship Crisis: How Foreigners Tribunals construct an architecture of exclusion and rights violations
The quasi-judicial Foreigners’ Tribunals (FTs) in Assam –legitimised by the Foreigners Order of 1946 and thereafter 1964– have become routine instruments of exclusion by disregarding due process and constitutional safeguards, a comprehensive study of these tribunals and the broader legal crisis of India’s citizenship adjudication has revealed. The latest report by the Bengaluru-based National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the Queen …
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