Mere doubts about documents not enough to declare person a foreigner, says Gauhati High Court

The court said that the government needs to assess whether the documents produced are genuine rather than declaring people as foreigners on account of doubts.

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· Jan 04, 2022 · 05:58 pm

Assam activist Pranab Doley’s passport renewal stuck due to his ‘doubtful nationality’

Doley, who has been a vocal critic of the BJP, had contested the Assembly elections in the state earlier this year.

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· Dec 22, 2021 · 10:17 am

Protests, Bangladesh and North East: Why Modi hasn’t implemented CAA two years after it was passed

The Citizenship Amendment Act has been a lose-lose proposition for the Modi government.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Dec 11, 2021 · 08:30 am

Two years of CAA: For many protestors, the fight has shifted from the streets to the courts

Most of the prominent faces of the December 2019 protests battle police cases.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Dec 11, 2021 · 06:30 am

Concern grows about UK Bill that allows individuals to be stripped of citizenship without notice

A new clause of the Nationality and Borders Bill allows authorities to not alert people about their decision if it is not ‘reasonably practicable’ to do so.

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· Dec 10, 2021 · 02:02 pm

2019 Jamia violence: Activist Sharjeel Imam granted bail in one of the cases

He will remain in jail as he has been accused in three other cases related to violence in Delhi in February 2019.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Dec 09, 2021 · 04:23 pm

2019 Jamia violence: Delhi HC asks police to respond to activist Sharjeel Imam’s bail plea

In October, a lower court had dismissed his plea, but observed that the evidence to suggest that rioters were incited by his speech was ‘scanty and sketchy’.

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· Dec 01, 2021 · 02:31 pm

No decision yet on conducting nationwide NRC exercise, Centre tells Parliament

So far, the National Register of Citizens has been updated only in Assam.

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· Nov 30, 2021 · 04:19 pm

Winter Session of Parliament: BJP ally NPP demands repeal of CAA

NPP legislator Agatha Sangma asked the Centre to withdraw the law keeping in mind the sentiments of people from the North East.

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· Nov 29, 2021 · 09:58 am

Activist Sharjeel Imam granted bail by Allahabad HC in anti-CAA speech case

Imam will not walk free from Tihar jail as of now since he has also been charged in the Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Nov 27, 2021 · 09:14 pm

Assam exceeds 45-day deadline set by HC to construct detention centre in Goalpara

The construction is ‘almost complete’, said the state home department’s commissioner-secretary.

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 01:39 pm

Gauhati HC says citizenship is an important right, sets aside order declaring man as foreigner

The petitioner said a tribunal declared him a foreigner during a hearing at which he was not present.

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· Sep 14, 2021 · 01:44 pm