FOREIGNERS TRIBUNAL

May 18, 2019

Supreme Court has held that a foreigners tribunal's order declaring a person as an illegal foreigner will be binding and prevail over the government decision to exclude or include the name from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.

Recent supreme court verdict:

The Supreme Court Bench distinguished between the decisions of NRC and of foreigners tribunals and said that the latter's order being the quasi-judicial one will prevail.
The court said, the persons whose names are not included in the NRC in Assam can produce documents including the ones related to the family tree and seek review of the tribunal's decision.

Source : All India Radio

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