Gauhati High Court Upholds Foreigners Tribunal’s Finding Declaring Petitioner a Foreigner — “Burden of Proving Indian Citizenship Lies on the Claimant, Voter Lists Not Conclusive Evidence”: Writ Dismissed for Failure to Establish Ancestral Link and Documentary Consistency
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Gauhati High Court Upholds Foreigners Tribunal’s Finding Declaring Petitioner a Foreigner — “Burden of Proving Indian Citizenship Lies on the Claimant, Voter Lists Not Conclusive Evidence”: Writ Dismissed for Failure to Establish Ancestral Link and Documentary Consistency

Court’s Decision The High Court dismissed the writ petition and upheld the Foreigners’ Tribunal’s decision that the petitioner was a foreigner who entered India after March 25, 1971. The court…
May 29, 2025