{"id":235351,"date":"2020-09-04T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235351"},"modified":"2020-09-11T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T05:29:54","slug":"gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gauhati High Court:<\/strong> A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Hitesh Kumar Sarma, JJ. upheld the ex-parte order of the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal and dismissed the writ petition.<\/p>\n

In the present appeal, the petitioner assailed the ex-parte order passed by the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal declaring him to be a foreigner, having illegally entered into India after March 1971. The petitioner responded to the notice issued by the Tribunal and appeared in November 2014 and prayed for time to file a written statement. Thereafter, 11 occasions were afforded to the petitioner, but he continued remaining absent without any steps. In such a situation, an adverse view was taken by the Tribunal and the impugned ex-parte order\/opinion was rendered.<\/p>\n

The Court taking note of the several opportunities granted to the petitioner and his continuous absence made a noteworthy observation;<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this context, we may observe that although the procedure of identification and for declaring an individual to be a foreign national cannot be relegated to a mechanical exercise and that fair and reasonable opportunity must be afforded to a proceedee to establish claim that he\/she is a citizen of India, however, such grant of opportunity cannot be enlarged to an endless exercise.<\/em> If a person who is not diligent or is unmindful to take steps to safeguard his interest, he does so at his own risk and peril.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Court further pointed out certain pertinent aspects in deciding the primary issue for determination, whether the proceedee is a foreigner or not under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The burden of proving citizenship absolutely rests upon the proceedee, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 as mandated under section 9 of the aforesaid Act, 1946.<\/li>\n
  2. The above-mentioned position would not change even in an ex-parte proceeding before the Tribunal as the burden never shifts but continues to be upon the proceedee.<\/li>\n
  3. In a situation where no evidence is adduced or the burden is not discharged, the only option left to the Tribunal would be to declare the proceedee to be a foreigner, based on the grounds of reference upon which appropriate proceeding was initiated, where notice was issued and duly served upon the proceedee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Court stressed the fact that in the instant case, the petitioner utterly neglected to participate\/contest in the proceedings. Further, the Court also emphasised that the scope of interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to a decision of the Tribunal is limited to correcting errors of jurisdiction or when the decision is made by the Tribunal without giving opportunity of hearing or when judgment is rendered in violation of the principles of natural justice or where there appears to be an error apparent on the face of the record. In the present case, the Court concluded that none of the above-mentioned grounds existed in the case.[Sadar Ali v. Union of India, 2020 SCC OnLine Gau 3673<\/b><\/a>, decided on 31-08-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Hitesh Kumar Sarma, JJ. upheld the ex-parte order of the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[43355,18201,30927,43356],"class_list":["post-235351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-foreign-nationality","tag-foreigners-act","tag-foreigners-tribunal","tag-indian-citizenship"],"yoast_head":"\nGau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Hitesh Kumar Sarma, JJ. upheld the ex-parte order of the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-04T09:30:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-09-11T05:29:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Gauhati-HC.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/\",\"name\":\"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-04T09:30:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-09-11T05:29:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act","og_description":"Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Hitesh Kumar Sarma, JJ. upheld the ex-parte order of the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2020-09-04T09:30:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-09-11T05:29:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Gauhati-HC.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/","name":"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-04T09:30:12+00:00","dateModified":"2020-09-11T05:29:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/04\/gau-hc-granting-opportunity-for-identification-and-declaration-of-individual-of-foreign-nationality-to-establish-claim-of-indian-citizenship-cannot-be-enlarged-to-ceaseless-exercise-under-foreigners\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gau HC | Granting opportunity for identification and declaration of individual of foreign nationality to establish claim of Indian citizenship cannot be enlarged to ceaseless exercise under Foreigners Act"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":247485,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/04\/22\/assam-nrc\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":0},"title":"Gau HC | [Assam NRC] Citizenship is one of the most important rights of a person which shall not be taken away by an ex-parte order; HC remands the matter to the Tribunal for reconsideration","author":"Editor","date":"April 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Gauhati High Court: The Division Bench comprising of N. Kotiswar Singh and Somitra Saikia, JJ., \u00a0heard the instant petition against the ex-parte order passed by the Foreigners Tribunal by which the petitioner was declared an illegal migrant of post-1971 stream. The Bench remarked, \u201cBy virtue of citizenship, one becomes a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":214999,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/05\/23\/second-round-of-litigation-doesnt-lie-before-foreigners-tribunal\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":1},"title":"Second round of litigation doesn\u2019t lie before Foreigners Tribunal","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"May 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: Deciding the conflict between sub-paragraph (2) to paragraph 3 and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003, the 3-judge vacation bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ, held, \u201cParagraph 8 does\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":220601,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/10\/09\/gau-hc-%e2%94%82affixing-notice-at-a-conspicuous-place-not-a-proper-mode-of-service-of-notice-under-the-foreigners-tribunal-order-1964\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":2},"title":"Gau HC | Affixing notice at a conspicuous place not a proper mode of service of notice under the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964 \u00a0","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"October 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Manojit Bhuyan and Kalyan Rai Surana, JJ. allowed a writ petition filed by a person against the order of Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal whereby he was declared a foreigner. An ex-parte order was passed by the Foreigners\u2019 Tribunal, Jorhat declaring the petitioner to be a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":310777,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/05\/assam-foreigners-tribunal-proof-indian-citizenship-illegal-migrants-caa-gauhati-hc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":3},"title":"Gauhati HC upholds judgment by Foreigners Tribunal declaring a woman to be a foreigner who entered India illegally","author":"Editor","date":"January 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Gauhati HC opined that the petitioner failed to discharge her burden to prove the contents of her evidence so as to establish her Indian citizenship.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"gauhati high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gauhati-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gauhati-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gauhati-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gauhati-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":256661,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/11\/02\/a-panacea-bad-in-law\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":4},"title":"A Panacea Bad in Law (A Study into the Origin, Nature and Constitutional Validity of Foreigners Tribunals)","author":"Editor","date":"November 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Sarfraz Nawaz*and Surajit Das**","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-115.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-115.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-115.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MicrosoftTeams-image-115.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":247439,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/04\/21\/citizenship\/","url_meta":{"origin":235351,"position":5},"title":"Gau HC | [NRC] Citizenship cannot be denied merely because linkage with relatives was not shown; HC sets aside order of Tribunal declaring man a foreigner","author":"Editor","date":"April 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Gauhati High Court:\u00a0 The Division Bench of N. Kotiswar Singh and Manish Chaudhury, JJ., set aside the impugned order of the Foreign Tribunal whereby the Tribunal had declared the petitioner non-Indian on the ground of him having failed to prove his ancestral linkage with his father\u2019s relatives. Factual Matrix of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}