"Process Should Be Fair": Supreme Court Protects Individuals Declared Foreigners In Assam

Monday, 13 July 2026Newsdesk

The Supreme Court's judgement emphasised judicial fairness over state interests in citizenship cases, addressing ongoing litigations and procedural issues in Assam's Foreigners Tribunals.

New Delhi 13 July 2026

As per news report of NDTV,The process of determining citizenship or declaring someone a foreigner should be fair, the Supreme Court said Monday in a critical judgement on the citizenship status of 27 individuals who had been labelled 'foreigners' by tribunals in Assam. "Citizenship and foreigner status occupy a field of high constitutional and legal significance," the court observed.

Source - NDTV