Woman declared as ‘foreigner’ to not be deported, tells SC; points discover to Centre, Assam govt

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Assam authorities on a plea filed by a girl, who was declared a foreigner and whose title was excluded from the ultimate National Register of Citizens (NRC) and directed that no steps be taken for her deportation.

A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli agreed to listen to the plea filed by the girl who has challenged the June 2019 verdict of the Gauhati High Court.

The excessive courtroom had dismissed her petition, thereby affirming the June 2017 order of the Foreigners Tribunal, Bongaigaon, declaring her to be a foreigner who had illegally entered India from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971.

Advocate Pijush Kanti Roy, showing for the girl, instructed the apex courtroom that each one the opposite members of the petitioner’s household have been, nonetheless, included within the NRC.

“Issue notice, returnable in three weeks,” the bench stated and posted the matter for listening to on October 17.

“Till the next date of listing, no steps shall be taken for the deportation of the petitioner,” the apex courtroom stated in its order handed on Friday.

The petitioner submitted earlier than the courtroom that she is a citizen of India by start. The plea stated the mother and father, siblings and husband of the petitioner are all residents of India.

“The petitioner is a citizen of India by birth and entire family members of the petitioner from the side of her parents as well as her in-laws have been declared as Indian citizens by the competent authority,” her plea stated.

“However, the tribunal, as well as the division bench of Gauhati High Court without looking into various exhibited documents, have declared the petitioner as a foreigner, which has resulted in serious miscarriage of justice,” it stated.

It stated that within the draft NRC, the title of the petitioner alongside together with her total members of the family was showing.

However, within the ultimate NRC revealed by the competent authority, names of total members of the family, besides her, have been included thereby declaring them as Indian residents, the plea stated.

It stated the petitioner had produced a sequence of paperwork in help of her citizenship however neither the tribunal nor the excessive courtroom relied on them and dismissed her case.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and the Assam authorities on a plea filed by a girl, who was declared a foreigner and whose title was excluded from the ultimate National Register of Citizens (NRC) and directed that no steps be taken for her deportation.

A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli agreed to listen to the plea filed by the girl who has challenged the June 2019 verdict of the Gauhati High Court.

The excessive courtroom had dismissed her petition, thereby affirming the June 2017 order of the Foreigners Tribunal, Bongaigaon, declaring her to be a foreigner who had illegally entered India from Bangladesh after March 25, 1971.

Advocate Pijush Kanti Roy, showing for the girl, instructed the apex courtroom that each one the opposite members of the petitioner’s household have been, nonetheless, included within the NRC.

“Issue notice, returnable in three weeks,” the bench stated and posted the matter for listening to on October 17.

“Till the next date of listing, no steps shall be taken for the deportation of the petitioner,” the apex courtroom stated in its order handed on Friday.

The petitioner submitted earlier than the courtroom that she is a citizen of India by start. The plea stated the mother and father, siblings and husband of the petitioner are all residents of India.

“The petitioner is a citizen of India by birth and entire family members of the petitioner from the side of her parents as well as her in-laws have been declared as Indian citizens by the competent authority,” her plea stated.

“However, the tribunal, as well as the division bench of Gauhati High Court without looking into various exhibited documents, have declared the petitioner as a foreigner, which has resulted in serious miscarriage of justice,” it stated.

It stated that within the draft NRC, the title of the petitioner alongside together with her total members of the family was showing.

However, within the ultimate NRC revealed by the competent authority, names of total members of the family, besides her, have been included thereby declaring them as Indian residents, the plea stated.

It stated the petitioner had produced a sequence of paperwork in help of her citizenship however neither the tribunal nor the excessive courtroom relied on them and dismissed her case.