‘A prophet without honour’: Can Assam’s Foreigner’s Tribunals pass an ex-parte order declaring a person an illegal migrant?
Between 1985 and 2019, Foreigner Tribunals in Assam have declared over 63,000 persons as foreigners in ex-parte proceedings. In the absence of a steadfast procedure to re-scrutinise these decisions, Assam’s citizens continue to be treated with indignity, stripped of their citizenship in their own country