Guwahati, July 14 -- Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly and Congress leader Wazed Ali Choudhury on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to set aside a batch of Gauhati High Court judgments that had upheld Foreigners Tribunal orders declaring certain individuals as foreigners, saying the apex court remains the last hope for those seeking justice.

"There are lower courts and high courts, but then there is the Supreme Court. People go to the Supreme Court when they don't get justice elsewhere. If anyone goes there, they go with a sense of hope. That is why the Supreme Court gives such a verdict," Choudhury told ANI.

Reacting to the verdict, Congress MLA Abul Kalam Rasheed Alam thanked the Supreme Court for order...