GAUHATI HIGH COURT ISSUES ORDER ON MAYA DAS V/S THE UNION OF INDIA AND 7 ORS.

GUWAHATI, India, June 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on April 30:

1. The extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court has been sought to be invoked by filing this application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by putting to challenge the opinion rendered vide impugned order dated 24.05.2019 passed by the learned Foreigners Tribunal no.4, Silchar in F.T. Case No. 105/2015. By the impugned judgment, the petitioner, who was the proceedee before the learned Tribunal, has been declared to be a foreigner post 25.03.1971. It may however be mentioned that along with the petitioner, her sons Diju Das, Pintu Das and daughters Mukta Das, Sukta Das and Bijoya Das have also been declared as foreigners.

2. The facts of the...