Guwahati, July 2 -- The Gauhati High Court has upheld a Foreigners Tribunal's decision declaring an Assam resident a foreigner, ruling that the documents and testimony presented by him were insufficient to establish his Indian citizenship under the law.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Shamima Jahan dismissed the petition, holding that the petitioner had failed to proof his citizenship claim in accordance with the Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946, which places the responsibility of proving citizenship on the person concerned.

The petitioner had challenged the Foreigners Tribunal's order by relying on 15 documents, including extracts from the 1951 National Register of Citizens (NRC), electoral rolls ...