India, Nov. 13 -- The Gauhati High Court rejected a woman's claim of Indian citizenship, stating that a PAN card and an Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) alone cannot establish Indian citizenship or prove a family relationship unless supported by records used for their issuance.

The court upheld a Foreigners Tribunal order declaring Kulchan Begum from Darrang district a foreigner and dismissed her writ petition.

The woman had challenged a 2018 order by a Foreigners Tribunal in Mangaldai, which declared Kulchan Begum a foreigner who entered India after March 25, 1971.

A division bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund observed that the documents she relied on-including her father's PAN card and voter card...