Parmod KumarNew Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set aside 28 judgments of the Gauhati High Court upholding the orders of the Foreigners Tribunals declaring 27 people as foreigners, holding that the determination of such status must be made through a process that is "fair, lawful and reasoned" in conformity with the constitutional mandate and statutory provisions.
Remitting all the cases back to the concerned Foreigners Tribunals for fresh adjudication in accordance with law, a Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, in a judgment pronounced on Monday, ordered, "Accordingly, the impugned judgments and orders passed by the High Court in all these matters are set aside. The corresponding opinions and orders passe...