Synopsis: NRC was designed to filter out the foreigners in India. However, this seems to be impacting the very right of citizenship of Indians residing in Assam. Contents1 Introduction2 Why Foreigners Tribunal is in news?3 What is the Foreigner Act (FA)?4 What was the Supreme Court’s judgement?5 What should be the way forward? Introduction Recently,… Continue reading Judiciary must reexamine how it has viewed citizenship questions in Assam
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Who is the hollow CAA really meant to protect?
Synopsis: The CAA was never meant to help asylum seekers and protect persecuted people. Contents1 Introduction2 How Indian refugee policy is handled?3 How persecution (under the CAA) definition is different from United Nations?4 What is the intention of CAA? Introduction The government evacuated many of its citizens and Afghan nationals from the Hindu and Sikh… Continue reading Who is the hollow CAA really meant to protect?
