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Parichay collaborated with the Assam Legal Services Authority to conduct a training programme for lawyers on the Foreigners Tribunals to enhance their capacity to handle FT cases.
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RT @CSJ_India: A fellowship opportunity for young lawyers and final year law students interested in social justice lawyering. Dead… https://t.co/vnDG0SXNcB -
We are pleased to present our conversation with Anupama Roy, a professor at the Centre for Political Studies in the… https://t.co/pAJu5bHd2Y
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On Monday, Gauhati HC set aside an FT order declaring an ex-armyman to be a foreigner, and imposed costs on the EC… https://t.co/OO9LTwwq4b
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#CallforEditors: Considering the many responses we have received, we are now extending the deadline to 24 February… https://t.co/fA3NN7zZs0
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Litigation
We provide drafting and research assistance to lawyers engaged in citizenship cases at Foreigners Tribunals and the Gauhati High Court.
Research
We conduct analytical and empirical research towards documenting and critically examining legal processes of citizenship determination in India.
Capacity building
We train lawyers, paralegals and law students in citizenship determination law and procedure to enable them to effectively represent their clients.
19 Lakh+
People excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
300+
Foreigners Tribunals established across 33 districts in Assam.
The magnitude of the crisis brewing in Assam cannot be captured by statistics alone, but the sheer number of people embroiled in this saga tells a tale of its own. A total of 19,06,657 people were excluded from the final list of the NRC published in 2019. More than 100 Foreigners Tribunals are operational and another 200 have been notified to hear appeals against exclusion from the NRC across 33 districts in Assam. FT cases constitute 36% of the overall pending cases in the state. The huge volume of pendency before the Tribunals, as well as the prospective NRC appeals process, makes the provision of legal aid vital to the fulfilment of constitutional imperatives under Article 39A.
