FOREIGNER TRIBUNALS

                   FOREIGNER TRIBUNALS                    

CONTEXT:- 

According to Assam government data presented in an affidavit to the supreme court and in the assembly this year, Foreigners Tribunals have declared 1,03,764 persons foreigners between 1985 and August 2018.

FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS IN ASSAM:-

# The tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, to determine if a person staying illegally in a "FOREIGNER" or not.

# Every Individual, whose name does not figure in the final National register of citizens (NRC) , can represent his/her case in front of the appellate authority to is Foreigners Tribunals (FT).

# Assam has set up FTs specifically to handle the cases of 19.06 lakh people left out of the updated NRC.

# Under the provisions of Foreigners Act 1946 and Foreigners (Tribunals) Order 1964 , only Foreigners Tribunals are empowered to declare a person as a Foreigner.

# The Assam police Border organisation , a wing of the state police tasked with detecting Foreigners, readies the cases for the Tribunals to decide who is a Foreigner and Who is not.

FOREIGNERS TRIBUNALS MEMBER:-

A member can be a retired Judicial officer of Assam Judicial service , A retired Civil servant not bellow the rank of Secretary and additional secretary with Judicial experience, or a practising advocate not bellow the age of 35 year's and with at least seven years of practice.