Supreme Court ne Assam ke 27 logon ko bada rahat dete hue Gauhati High Court ke us faisle ko palat diya jisme unhe “foreigner” ghoshit kiya gaya tha. Justice Vikram Nath aur Justice Sandeep Mehta ki bench ne saaf kaha ki citizenship aur foreigner status jaise sanvedanshil mudde “fair, lawful aur reasonable” process se hi tay hone chahiye.
Yeh mamla un logon se juda hai jinke against Foreigners Tribunal ne ex-parte order pass kiya tha, yani unki taraf se koi sunwaai hi nahi hui thi. Gauhati High Court ne pehle in logon ki challenge khaarij kar di thi, yeh kehte hue ki notice ke bawajood koi bhi Tribunal ke saamne pesh nahi hua aur opinion ko lagbhag 23 saal baad challenge kiya gaya.
Lekin Supreme Court ne is dalil ko kaafi nahi maana. Court ne kaha ki State ka yeh interest jaayaz hai ki galat tarike se Indian citizenship claim karne walon ko roka jaaye, lekin isi ke saath process bhi utna hi fair hona chahiye. Ab in sabhi 27 cases ko concerned Foreigners Tribunals ke paas wapas bheja gaya hai taaki unki fresh sunwaai ho sake.
Yeh faisla Assam mein NRC aur citizenship verification process se jude lakhon logon ke liye bada sandesh hai. Legal experts ka kehna hai ki is order se aane wale mahino mein Foreigners Tribunals ke kaam karne ke tareeke par bhi asar padega.
Assam mein citizenship ka mudda dashkon se sanvedanshil raha hai, aur Supreme Court ka yeh rukh dikhata hai ki Court process ki fairness ko lekar kitna satark hai.