Supreme Court Upholds Foreigners Tribunal Findings in Assam: Burden of Proof on Proceedees to Establish Citizenship Under Foreigners Act, 1946 and Citizenship Act, 1955. The Court held that the standard of proof in tribunal proceedings is preponderance of probabilities, not proof beyond reasonable doubt, and that the proceedee must discharge the burden by producing satisfactory evidence....
The judgment arises from a batch of appeals against orders of Foreigners Tribunals in Assam, which declared the appellants to be foreigners who entered Assam after March 25, 1971, and thus liable to b...
