Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Section 6A Citizenship Act | Complete Documented Lineage Mandatory for Citizenship Claims: Gauhati HC Sets Evidentiary Standard
Gauhati High Court rules that citizenship claims under Section 6A of the Citizenship Act require a fully documented and pleaded chain of lineage. Disconnected voter lists or Gaonburah certificates alone are insufficient without linking documents, raising the burden of proof for claimants in Assam.