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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.

Gauhati High Court rules that Indian citizenship under the Foreigners Act requires strict documentary proof of lineage to a pre-1971 ancestor. Maternal links, even with oral testimony, are insufficient unless corroborated by independent evidence of the mother’s own ancestry. The judgment reinforces the burden of proof on individuals claiming citizenship by descent, impacting NRC and Foreigners Tribunal proceedings in Assam.