Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Natural Justice in Ex Parte Proceedings | Foreigners Tribunals Must Disclose Grounds & Provide Reasoned Orders Under Foreigners Act : SC
Supreme Court sets aside ex parte orders of Foreigners Tribunals in Assam, ruling that declarations of foreigner status must comply with principles of natural justice-including disclosure of material grounds and reasoned conclusions. The judgment reinforces that procedural fairness is mandatory even in quasi-judicial proceedings affecting citizenship rights under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and 1964 Order.