Legal proceedings for deportation may be short:  Assam CM

• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma suggests the Assam government may follow a 1950 order to expedite the detection and deportation of “illegal immigrants.”

• Once detected, illegal immigrants will be pushed back without referring their cases to the quasijudicial Foreigners Tribunal (FT) or any court.

• Assam has 100 FTs, the first few established in 2005 to adjudicate citizenship of people suspected of being illegal immigrants.

• A Supreme Court case suggests Assam doesn’t need to route illegal immigrants’ cases through tribunals.

• The State government will deliberate on the matter thoroughly before implementation.