Supreme Court of India
Md. Rahim Ali @ Abdur Rahim v. The State of Assam & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the facts therein were also different than what stares us in the case at hand.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration The Foreigners Tribunal, Nalbari declared the appellant to be a foreigner on the grounds that he failed to discharge his burden under Section 9 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. Headnotes† Foreigners Act, 1946 – s.9 – Foreigners (Tribunal) Order, 1964 – Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1982 – The case against the appellant was initiated in the year 2004 alleging that the appellant illegally migrated to India after 25.03.1971 from Village Dorijahangirpur, Police Station – Torail, District Mymansingh, Bangladesh and was living in Village Kasimpur, Police
Authorities it was built on
- 2018 Commissioner of Customs (import), Mumbai v. M/s. Dilip Kumar and Company & Ors.
- 2008 Noor Aga v. State of Punjab & Anr.
- 1954 Tolaram Relumal and Another v. The State of Bombay
- 2001 Hiten P. Dalal v. Bratindranath Banerjee
- 2020 Mukesh Singh v. State (narcotic Branch of Delhi)
- 2005 Sarbananda Sonowal v. Union of India and Anr.
- 2006 Sarbananda Sonowal v. Union of India
- 2019 Abdul Kuddus v. Union of India and Others
- 1973 Masud Khan v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- 2006 Ritesh Chakarvarti v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2004 Mangilal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2003 Krishi Utpadan Mandi Samiti and Ors. v. Pillibhit Pantnagar Beej Ltd. and Anr.
- 2008 Karnataka State Financial Corporation v. N. Narasimahaiah and Ors.
- 2010 M/s. Govind Impex (p) Ltd. and Ors. v. Appropriate Authority, Income Tax Department
- 1962 Fateh Mohd. Son of Nathu v. Delhi Administration
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 State of Lokayuktha Police, Davanagere v. C B Nagaraj
- 2025 Jay Kishan and Ors. v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.
- 2026 Sabitri Dey @ Swasthi Dey v. Union of India
Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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