Title: Speaking the Same Language: How Ethnonationalism and Hindutva Seep into the Adjudication of Citizenship in Assam
Published on: May 15, 2024
Published in: The Polis Project
“In the border state of Assam, questions of security, identity and citizenship have long shaped its politics.” This essay focuses on the evolving jurisprudence of citizenship in the Indian border state of Assam. The author analyses 1,444 judgments of the Gauhati High Court, passed between 2013 and 2019, to study how courts interpret and enforce the laws of citizenship.