New Delhi: People who have been excluded from the final list of NRC will have to appeal against it at Foreigners' Tribunals (FT) — a quasi-judicial court and subsequently in the high court or Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the BJP-led Assam government has already ruled out the detention of people who do not figure in the list 'in any circumstances' till the time an FT doesn't declare them foreigners.
The Centre has said people whose names don't appear in the final NRC cannot be declared foreigners till all legal options are exhausted. The government has given 120 days time to those excluded from the NRC to appeal in the court.
On the other hand, as per media reports, the courts in India will be burdened and get exhaustive as the appeal period is short and cases are far too many which may further clog the process. At present, there are 100 FTs in Assam and 200 more will be functional soon.
Suppose, someone who loses his or her case in a Foreigners' Tribunal as well as in higher courts, he or she will face a possible arrest and the prospect of being sent to a detention centre. Those excluded from NRC will have to prove that they or their ancestors were living in Assam on or before March 24, 1971.