Guwahati, June 24 -- The Gauhati High Court has raised serious concerns over the disorganised record-keeping practices in Assam's Foreigners' Tribunals (FTs) and suggested that the state government consider formal training for tribunal members and superintendents.

The observation was made by a division bench comprising Justices Kalyan Rai Surana and Malsri Nandi while hearing a writ petition filed by Gobinda Saha. Saha had been declared an "illegal foreigner" by a Foreigners' Tribunal in Nagaon district, a decision which the High Court later overturned.

While reviewing the case documents, the bench noted multiple instances of mislabelled or overlapping exhibits and stated that many of the submitted documents had not been referred to or ...