Guwahati, June 25 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the deportation of a woman from Assam who was declared a foreigner, noting her claim of Indian citizenship backed by multiple official documents.

A Bench comprising Justices K V Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh directed the Union government not to take any coercive action against the petitioner, Jaynab Bibi, until further orders. The court also issued a formal notice to the Centre and scheduled the next hearing for August 25.

Bibi, represented by advocates Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi and Akansha Rai, asserted that she is an Indian citizen by birth and has lived in Muamari village under Dhing Mouza in Assam's Nagaon district her entire life.

Her legal team argued that she was declared a f...