5. Embedding Violations: Role of the Assam’s High Court Finally, this chapter has noted the important reform initiatives articulated in certain periods—for example, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Rahim Ali, the Gauhati High Court’s Moslem Mondal, or the jurisprudential developments led by Justice N. Kotiswar Singh—it is clear that these reforms have not achieved the systemic change that might have been expected. The intended improvements in procedural fairness, evidence assessment, and protection against arbitrary referrals have too often been undermined by subsequent decisions that reintroduce uncertainty or add extra-legal burdens. The persistence of these issues signals completely reviewing the way citizenship status is adjudicated in India, to shape a framework of clear, consistent, and constitutionally sound principles. 171