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Citizenship Rules, 2009

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UNION OF INDIAversusPRANAV SRINIVASAN

2024 INSC 792Case Allowed

The case concerned Pranav Srinivasan, born in Singapore in 1999 to parents who had renounced Indian citizenship by acquiring Singapore citizenship in 1998. Pranav applied in 2017 for resumption of Indian citizenship under Section 8(2) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, and the High Court held he was …

IN RE : SECTION 6A OF THE CITIZENSHIP ACT 1955 versus

2024 INSC 789Reference answered

The case concerns the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which grants citizenship to certain migrants from Bangladesh to Assam based on cut-off dates (before 1.1.1966 and between 1.1.1966 and 25.3.1971). The provision was enacted to implement the Assam Accord. …