Supreme Court Clarifies Historical Context of Section 6A in Citizenship Act
LI Network LI Network Published on: December 06, 2023 at 12:20 IST The Supreme Court addressed the distinct historical context…
Citizenship
US Supreme Court denies Muthana’s Appeal who left United States to join ISIL
Mitali Palnitkar Published On: January 12, 2022 at 17:33 IST The Supreme Court of United States refused to…
US Court denies Petition by Plaintiffs of American Samoa Citizenship for a Full-Panel Hearing
Chaini Parwani Published On: December 30, 2021 at 17:36 IST The US 10th Circuit Court of Appeal rejected…
D.P. Joshi Vs State of Madhya Bharat
Citations: DP Joshi Vs State of Madhya Bharat AIR 1955 SC 334 Date of Judgement: 27/01/1955 Equivalent citations:…
Gauhati HC: Citizenship should be decided on Merit & not by Default
Shivangi Prakash- The Gauhati High Court has overturned an ex parte ruling issued by a Foreigners Tribunal declaring…
Plea Challenging MHA Notification on Citizenship for Non-Muslim Refugee adjourn by Supreme Court
Deeksha Sood – The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned by two weeks the hearing on the applications filed…
India files Affidavit proving Indian Citizenship of Choksi , CBI team already in Dominica
Queency Jain – Making the situation worse for Mehul Choksi, the Ministry of External Affairs’ official has filed…
Citizenship laws in India and Refugee policy
By Fen Mathew Intoduction The Indian Government passed Citizenship Amendment Act in 2019 which brought changes to citizenship…
IUML files Petition in SC seeking application for non-Muslims refugees
Kriti Agrawal The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the…
Ministry of Home Affairs invites applications to grant citizenship to minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
Queency Jain – The Modi Government has invited applications to grants citizenship to minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and…
Calcutta HC: Residential certificate not a proof of citizenship
Khushi Calcutta High Court has recently in the case connected to one Khadija Begum made the observation that…
Gauhati High Court sets aside Ex-parte order declaring woman a foreigner
Kashish Jain Acknowledging that citizenship is one of the most important rights of a person, the Gauhati High…
Kulathil Mammu v. The State of Kerala
CASE BRIEF Decided on: 2 March, 1996 Equivalent citations: 1996 AIR 1614, 1996 SCR (3) 706 Bench: The…
Shamima Begum denied chance to come back to UK to fight citizenship case by SC
Tanvi Sinha The Supreme Court of United Kingdom’s declared that Shamima Begum would not be allowed to come…
British Supreme Court to rule on return of ‘ISIS bride’ Shamima Begum
Sushree Mohanty Britain’s Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Shamima Begum, a woman whose British…
Citizenship in India
By Anushka Mansharamani – In Indian history after the partition and Declaration of Independence, India was divided into…