The Supreme Court recently cited the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 while allowing the citizenship claim of an individual who migrated from East Pakistan to India in 1969.The bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice R. Mahadevan referred to the proviso added to Section 2 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 by the 2019 Amendment to state that. The Supreme Court …
The Kerala High Court has directed the Union Government to grant Indian citizenship to two women aged 21 and 24, without insisting upon a Renunciation certificate from the Pakistan government. The Court was considering a plea by petitioners who were unable to obtain a Renunciation Certificate from the Pakistan government since they migrated before attaining 21 years of age as …
The Supreme Court observed that a person belonging to Scheduled Caste /Scheduled Tribe in relation to his original State of which he is permanent or an ordinarily resident cannot be deemed to be so in relation to any other State on his migration to that State.The court noted that as per Section 42 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955, there …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that all Hindus residing in the Valley cannot be said to be a Kashmiri Pandit, thereby allowing them to avail the benefits of the schemes meant exclusively for the Pandits. "Kashmiri Pandits" is a separately identifiable community distinct from other Hindus residing in the Valley like Rajputs, Brahmins other than Kashmiri Pandits, …
