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‘Unable to visit ailing mother’: After OCI row, Professor Ashok Swain now challenges blacklisting order in Delhi HC

November 14, 2025 4:21 pm

Justice Sachin Datta issued notice, seeking a response from the Centre through its ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs.

In Bihar electoral roll revision, a regressive idea of citizenship

July 30, 2025 6:51 pm

The present SIR of ECI seems to create hierarchy in citizenship. The Indian Constitution has been a major roadblock for such transformation towards cultural identity-based citizenship

UPSC Issue at a Glance | Section 6A and Citizenship

November 01, 2024 9:50 am

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. What is Section 6A? How is it 'legislative corollary' to the Assam Accord? Moreover, how can Indian citizenship be acquired? Take a look.

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The citizenship question in Assam is far from over

October 21, 2024 4:24 pm

Even while upholding Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955, the Court seems to want to get itself involved in the minutiae of identifying illegal immigrants and border fencing. We have been down this path before. The Court involved itself deeply in the NRC exercise in Assam, only to create a new set of problems

SC verdict on Section 6A shifts citizenship debate to a broader ground

October 18, 2024 7:02 am

The Court’s ‘dynamic’ reading of citizenship that is sensitive to the imperatives of ‘equality and upliftment’ is significant at a time when debates over setting the parameters of Indian nationalism continue to rage

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On citizenship debate, SC judgment strikes an inclusive note

October 18, 2024 11:53 am

The Court adopts a liberal and expansive view in its verdict on Section 6A that is certain to resonate in debates to come

How latest Supreme Court ruling furthers the debate on citizenship

October 18, 2024 12:54 pm

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which granted citizenship to immigrants who entered Assam on or before March 24, 1971. Here is how the ruling furthers the ongoing debate on citizenship