Hearing adjourned in journalist’s revision plea on cancelled OCI card
Appearing for the Centre, advocate Nidhi Raman said the revision application can be heard on any suitable date.
Justice Singh orally told Raman during the hearing, “Whatever documents are available in public domain you can give”. (Express Photo) The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned “for the time being” the hearing of a “revision application” filed by UK-based journalist Amrit Wilson in connection with cancellation of her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.
On May 12, the HC had issued notice to the Centre in Wilson’s challenge to a March 17 order issued by the High Commission of India in London cancelling her OCI card. The HC had been informed at the time that Wilson’s revision application moved on April 17 had been pending with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) despite repeated requests.
In its May 12 order, the HC had noted, “The allegation raised in the show-cause notice dated 23rd November 2022…and in the impugned order is that the Petitioner has been engaged in detrimental propaganda against the Government of India and involved in anti-India activities.” The court had directed the counsel appearing for the Centre to place the “material on which allegations in the show-cause notice and the impugned order were made with respect” to Wilson. The court had listed the matter for August 7.
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