Introduction: The citizen refers to a person who belongs to a state or country who can enjoy whole political and civil rights. Citizenship in India is based on Parliament’s rule too, not just constitutional provisions. Like any other country, even India has two kinds of people: (a) citizens and (b) Read more…
Introduction: How can Ahamdiyas and Rohingyas be religiously persecuted? After all, they belong to Muslim communities in Muslim countries. How can a Muslim be persecuted in a Muslim country? Should India be declared as a Hindu Rashtra? Matters related to citizenship has been discussed in part (ii) Article 5-11 of Read more…
Introduction: In December, the Modi led BJP Government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). This Act grants citizenship to refugees of every major South Asian (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan) religion; such as Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians except Muslims. In conjunction with a planned National Register of Citizens Read more…
Introduction: Section 3(1) (a) of the Citizenship Act states – “Every person born in India on or after the 26th of January, 1950 but before the 1st day of July 1987 shall be a citizen of India by birth.” A new concept NRC has been introduced by the Indian Government, Read more…
Introduction The people of the country are in general divided as citizens and non- citizens of that country. In Black’s Law Legal Dictionary, the citizen is a member of a free city or jural society. Possessing all the rights and privileges which can be enjoy by any person under its Read more…
The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 seeks to provide citizenship to the religious minorities of countries, namely Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It passed in the Rajya Sabha with as many as 125 MPs voting in favour and 99 against of the same. The bill tabled and passed in the winter session Read more…