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Bombay high court judgement on indian citizenship

CA Pallav Singhania (❤ Work Hard Party Harder ❤) (32322 Points)

03 September 2013

A birth certificate, passport or even an Aadhaar card may not be enough to prove that you are an Indian citizen if you were born after July 1, 1987.
- Bombay HC

Courtesy: ECONOMIC TIMES

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Bhaavna (Queen ) (1933 Points)
Replied 04 September 2013

Thanks for the info

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Mihir (Wealth Manager) (5293 Points)
Replied 04 September 2013

They should atleast say what would be enough to prove indian citizen. I used to think that documents are more important than human beings, but now even documents are not important.

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CA PARAS BAFNA (Practising CA ) (33423 Points)
Replied 04 September 2013

The court's decision is based on the merit of the case. In the national interest courts are justified in delivering such verdicts. The honorable court has elaborated the issue and we should not infer the meaning of the judgement by a fractionl reading. It should be considered in toto and in reference to the issue involved.

One should even welcome the judgement which clarifies and strengthens the definition of Indian Citizenship.

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CMA. CS. Sanjay Gupta ("PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN") (114215 Points)
Replied 04 September 2013

The decision is based on law of the land and has to be respected.

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Mihir (Wealth Manager) (5293 Points)
Replied 04 September 2013

The question here is about authenticity.

The above documents mentioned, which are authenticated by Government of India itself, are recognised as insufficient by government of india to prove the citizenship of an individual. What other documents will they trust if they do not trust the authenticity of the documents issued by themselves?