Supreme Court of India

Izhar Ahmad Khan v. Union of India

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Reported as [1962] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 235
Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar J.
Decided 16 February 1962

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Citizenship, Termination of-Determination by Central Government-Rule rnaking obtaining of passport from another country conclusive evidence-Validity-Citizenship Act, 1955( 57 of 1955), s. 9(2)-Citizenship Rules, 1956, Sch. Ill, r 3. The petitioners claiming to be Indian Citizens sought to enforce their fundamental rights under Art. 19 (1) (e) of the Constitution. The crucial question was \Vhethcr they \Vere citizens of India. While the petitions were pending the Government of India under s. 9(2) of the citizenship Act, 1955 determined that they had voluntarily acquired the citizenship of

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