Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Bahareh Bakshi

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 820
Bench Hrishikesh Roy, Sudhanshu Dhulia and S.V.N. Bhatti JJ.
Decided 22 August 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the direction issued in the impugned judgment to dispense with the presence of the applicant’s spouse, has no legal basis.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose as regards to the presence of the estranged husband, if mandatory to process an application by the wife-foreign spouse of a citizen of India for overseas Citizen of India Card, u/s.7- of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Headnotes† Citizenship Act,1955 – s.7A(1) – Registration of Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder – Application for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card by wife-foreign spouse of a citizen of India – Presence of the estranged husband, if mandatory to process the application u/s.7A: Held: Presence of the spouse of the applicant either physically or

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