Supreme Court of India
Union of India v. Bahareh Bakshi
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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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