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7.5 Lakh Indians Renounced Citizenship Since 2016 And Moved To Abroad: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 7, 20220

Seven and a half lakh people have renounced their citizenship in this country from 2016 to last year. This information is from the central government. The Central further claims that they have given up their citizenship for personal reasons and taken refuge in at least 106 countries of the world. During that time, about 6,000 people from neighbouring countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, were granted asylum in the country, the central government said. A total of 749,765 people renounced their Indian citizenship between 2016 and '21 according to the data submitted by the Ministry of External Affairs. In those six years, the highest number of 1.44 lakh citizens avoided it in '19. On the other hand, 1.41 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in '16. However, in 2020, t...

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‘No Second Hearing Once A Person Declared Citizen’: Gauhati High Court

Arpita SarkarMay 6, 20220

Once the tribunal declares someone an Indian citizen, there will be no second hearing on the question of his citizenship. This was stated by the Foreigners Tribunal Bench of the Gauhati High Court. In many cases since the introduction of the Assam Citizenship Act, notices have been sent to a person more than once to prove his citizenship, even once he has been declared an Indian. Standing in that place, this observation of the High Court is significant. At a recent hearing in a citizenship case, the Guwahati High Court ruled that once a tribunal decides on a person's citizenship, it cannot be brought before the court again. The observation of the Division Bench of Justice N Koteshwar Singh in the hearing of Amina Khatun's case in 2008, that under the Foreigners Act (Article 3)...