It granted citizenship to individuals who were born in India and were not eligible for citizenship before the passage of this act. However, there were some restrictions and requirements, such as the need to have resided in the United States for a specified period. Why was the Indian ...
What are the Different Types of Citizenships in India?The Citizenship Act states that a person can be provided citizenship in India through the following ways:By Birth By Descent By Registration By NaturalizationPrior to the Citizenship Act coming into effect, the persons resident in India...
The Struggle Against the Citizenship Amendment Act in India: Recovering the Insurrectionary Praxis of Critical PedagogyMathew, Manu V.Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (JCEPS)
Opposition parties and civil society members in India criticized the act as contrary to secular principles enshrined in India's constitution as it excludes Muslims. With this new act, the centre government would grant Indian citizenship to those non-Muslim immigrants who had entered the country illeg...
The issue of the renunciation of the Citizenship of India is explained in the Citizenship Act 1955, in the Section 8. If an adult denies his Citizenship of India, his minor child automatically looses citizenship of the country. The automatic termination of Indian Citizenship is dealt in details...
A person registered as OCI is eligible to apply for grant of Indian citizenship under section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 if he/she is registered as OCI for five years and has been residing in India for one year out of the five years before making the application. Benefits ...
India, Pakistan and the 1948 British Nationality Act the various ways in which Britain sought to square the working of its 1948 Nationality Act with Indian and Pakistani citizenship legislation that took shape... Sarah,Ansari - 《Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History》 被引量: 4发表: 2013...
This study contributes to the ongoing debate on the theory of citizenship. It traces the Citizenship Act of India, 1955-from its inception, through various amendments (1986, 2003, and 2005), its connection with other significant laws such as the Abducted Persons Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (...
The Citizenship (Amendment) bill, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11th December 2019, and after receiving the assent from the President of India on 12th December 2019, the bill assumed the status of an act. As soon as the bill was passed in the Parliament,...
The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced by amending the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005. The Scheme provides for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) of all Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who were citizens of India on 26th January, 1950 or there after...