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Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, permits foreign migrants of Indian origin who entered Assam between 01-01-1966, and 25-03-1971, to apply for Indian citizenship. This provision was introduced in 1985 as part of the Assam Accord, an agreement between the Government of India and leaders of the Assam movement, which aimed to address the concerns over illegal immigration from Bangladesh
In the instant case, the Court noted that the respondent’s own conduct thwarting the attempts by the Home Secretary to remove him to Belarus should be considered as a highly material factor for the purposes of the relevant proportionality analysis under Art. 8 of ECHR.
The Supreme Court took the decision to uphold the Court of Appeal’s findings regardless of the political debates surrounding the Rwanda Policy.
The Government was directed to consider the Report made by an expert panel in 2015 which had recommended recognition of same-sex relationships.
The Court opined that the present case would fall under the Office Memorandum which stated that “where there is no cognizable offence under IPC and other penal laws, the LOC subject cannot be detained/arrested or prevented from leaving the country.”
In view of the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had taken a series of steps to
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Fateh Deep Singh, J. granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, the father of the bride, while observing that marriages
Supreme Court: Expressing displeasure over the absence of Assam Chief Secretary Alok Kumar during a hearing on the plea seeking humane treatment
Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the Centre to provide the details of the functional
Supreme Court of United Kingdom: In the matter concerning the interpretation of Section 83 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, Lord
Supreme Court: In the present case the bench of R.F.Nariman, J., and Ranjan Gogoi, J.,delivered a landmark judgment touching upon various issues