HIGH COURT NOVEMBER 2024 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on OCI; Ashneer Grover’s wife; Termination of Pregnancy; Maharashtra Elections; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
OCI
Indian Nationales abroad: Understanding the differences between NRIs, OCIs and PIOs
To bring the “Indians” abroad closer to home, the Government of India offers different kinds of statuses, which are known as NRIs, OCIs and PIOs.
Can a foreigner claim right to be appointed as a guardian under National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Rules, 2000? Delhi High Court answers
The mere usage of the word “parent”, “relative” or “any person” in Section 14 of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 does not convince this Court to conclude that a non-citizen could also claim a right to be appointed as a guardian of a person with a disability. Neither of those three expressions can be possibly understood as constituting a legislative intent to recognise foreign nationals as being entitled to be appointed as guardians.
MHA | Graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions
In view of the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had taken a series of steps to