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Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Man's Plea That He Should Not Be Deported Till His Indian Citizenship Is Decided
Deepankar Malviya
25 Sept 2022 2:21 PM IST
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by a man seeking a direction that he should not be deported to Pakistan until his claim to be an Indian citizen is decided as per Section 9(2) of the Citizenship Act.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice J. B. Pardiwala also issued status quo in the matter. Notice on the plea has been issued to the District Superintendent...
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by a man seeking a direction that he should not be deported to Pakistan until his claim to be an Indian citizen is decided as per Section 9(2) of the Citizenship Act.
A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice J. B. Pardiwala also issued status quo in the matter. Notice on the plea has been issued to the District Superintendent of Police(Godhra), State of Gujarat and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Union of India.
According to the petition, the petitioner was born at Godhra, Gujarat in 1962 and had completed his education in India. In 1976 the petitioner moved to Pakistan but in 1983 he returned to India and got married at Godhra to an Indian woman on 2nd March 1984 and had three children from the wedlock. The petitioner again went away and finally returned to India in 1991 after obtaining all the requisite permits including a residential permit and continued to reside in India with his family.
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