Supreme Court Upholds State of Uttar Pradesh in Citizenship Dispute, Holding Section 9 of Indian Citizenship Act Applies Retrospectively and Central Government Has Exclusive Jurisdiction. The Court ruled that the determination of whether a person voluntarily acquired foreign citizenship between 1950 and 1955 is exclusively for the Central Government under Section 9(2) and Rule 30, not for civil courts.
13 Mar 1969The litigation arose from a suit filed by respondent No. 1, Shah Mohammad, who was born in undivided India on July 3, 1934. He went to Pakistan in Oct...
