Citizens Archives

Born in India = Citizen by Birth: Delhi High Court grants Passport Relief to Tibetan-origin woman

“A person is an Indian citizen by birth in terms of Section 3(1)(a) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, if such person was born in India on or after 26 January 1950 but before 1 July 1987.”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Kneeling at the football field after games to offer a quiet personal prayer: whether such observances are protected under the US Constitution’s First Amendment? SCOTUS answers

Supreme Court of The United States: While deliberating upon the instant matter, wherein the petitioner lost his job as a high school

Case Briefs High Courts

Mad HC | Art. 21 of the Constitution of India applies to all persons, citizens and non-citizens alike, including refugees and asylum seekers

Madras High Court: G.R. Swaminathan, J. while hearing a petition seeking conferment of citizenship, declined to issue mandamus for the same on

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Illegal construction in Aravali Hills to be demolished; well-meaning citizens ‘led up the garden path by State’ to be compensated: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ. disposed of substantive applications in Kant Enclave Matters directing