The State playing judge: A case for revisiting deprivation of Indian citizenship
Citizenship is salient for accessing a bouquet of rights. It is unfortunate that the Gujarat High Court, in a recent case, has held that the Union Government can exclusively deal with the termination of citizenship, wholly excluding the jurisdiction of the civil courts.
Atreyo is a lawyer who is presently pursuing his LLM in Law and Development from the Azim Premji University. He is interested in issues of citizenship and statelessness studies.