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.
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Atreyo Banerjee

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.

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