Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 29 · Decided 28 January 1966
MOHD. Raza Dabstani v. State of Bombay and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 29 · [1966] 3 S.C.R. 441
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 289/1964
- Decided
- 28 January 1966
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 5
Headnote
Constitution of lnd1'a, Art. 5-Cltizenship claimed by foreign national on basis of Indian domicilt!--Onus to prove domicile-Residence ~·hether suf]icient proof-Foreign national whether can be Indian citizen. The appellant, an Iranian national by birth, came to India. in. 1938. In 1945 he to India he was registered under the Registeration of Foreigners Rules, 1939, as an Iranian national. On May 25 .. 1951 he obtained a re­ sidential permit under the Foreigners Order, 1938 permitting him to reside in India up to a certain date. This permission was extended from time to time
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