Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 161 · Decided 24 July 1991
MR. Louis De Raedt & ORS. v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 161 · [1991] 3 S.C.R. 149
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1410/1987
- Decided
- 24 July 1991
- Bench
- L.M. SHARMA, J.S. VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 5
Headnote
B Constitution of india, 1950: Article 5-'domicile'-Meaning of- Domicile of origin and domicile of choice-difference between- Domicile of choice-How acquired-Intention to stay permanently- Burden of proof. -~ c " Articles 19( l)(e) and 21-Foreigner not acquiring Indian citizen- ship-Not of Government to expel such persons-Whether absolute and unrestricted. Foreigners Act, I946: Section 3-expulsion of foreigner from D India on his failure to acquire Indian citizenship-Right of Government of India-Whether absolute and unrestricted-Decision to deport taken ~ by the
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