Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1179 · Decided 5 December 2017
Rupajan Begum v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1179 · [2017] 12 S.C.R. 58
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 20858/2017
- Decided
- 5 December 2017
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Citizenship Act, 1955 - s. 6A - Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 - Proof of citizenship - Certificate issued by the Secretary of the Village Panchayat in respect of feuwles who have migrated to other villages after marriage - High Court held the certificate to be invalid - On appeal, held: Certificate the shifting of residence of a married woman from one village to (mother - Certificate by itself and by no means establishes any claim of citizenship of the holder of the certificate - D It is only a supporting document - Certificate 011ly enables its holder to establish a link between the
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