Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 646 · Decided 22 August 2024
Union of India v. Bahareh Bakshi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 646 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 820
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4887/2024
- Decided
- 22 August 2024
- Bench
- HRISHIKESH ROY, SUDHANSHU DHULIA, SARASA VENKATANARAYANA BHATTI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
Issue arose as regards to the presence of the estranged husband, if mandatory to process an application by the wife-foreign spouse of a citizen of India for overseas Citizen of India Card, u/s.7-A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Citizenship Act,1955 - Citizen of India Cardholder - Application for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card by wife-foreign spouse of a citizen of India - Presence of the estranged husband, if mandatory to process the application u/s.7A: Held: Presence of the spouse of the applicant either physically or
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