Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 792 · Decided 18 October 2024
Union of India v. Pranav Srinivasan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 792 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 736
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5932/2023
- Decided
- 18 October 2024
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 5, 6, 7, 8
Headnote
The issue involved in the instant cases concerns the grant of Indian citizenship to the respondent. Constitution of India - Arts.5, 6, 7, 8 - Citizenship Act, 1955 - ss.5, 8 - Citizenship Rules, 2009 - Respondent's grandparents were born in India, father in 1963 and mother in 1972 - On 19.12.1998, his parents adopted citizenship of Singapore - Respondent was born on 01.03.1999 in Singapore - On 05.05.2017, respondent sought for resumption of his Indian citizenship, however, he was found ineligible
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