Section 6A of Citizenship Act open to abuse due to forged documents: Justice J B Pardiwala
- Posted on October 17, 2024
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Section 6A of Citizenship Act open to abuse due to forged documents: Justice J B Pardiwala
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Pardiwala declared Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, which provides Indian citizenship to immigrants in Assam from 1966 to 1971, as arbitrary and unconstitutional. The section's open-ended nature and lack of a temporal limit have led to misuse and failure of its intended objectives.
