Supreme Court Issues Notice On US-Based Professor's Plea Challenging Law On Automatic Revocation Of Indian Citizenship After Acquiring Foreign One

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a plea challenging Section 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955, which provides for automatic termination of an individual's Indian citizenship upon voluntary acquisition of a foreign citizenship. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order and tagged the case with Dr Radhika Thappeta v. Union of India, where similar issue of...