Part – 2

Citizenship
Article 5-11

Citizen

Person

State

Political rights Civil rights Special loyalty

 Part&2 Hkkx&2
Citizenship ¼Article-5-11½ ukxfjdrk ¼vuqPNsn&5&11½

• Definition of Citizenship :- A • ukxfjd dh ifjHkk"kk %& og O;fDr ftls

person who has been granted all jkT; dh vksj ls lHkh jktuhfrd vkSj
political and civil rights by a Nation ukxfjd vf/kdkj izkIr gksa vkSj tks ml
and who has special loyalty jkT; ds izfr fo’ks"k fu"Bk j[krk gksaA
towards that Nation.

• The constitution of India under • Hkkjrh; lafo/kku Hkkx & 2 ds varxZr

Part-II [Article 5-11] provides for vuqPNsn 5 ls 11 esa ukxfjdrk ls lacfa /kr
the provision in relation to izko/kku micaf/kr fd, x, gSaA
citizenship.
 Article - 5

At the commencement of this Constitution

Every Person

Domicile in the territory of India or

Territory of India

(a) Born yourself

(b) Born to either of the Parents
(c) Have been Resident here not less than 5 years

Citizen
1. Central Bank of India Limited vs. Ram Narayan, 1955

2. Muhammad Raza vs. State of Bombay, 1966

3. Pradeep Jain vs. Union of India, 1984

4. Yogesh Bhardwaj vs. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1991

1. Central Bank of India Limited vs.
Ramnarayan (1955) :-
• In this case, Justice Shri Mahajan has
given the definition of the word
Domicile-A place is called domicile of
a person when he is permanently
residing at such place and as of now
has no intention of leaving it.
1. ls.Vªy cSad vkWQ bf.M+;k fyfeVsM+
cuke jkeukjk;.k ¼1955½ %&
• bl ekeys esa eq[; U;k;k/kh’k Jh egktu us
vf/kokl 'kCn dh ifjHkk"kk bl izdkj dh
gS&^^og LFkku fdlh O;fDr dk vf/kokl LFkku
dgykrk gS tgk¡ og LFkk;h :i ls fuokl dj
jgk gks vkSj orZeku le; esa mls NksM+us dk
dksbZ bjknk u gksA^^
2. Mohd. Raza vs. State of Bombay 2. eqgEen jtk cuke LVsV vkWQ ckWEcs
(1966) :- ¼1966½ %&
• In this matter, Mohd. Razaa was not • bl ekeys esa eqgEen jtk dks LFkk;h :i ls
given citizenship because he did not jgus dh bZPNk izdV u gksus ds dkj.k
intend to live permanently in India. ukxfjdrk ugha nh xbZA
3. Dr. Pradeep Jain vs. Union of 3. iznhi tSu ¼MkW-½ cuke Hkkjr la?k] ,-
India (AIR 1984) & vkbZ-vkj- 1984
4. Dr. Yogesh Bhardwaj vs. State of 4. ¼MkW-½ ;ksx’k Hkkj}kt cuke mÙkj izns’k
UP (AIR 1991) :- jkT;] ,-vkbZ-vkj- 1991 %&

Supreme Court held that Article 5 mPpre U;k;ky; us vo/kkfjr fd;k fd

determines the domicile of a person vuqPNsn 5 Hkkjr ds vf/kokl dks ekU;rk nsrk
in India. This does not determine the gSA ;g jkT; vf/kokl dh vo/kkj.kk dks
domicile to a state. ekU;rk ugha nsrk gSA
 Article – 6

A Person

From the territory of Pakistan

The Territory of India

Migrated

Deemed to be a citizen of India

A. He or
either of his Parents or
any of his grand Parents
was born in India (defined in the Government of India Act, 1935) or

B. i. Migrated before the 19 July, 1948 in the territory of India

ii. Migrated after the 19 July, 1948 in the territory of India

After 6 months of residence (Provided).

will have to be registered as a Citizen
• 19th July, 1948 is an important date
because on this day the system of
giving Permit Letters started for those
who moved from Pakistan to India or
from India to Pakistan.
• 19 tqykbZ 1948 dh frfFk egÙkiw.kZ gS D;ksafd
blh frfFk ls Hkkjr ls ikfdLrku vkSj
ikfdLrku ls Hkkjr izokl ¼vkus tkus ds fy,½
vuqefr i= dh iz.kkyh 'kq: dh xbZ FkhA
 Article – 7

After 1 March, 1947

From the Territory of India

The Territory of Pakistan

Migrated

shall not be deemed to be a Citizen of India

 Provided

The Territory of Pakistan

After Migrated

The Territory of India

Has returned

After 19 July, 1948

Deemed to have migrated

Migration means-

1. Shanno Devi vs. Mangal Sen (AIR 1961 SC 58)

2. Bhanwaru Khan vs. Union of India AIR 2002 SC 1614

• Migration means- • izoztu (Migration) ls rkRi;Z&

• Shanno Devi vs. Mangal Sen (AIR 1961 SC 58)

• 'kUuksa nsoh cuke eaxy lsu (AIR 1961 SC 58)
Supreme Court held that Migration ds ekeys esa mPpre U;k;ky; us dgk fd
means going from one place to izoztu 'kCn dk vFkZ ,d LFkku ls nwljs LFkku
another to reside at that place dks LFkk;h :i ls fuokl djus ds bjkns ls
permanently tkuk gSA
• Bhanwru Khan vs. Union of India AIR
2002 SC 1614
Supreme Court observed that the
people who went to Pakistan
voluntarily and took citizenship of
Pakistan cannot come back to India.
They cannot claim citizenship of India
on the basis that they were residing in
India for a long time and were included
in it’s Voter List.
• Hkaok: [kku cuke Hkkjr la?k] ,-vkbZ-vkj-
2002] ,l-lh-1614
mPpre U;k;ky; us ekU;rk nh fd tks LosPNk
ls ikfdLrku pys x, Fks vkSj ogka ukxfjd
cu x,] Hkkjr okil ugha vk ldrsA os Hkkjr
dh ukxfjdrk dk bl vk/kkj ij nkok ugha
dj ldrs fd os yacs le; rd Hkkjr esa jg
jgs Fks vkSj muds uke ernkrk lwph esa 'kkfey
fd, x, gSA
 Article-8

Right of Citizenship for Indian Origin

Person

Residing outside India

Any person who or

either of whose Parents or
any of whose Grand Parents was
born in India (Defined in the Government
of India Act, 1935)
 Residing in any country outside India

Diplomatic or Consular Representative of India

Have taken India Citizenship

 Article-9

Person

He has Voluntary acquiring the

Citizenship of any foreign State

No person shall be a Citizen of India

 Article-10

Person

Citizen of India

Any law made by Parliament

Continue to be such citizen

 Article-11

Power to make any Provision related to

Citizenship

shall be in Parliament
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