The Legal Quagmire
The lead editorial “Citizen’s Burden” (28 June 2026) aptly sums up the illogicality of demanding multiple proofs from ordinary citizens for establishing their citizenship.
The lead editorial “Citizen’s Burden” (28 June 2026) aptly sums up the illogicality of demanding multiple proofs from ordinary citizens for establishing their citizenship.
Last week the Republic said something true about itself, and the nation recoiled. The Ministry of External Affairs clarified on Passport Seva Divas that a passport is a travel document and not a document of citizenship. The statement was legally unimpeachable.
When the government insists that an Indian passport is not proof of Indian citizenship, something more than a legal clarification is at stake.
The Centre has clarified that an Indian passport is not conclusive proof of citizenship, saying the legal position has remained unchanged for years and is backed by the Passports Act and Bombay High Court rulings.
The application filed by petitioner-Dr. Ashok Kumar Behera-was rejected on the ground that he was unauthorizedly absent since 28 September 2013 and three departmental proceedings were pending agains
India’s rise on the global economic stage is often celebrated as an emblem of national resurgence.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out simultaneous raids in connection with a high-profile fake passport racket allegedly linked to a Pakistani national.
Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting fresh raids and search operations since Thursday morning at Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal.
Kolkata Police's detective department conducted search operations across North 24-Parganas and held a former police officer in the fake passport scam.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) police apprehended 203 offenders, including travel agents and facilitators of illegal immigration, this year in a bid to crack down on visa and passport fraudsters, it said in a statement on Monday.
