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2023 Supreme(SC) 1854

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, SURYA KANT, M. M. SUNDRESH, J. B. PARDIWALA, MANOJ MISRA
In Re: Section 6a Of The Citizenship Act 1955 – Appellant
Versus
. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Vijay Hansaria, Sr. Adv., Mr. Somiran Sharma, AOR, Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, Adv., Ms. Kavya Jhawar, Adv., Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Adv., Ms. Anshula Laroiya, Adv., Mr. Adith Deshmukh, Adv., Mr. Arpit Jacob Varaprasad, Adv., Ms. Shristi Borthakur, Adv., Mr. Dhrubajit Saikia, Adv., Ms. Aadya Malik, Adv., Mr. Suryanusen Gupta, Adv., Mr. K N Choudhury, Sr. Adv., Mr. Manish Goswami, Adv., Mr. Navneet Gautam, Adv., Mr. Rongon Choudhury, Adv., Mr. Rishabh Sharma, Adv., Mr. Priyonkoo Anjan Gogoi, Adv., Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR, Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv., & Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv., Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv., Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv., Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv., Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv., Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv., Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarkar, Adv., Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv., Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv., Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv., Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv., Ms. Tehsheena Z Hussain, Adv., Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv., Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv., Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv., Mr. Sadeeq Sherwani, Adv., Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv., Mr. Shivendra Singh, AOR, Mr. Bikram Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Chaudhary, Adv., Mr. Puneett Singhal, Adv., Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR, Mr. Sanjay Hegde, Sr. Adv., Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv., Mr. Mrigank Prabhakar, AOR, Mr. Partha Sil, AOR, & Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR, Mr. Syed Shahid Husain Rizvi, Adv., Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv., Mr. S. Islam, Adv., Mr. Imtiyaz Ali, Adv., Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR, Mr. Anish Roy, Adv.,
For the Respondent: Mr. R. Venkatramani, Attorney General for India, UOI Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Mr. K.M. Nataraj, A.S.G., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv., Mrs. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv., Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mrs. Ruchi Gour Narula, Adv., Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv., Mrs. Sneha Kalita, Adv., Ms. Sonali Jain, Adv., Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv., Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv., Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Kumar Pandy, Adv., Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv., Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR, Mrs. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv., Mr. Anil Hooda, Adv., Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv., Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, Adv.
For The Assasm : Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General, Mr. Devajit Saikia, Sr Adv/Adv Gen Assam, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Ms. Diksha Rai, Adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mr. P Nayak, Adv., Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv., Mr. Gaurang Bhushan, Adv., Mr. Kritagya Kait, Adv., Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv., Mr. Rohit Khare, Adv., Mr. Akshay Nain, Adv., Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv., Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv., Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv., Mr. Kapil Sibal, Sr. Adv., Ms. Indira Jaising, Sr. Adv., Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv., Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR, Mr. Nizam Pasha, Adv., Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv., Mr. Mustafa Khaddam Hussain, Adv., Ms. Rupali Samuel, Adv., Mr. Ibad Mushtaq, Adv., Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv., Mr. Mohammad Wasim, Adv., Mr. Rohin Bhatt, Adv., Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarkar, Adv., Ms. Lubna Naaz, Adv., Ms. Tehsheena Z Hussain, Adv., Ms. Akanksha Rai, Adv., Mr. Shahid Nadeem, Adv., Mr. Sadeeq Sherwani, Adv., Ms. Gurneet Kaur, Adv., Mr. Syed Ashhar, Adv., Mr. Arkam Pasha, Adv., Mr. Dushyant Dave, Sr. Adv., Mr. Mansoor Ali, AOR, Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv., Mr. Syed Shahid Husain Rizvi, Adv., Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv., Ms. Rubina Jawed, Adv., Mr. S Islam, Adv., Mr. Imtiyaz Ali, Adv., Mr. Arijit Sarkar, Adv., Mr. Zeeshan Rizvi, Adv., Ms. Nabeela Jamil, Adv., Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR, Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv., Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv., Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv., Mr. Tarun Mehra, Adv., Mr. Gajjala Bhaskar, Adv., Mrs. Malvika Trivedi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ankit Yadav, Adv., Ms. Sujal Gupta, Adv., Mr. Shailendra Slaria, Adv., Ms. Prakriti Rastogi, Adv., Mr. T. Mahipal, AOR, Mr. Chander Uday Singh, Sr. Adv., Ms. Aparna Bhat, AOR, Mr. Gautam Bhatia, Adv., Ms. Bidya Mohanty, Adv., Ms. Karishma Maria, Adv., Mr. Mrinmoy Dutta, Adv., Mr. Amjid Maqbool, Adv., Mr. P V Surendranath, Sr. Adv., Mr. Biju P Raman, AOR, Mr. Sawan Kumar Shukla, Adv., Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv., Mrs. Lekha Sudhakar, Adv., Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR, Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR, Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv., Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv., Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv., Mr. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv., For M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR, Mr. Gaurav Dhingra, AOR, Mr. Ardhendumauli Kumar Prasad, A.A.G., Mr. Pradeep Misra, AOR, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Adv., Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Suraj Singh, Adv., Mr. Bhuwan Chandra, Adv., Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR, Mr. Debojit Borkakati, AOR, Mr. Mohit D. Ram, AOR, Ms. Sushma Suri, AOR, Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR, Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Adv., Ms. Manyaa Chandok, Adv., Ms. Ishita Deswal, Adv., Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv., Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR, Mr. Srisatya Mohanty, Adv., Ms. Anju Thomas, Adv., Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv., Ms. Mantika Haryani, Adv., Mr. Shreyas Awasthi, Adv., Mr. Himanshu Chakravarty, Adv., Ms. Ripul Swati Kumari, Adv., Mr. Bhanu Mishra, Adv., Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv., Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv., Ms. Anvita Dwivedi, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR, Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, AOR, Mr. Shantwanu Singh, Adv., Mr. Rahul Dubey, Adv., Ms. Pragya Singh, Adv., Mr. Akshay Singh, Adv., Mr. Siddhesh Shirish Kotwal, AOR, Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv., Mr. Tejasvi Gupta, Adv., Mr. Pawan Upadhyay, Adv., Mr. T. Illayarasu, Adv., Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR, Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv., Mr. V.K. Sidharthan, AOR, Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR, Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR, Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR, Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR, Mr. Anuvrat Sharma, AOR, Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, A.A.G., Mr. Rajiv Shankar Dvivedi, Adv., Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR, Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv., Mr. C. K. Sasi, AOR, Ms. Meena K Poulose, Adv., Ms. Liz Mathew, AOR, Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR, Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv., Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv., Mr. Mohit Prasad, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G., Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR, Mr. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv., Mr. Tapesh Kumar Singh, A.A.G./AOR, Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, Adv., Mr. Priyanshu Malik, Adv., Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR, Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv., Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv., Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv., Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv., M/S. K J John And Co, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Mr. Karun Shrama, Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv., Mr. K N Balgopal Adv. Gen. Nagaland/Sr. Adv., Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv., Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv., Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv., Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, Adv., Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv., Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR, Ms. Devyani Bhatt, Adv., Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv., Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Rohan Darade, Adv., Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR, Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR, Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR, Mr. Gurminder Singh, Adv. Gen Punjab/Sr. Adv., Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR, Mr. Mayank Dahiya, Adv., Ms. Sugandh Rathor, Adv., Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR, Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv., Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv., Mr. Simanta Kumar, Adv., Mr. Devvrat Singh, Adv., Mr. Jainendra Kumar, Adv., Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv., Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv., Mr. Kailas U More, Adv., Mrs. Nirmala D Borade, Adv., Mr. Narendra Kumar, AOR, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, A.A.G., Mr. Sabarish Subramanian, AOR, Ms. Devyani Gupta, Adv., Mr. C Kranthi Kumar, Adv., Mr. Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Adv., Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Adv., Mr. Danish Saifi, Adv., Ms. Tanvi Anand, Adv., Ms. V Keerthana, Adv., Mr. B. Balaji, AOR, Mr. Sri Harsha Peechara, Adv., Mr. Duvvuri Subrahmanya Bhanu, Adv., Ms. Pallavi, Adv., Ms. Kriti Sinha, Adv., Mr. Akshat Kulshreshtha, Adv., Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry, AOR, Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR, Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Mr. Siddharth Sangal, AOR, Mr. Parijat Sinha, AOR, Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv., Mr. Adeel Ahmed, AOR, Mr. Abdur Rehman Sikdar, Adv., Mr. Raja Chatterjee, Adv., Ms. Taqdees Fatima, Adv., Mr. Anas Tanwir, Adv., Mr. Piyush Sachdev, Adv., Mr. Md Sharuk Ali, Adv., Ms. Anupama Gupta, Adv., Ms. Riya Dutta, Adv., Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv., Ms. Lilly Biswas, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. Partha Sil, AOR, Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR, Mr. Anupam Lal Das, Sr. Adv., Mr. Rahul Pratap, AOR, Mr. G. N. Reddy, AOR, Mr. Satish Kumar, AOR, Mr. Mehmood Pracha, Adv., Mr. Syed Ali Ahmad, Adv., Mr. Syed Tanweer Ahmad, Adv., Mr. Syed Miran Ahmad, Adv., Mr. S S Bandyopadhyay, Adv., Mr. Ankit Verma, Adv., Mr. S Kundu, Adv., Mr. Abhaya Nath Das, Adv., Mrs. Barnali Basak, Adv., Ms. Riya Soni, Adv., Mr. V K Shukla, Adv., Mr. B C Bhatt, Adv., Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv., Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR, Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv., Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv., Ms. Akanksha Tomar, Adv., Mr. Argha Roy, Adv., Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Adv., Mr. Ajay Tewari, Sr. Adv., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR, Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv., Mr. Somesh Chandra Jha, AOR, Mr. Harsh Parashar, AOR, Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, AOR, Mrs. Swarupama Chaturvedi, AOR, Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR, Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, AOR, Dr. P.N. Mishra, Adv., Mrs. Hardeep Kaur Mishra, Adv., Mr. Praveen Mishra, Adv., Mr. Sanand Ramakrishnan, AOR, Ms. Rashmi Singhania, AOR, Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR, Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Vikash Kumar, Adv., Ms. Rashmi Nandakumar, AOR, Mr. Dhawal Uniyal , AOR, Mr. Saurabh Mishra, A.A.G., Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR, Mr. Mrigna Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv., Mr. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Adv., Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR, Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Adv., Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR, Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR, Mr. Vivek Sharma, AOR, Ms. Krishna Sarma, Adv., Mr. Navnit Kumar, Adv., Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv., Mr. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Adv., For M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR, Mr. Colin Gonsalves, Sr. Adv., Ms. Hetvi Patel, Adv., Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR, Mr. Abhishek, AOR, Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR, Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR, Mr. Krishna Dev Jagarlamudi, AOR, Mr. Mohan Pandey, AOR

Table of Content
1. classification of citizenship provisions under section 6a. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. constitutional validity of section 6a challenged. (Para 5)
3. data disclosures required from union government. (Para 6)
4. next hearing scheduled for december 12, 2023. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)

ORDER :

1. The provisions of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 can broadly be bifurcated in three time periods:

    (i) The period prior to 1 January 1966 (Sub-section 2);

    (ii) The period between 1 January 1966 and 25 March 1971 (Sub-section 3); and

    (iii) The period from 26 March 1971.

2. Section 6A has provided for the grant of citizenship to persons of Indian origin, originating in the specified territory who have entered Assam between the statutory time periods (set out in (i) and (ii) above) and who have been ordinarily residents of Assam after the date of entry.

3. The distinction between sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) of Section 6A is that the grant of citizenship under sub-section (3) is contingent on additional condition, namely, detection by the Foreigners Tribunal under the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order 1964 and registration. Upon being detected as a foreigner, sub-section (3) contemplates that

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