JUDGMENT

Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI

Table of Contents

A. Background ................................................................................................... 4

B. Issues ........................................................................................................... 10

C. Analysis .................................................................................................... 11

i. Legislative competence of Parliament to enact Section 6A ............... 11

a. The scope of the constitutional provisions on Indian citizenship ............ 12

b. Section 6A of the Citizenship Act 1955 does not conflict with Articles 6 and 7 of the Constitution ...................................................................................... 23

c. The scope of Article 11 of the Constitution ............................................. 26

ii. Section 6A is not violative of Article 14 of the Constitution ................ 34

a. The legal regime under the Citizenship Act 1955 governing migrants ... 35

b. The legal regime governing migrants from East and West Pakistan to Assam .......................................................................................................