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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How a Nationwide Register of Citizens violates Citizenship Laws and the Constitution -Mohammad Wasim

How a Nationwide Register of Citizens violates Citizenship Laws and the Constitution -Mohammad Wasim

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published Published on Mar 6, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 7, 2021

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The primary question to ask is whether any existing law requires citizens to possess certain documents or to register as proof or condition of citizenship. There exists no such law or requirement under the citizenship laws in India, writes MOHAMMAD WASIM.

IN the ever-shifting landscape of the meaning and scope of citizenship, one feature has remained immutable—that citizenship is the bedrock of a gamut of other rights. Citizenship confers superior rights and privileges on individuals who are citizens and excludes others. Indeed, a person or group shorn of citizenship loses the right to humane treatment, as the Roma, Kurd, and Rohingya people would testify.

Therefore, any measure that impacts citizenship must meet the rigorous standards of due process and ought to be carried out with the most conscientiousness, more so in a polity where citizens are sovereign. Let us examine the Indian citizenship law in this context and see how the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) fares.
 
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TheLeaflet.in, 6 March, 2021, https://www.theleaflet.in/how-a-nationwide-register-of-citizens-violates-citizenship-laws-and-the-constitution/#


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