The Kerala High Court directed the Centre to grant Indian citizenship to two women aged 21 and 24, who were born in Pakistan, without asking for a Renunciation certificate from the Pakistan government.
While giving the direction, the Court said that the government cannot compel the petitioners to present a Renunciation Certificate since they migrated to India as minors and after surrendering their Pakistani passports.
The Court was hearing a plea by petitioners who were not able to get a Renunciation Certificate from the Pakistan government as they had moved to India before attaining 21 years of age, as per Pakistan Citizenship Rules. The petitioners faced problems when the Union Government denied them Indian citizenship as they were unable to provide the Renunciation Certificate. which is required under Indian rules.
As per a report by Live Law, the order was given by Justice T R Ravi, who directed the Government to grant Indian citizenship to the petitioners on the basis of the non-objection certificate issued by the Pakistani government.
This matter reached the Kerala High Court when the first petitioner-mother had approached the court requesting the Union Government to grant Indian citizenship to her daughters aged 21 (2nd petitioner) and 24 (3rd petitioner).
The mother also submitted that her husband was born in Kerala’s Kannur district and had migrated to Pakistan with his grandmother at the age of nine years. She further stated that her husband was working in UAE and in 2008 their family moved to India with the Indian Government’s permission.
It was also observed by the Court that the Pakistan High Commission had issued a certificate indicating no objection to granting Indian nationality to the petitioners. It was also noted that the petitioners had surrendered their Pakistani passports while they were minors and therefore would be unable to travel to Pakistan.
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