The Citizenship Act 1955

This book compiles the legal framework and procedures for acquiring, maintaining, and renouncing citizenship in India. Its coverage includes the following: • Citizenship Act, 1955 • Citizenship Rules, 2009, as amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules 2024, along with Schedules and Forms • Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 Designed to aid legal professionals, policymakers, and individuals alike, this book provides an in-depth section-by-section analysis of India's citizenship laws and their operational guidelines. The Present Publication is the latest 2024 edition, edited by Taxmann's Editorial Board.

Contributing to the ongoing debates on citizenship, this book traces the Citizenship Act of India, 1955 from its inception, through the various amendments in 1986, 2003, and 2005. It includes detailed studies of other significant laws and judgments including the Abducted Persons (Recovery and Rehabilitation) Act (1949), and the Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunals Act (1983) to show how citizenship unfolded among differentially located individuals, communities, and groups. The book argues that the citizenship laws in India show a steady movement towards the affirmation of citizenship's relationship with blood-ties and descent. The volume identifies amendments in the Citizenship Act as transitions which are framed by major historical choices and decisions. It examines the liminal categories of citizenship produced in the period between the commencement of the Constitution and the enactment of the Citizenship Act, which continue to make citizenship fraught with uncertainties and exclusions. Through a discussion of laws and judgments, the work also brings out the relationship between citizenship and migration in independent India, in particular in the wake of migration from Bangladesh and distress migration because of the breakdown of rural economies.

Citizenship is identified with an ideal condition of equality of status and belonging, it gets challenged in societies marked by inequalities. This short introduction describes the history of citizenship in India, before moving on to the pluralities and the contemporary landscapes of citizenship. It traces the amendments in the Citizenship Act, 1955 and argues that the legal enframing of the citizen involves a simultaneous production of its other-the non-citizen.

Too many confusing questions around 2019 amendments of the Citizenship Act? Find simple and straight answers in this one stop answer bank. This book is a quest to find the definition of Indian Citizen through the statutes. It has started with the Constitution of India. It has searched through the provisions of the Citizenship Act, 1955, as amended. It has studied the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003. It has apprised the processes of National Register for Indian Citizens followed in Assam. In the end, it has looked into the debate over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. In due course it has made observations about the history of amendments of the Citizenship Act, 1955. It has noted the points of debate over the latest amendments of the aforementioned act. Yet, it abstained from expressing any opinion. The objective of this book was to help readers understand the law on the Indian Citizenship by untangling complex phrases of bare acts. Understanding the law may further help in distinguishing between information and misinformation in an environment which is clouded with uninformed opinion. It can also help build informed opinions. This Book can come in handy for the aspirants of examinations for different public services. It can also be helpful to those who are in between citizenships of India and other countries and looking forward to obtaining an Overseas Citizen of India Card. It can also be a guiding material to those who have somehow lost citizenship of India and seeking a way to acquire it. It can also be a guide to finding one's ancestor in the Legacy Data if Nationwide NRC is ever notified. It can be entertaining to the curious souls who have an urge to understand what citizenship of India is beyond brouhaha in the media. It is a multipurpose book. It aspires to cater to multitudes of needs and various interests.

The essays in On Citizenship provide the reader with clear, informed, compelling insights into the vexed issue of citizenship in India today. The four writers featured in this book-Romila Thapar, N. Ram, Gautam Bhatia, and Gautam Patel-are all experts in their fields. It breaks down the history of citizenship, how it evolved during the Constituent Assembly debates, the nationwide CAA-NRC protests and makes a compelling case against the ruling dispensation.

The constitution of India is the lengthiest constitution in the world. Though mainly derived from government of India act, 1935, it has adopted articles from constitutions of a number of countries -USA, CANADA, ENGLANDEvery Political Scientist, Lawyer, Student preparing for various competitive exam and even every responsible citizen of the land must be aware of various parts and article.People of other countries, who wish to compare their constitution with the constitution of India must also read it.