If Parents Renounce Citizenship, Child In Womb Entitled To It: High Court
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Justice Anita Sumanth gave the ruling while allowing a writ petition from Pranav Srinivasan, now 22 years old, seeking Indian citizenship.
Even though the parents renounce their Indian citizenship and opt for citizenship elsewhere, their unborn child at the time of renunciation is entitled to claim Indian citizenship, the Madras High Court has ruled.
Justice Anita Sumanth gave the ruling while allowing a writ petition from Pranav Srinivasan, now 22 years old, seeking Indian citizenship.
He sought to quash an order dated April 30, 2019 of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, which rejected his plea.
The parents of the petitioner, though originally Indian citizens, renounced their citizenship and obtained citizenship of Singapore in December, 1998. The petitioner was a seven and a half month foetus at that time. He was born on March 1, 1999 in Singapore and acquired its citizenship by virtue of his birth there.
