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Discretion Is Not Sweet Will
Whether it concerns entry into India or the grant of citizenship, discretion is a power conferred and bounded by law, and must be exercised fairly and transparently, not according to sweet will.
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When Discretion Rewrites the Statute
The Telangana High Court’s reading of Section 5(1)(f) in Munna Mohammed Ghouse shows how a misreading of eligibility can quietly turn discretion against the purpose of the statute that confers it.
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Detention by Any Other Name
Calling detention a holding or restriction centre does not change what it is, but it can strip away the safeguards the law gives to those deprived of liberty.
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The Citizenship Act, 1955
Full text of the Citizenship Act, 1955, as published on the Government of India’s Indian Citizenship Online portal.
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Statelessness and the Limits of Custom
Is there a binding international duty on all states to reduce statelessness, or does it exist only for those that have accepted it by treaty?
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Citizenship by Circular
Citizenship is among the most important rights a person can hold, yet the rules that decide it lie largely hidden in notifications, officer orders, guidelines and SOPs.
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Assam’s Citizenship Question and the Weight of History
Assam’s repeated re-determination of citizenship risks being disproportionate and rewriting a shared history of Assam and Bengal as one of intrusion.
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Judging the Foreigners, Part II: Training and Independence
Whether Foreigners Tribunal members should be advocates or judges, how they should be trained, and whether their dependence on the government allows them to be called independent.
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Judging the Foreigners, Part I: Who Sits in Judgment?
Foreigners Tribunals do the work of courts, so who sits on them, what qualifications they hold and whether their independence is secured deserve far closer scrutiny.
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Suspicion as Procedure: A Constitutional Critique of the MHA’s 2025 Deportation SOP
The Ministry of Home Affairs’ letter of 2 May 2025 builds a complete apparatus of identification, detention, removal and civil erasure without once mentioning a court, a tribunal or a hearing. An administrative and constitutional critique.
