The Bombay High Court granted extended interim protection to actor Imran Khan Pal, a 44-year-old American citizen facing deportation orders from immigration authorities. The Foreigner Regional Registration Office issued a directive instructing him to depart India within two weeks following an unlawful assembly complaint tied to an October 10 Mumbai demonstration regarding voter rolls. While the actor claimed Article 21 protections against arbitrary expulsion, the court instructed him to submit an unconditional apology and disassociate from the event. The central government has now been asked to file a formal reply.
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The Bombay High Court ruled that Overseas Citizen of India cardholders do not hold the ri…: The Bombay High Court ruled that Overseas Citizen of India cardholders do not hold the right to protest.
The central government maintains absolute discretionary authority to order the deportatio…: The central government maintains absolute discretionary authority to order the deportation of foreign nationals living in India.
Long-term residence spanning several decades does not automatically grant foreign citizen…: Long-term residence spanning several decades does not automatically grant foreign citizens the same constitutional privileges as Indian nationals.
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MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday continued its interim relief against Centre’s Leave India Notice to actor Imran Khan Pal, 44, a US citizen and an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), after he furnished a prepared undertaking and added an unconditional apology which the court sought. The central government’s Foreigner Registration Regional Officer (FRRO) had given him 2 weeks to leave India, four days after registering an FIR against Khan for unlawful assembly in Mumbai during an October 10 protest against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls and the CEC.
Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna said, “OCI card holders are not Indian citizens." They were hearing a petition Khan filed to challenge the Leave India notice as arbitrary and in violation of his right to life.
“You cannot behave like an Indian citizen. You are not even remotely associated with the SIR process,’’ said the CJ orally to Khan, via his senior counsel VR Dhond, who said he was ready with the undertaking.
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