Apex court upholds Citizenship Act

The Supreme Court (SC), on Monday, upheld the Citizenship Act 2006. The single bench of judge Tahir Ali Ansari revoked a writ petition that had been filed at the apex court challenging the act.

The apex court has said that the Citizenship Act had been introduced in accordance with the House of Representatives Declaration and as per the Doctrine of Necessity.

Advocate Amita Shrestha had filed the writ petition asking the court to rescind the Citizenship Act claiming that non-Nepalis could become citizens because of the new act. nepalnews.com sd Dec 19 06

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