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The bench said that Aadhar card, PAN card and voter ID are only for identification of citizens or to provide them services. Along with this, the court refused to grant bail to Babu Abdul Rauf Sardar. Babu Abdul is accused of entering India without any valid passport or visa.
If a person has documents like Aadhar card, PAN card or voter ID, it does not mean that he will become a citizen of India. Bombay High Court said this while refusing to grant bail to a person accused of illegal infiltration from Bangladesh. The person is accused of living in India for about a year by making fake documents. Justice Amit Borkar’s bench said that the Citizenship Act clarifies who can be a citizen of India and who cannot. This Act explains how citizenship can be acquired.
The bench said that Aadhaar card, PAN card and voter ID are only for identification of citizens or for providing services to them. With this, the court refused to grant bail to Babu Abdul Rauf Sardar. Babu Abdul is accused of entering India without a valid passport or visa. He had got all the documents ready after coming here, which included Aadhaar card, PAN card, voter ID and Indian passport. Justice Borkar said that the Parliament had passed the Citizenship Act in 1955, which clearly explains who is called a citizen and who is not and who can become one.
Documents like Aadhaar, PAN are only for identification, not citizenship
He said, ‘In my opinion, the Citizenship Act, 1955 is the only law that defines citizenship and nationality in India. It clarifies who is a citizen, how is a citizen and if citizenship is not there, how can it be acquired.’ Justice Borkar said that just by having an Aadhar card, PAN card or voter ID, one does not become a citizen of India. These documents are there so that the citizen is identified and services can be provided to him. The Citizenship Act, which defines nationality, cannot be rejected on the basis of these documents. This important decision of the court has come at a time when there is a debate going on in Bihar on the SIR of the voter list.
The court said- it is important to differentiate between an intruder and a citizen, otherwise the country is in danger
The bench said that the 1955 law clearly states the difference between Indian citizens and intruders. He said that people who enter India illegally do not have any right to acquire Indian citizenship. He said that the difference between a citizen and an intruder is important because it protects the sovereignty of the country. It is this that ensures that citizens get their rights and no illegal person is able to acquire them. The bench ordered the investigation against the accused Bangladeshi to continue and said that if he is taken out, he will run away.
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