Tag: NRIs

EC proposes postal ballot for NRIs, asks government to amend law at earliest

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Election Commission (EC) has written to the government seeking extension of voting through postal ballots to non-resident Indians (NRIs) for the assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. In a letter to the Union law ministry, the EC cited a successful implementation of Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS)

In line with CAA, Bombay High Court asks Canadian woman to surrender overseas citizenship

Source:-https://www.freepressjournal.in Observing that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act casts a duty on the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to cancel the Indian citizenship granted to a foreigner, after s/he gets divorced, the Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered a Canadian woman to surrender her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card. A bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar