Supreme Court of India · 1961-04-05
GHAURUL HASAN AND OTHERS vs THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN
- Citation / case number
- SC 1958/69
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- GHAURUL HASAN AND OTHERS
- Respondent
- THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN
- Bench
- SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P.(CJ),DAS, S.K.,SARKAR, A.K.,GUPTA, K.C. DAS,AYYANGAR, N. RAJAGOPALA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court ruled that the Collector of Nagaur lacked the authority to cancel the citizenship registration of the petitioners under Section 10(2)(a) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, as there was no evidence of fraud or misrepresentation. The Court clarified that Section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, does not empower the Collector to annul his own orders of registration. Consequently, the cancellation orders were set aside, affirming the petitioners' citizenship status.