Supreme Court of India · 1961-04-05
FIDA HUSSAIN vs STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
- Citation / case number
- SC 1960/44
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- FIDA HUSSAIN
- Respondent
- STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
- 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 appellant, who returned to India from Pakistan in 1953, was not a foreigner under Section 2(a) of the Foreigners Act, 1946, as he was a natural born British subject at the time of entry. Consequently, his conviction for breaching paragraph 7 of the Foreigners Order, 1948, was invalid since that provision applies only to individuals classified as foreigners upon entry. The Court held that the appellant's conviction was overturned, affirming his status as not being a foreigner.