Sweden-based professor of Indian origin moves High Court as govt cancels his OCI card
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The Delhi High court on Thursday asked the Centre to respond to a petition filed by Sweden-based professor of Indian origin Ashok Swain against the government’s decision to cancel his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.
Justice Prathiba M Singh issued notice to the Centre on the petition filed by Swain, a professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Asking the Centre to respond to Swain’s petition in four weeks, the HC posted the matter for further hearing in February 2023.
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Swain said pursuant to a show-cause notice in 2020, his OIC card was arbitrarily barred in February 2022 on the allegations that he was indulging in inflammatory speeches and anti-India activities. He maintained he didn’t make any inflammatory speech. There was no specific incident to suggest he indulged in anti-India activities.
Source: The Tribune
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