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The Election Commission told the Supreme Court it has authority over electoral rolls and its opinion is binding on the President regarding citizenship.
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Referring to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, he said, it requires a person applying for mining lease to be a citizen of India. “So when somebody applies, the authority will certainly examine whether he is a citizen or not,” he said.

The Election Commission told the Supreme Court it has authority over electoral rolls and its opinion is binding on the President regarding citizenship.

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether India’s citizenship law can be interpreted liberally to ease the path to citizenship for children born in India to foreign nationals, including whether