Delhi HC overturns cancellation of OCI card to Prof Ashok Swain, however…

India-born Swedish tutorial and public mental Prof. Ashok Swain’s plea towards the cancellation of his OCI (Abroad Citizen of India) card was as soon as once more upheld by Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Friday, 25 March. Whilst an in depth copy of the judgment is awaited, nevertheless, it seems to be a pyrrhic victory for the educational. The court docket had overturned the cancellation of Prof. Swain’s OCI card in 2023 too, directing the federal government to spell out its causes to the educational intimately.

Prof. Swain had returned to the excessive court docket and complained that regardless of the precise order of the court docket, the federal government had merely copy-pasted and paraphrased the supply which allowed the federal government to cancel OCI playing cards, with out citing why this was being completed in his case.

Prof. Swain’s petition claimed he was a sufferer of a witch hunt for his crucial views of the federal government and its insurance policies. “The petitioner has an ailing mom aged about 78 years who’s affected by varied medical illnesses together with diabetes, hypertension and different age-related illnesses. The petitioner is the one son, and has not been to India prior to now three years. Thus, there’s an excessive urgency for him to go to India and attend to his ailing mom,” the plea had acknowledged.