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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on Ashok Swain’s plea against cancellation of OCI card

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a plea by academician Ashok Swain challenging an order by which his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card was cancelled.

Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks’ time to the Centre to file its reply and listed the matter for further hearing on November 9.

Mr. Swain, a resident of Sweden and Professor and head of department at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, approached the Delhi High Court against the July 30 order cancelling his OCI card, claiming a non-speaking order was passed.

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