Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court on Wednesday reserved orders in the writ petition filed by Vemulawada MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh of the TRS seeking setting aside of the Centre’s notification cancelling his Indian citizenship.
Controversy had surrounded Mr. Ramesh’s Indian citizenship since 2009. The present writ petition was filed by him during his fourth stint as MLA of Vemulawada challenging the Union Ministry of Home Affairs notification stripping him of Indian citizenship in 2019. Refuting the grounds on which the notification was issued, the MLA’s counsel Y. Rama Rao presented elaborate arguments.
Appearing for the Union of India, Additional Solicitor General T. Suryakaran Reddy contended that the MLA was holding citizenship of two categories. One was under section 10 of the Citizenship Act while the other was Overseas Citizen of India status under section 7B of the Act.
