BHANWAROO KHAN vs U O I — W.P.(C) No. 737/1995

SUMMARY: The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Bhanwaroo Khan and his wife, who sought recognition as Indian citizens. The Court upheld the Government of India's order determining their national status as Pakistani, finding that their voluntary acquisition of Pakistani passports after partition, combined with their illegal stay in India beyond their visa expiry in 1955, conclusively established they had acquired Pakistani citizenship. The Court applied Rule 3 of the Citizenship Rules, which treats obtaining a foreign passport as conclusive proof of voluntary citizenship acquisition, and noted that the appellants failed to provide evidence of fraud or duress in obtaining their Pakistani passports. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.