CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, PATNA

ROUGH DRAFT SUBMITTED IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE

COURSE TITLED-

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

“Citizenship amendment bill 2016”

SUBMITTED TO: -

Ms. Sugandha Sinha

Faculty of the subject Public international law

SUBMITTED BY: -

ABHISHEK KUMAR

FIFTH SEMESTER

ROLL NO. =1805

B.B.A., LL.B. (HONS)

INTRODUCTION

Citizenship is one of the most essential components of a person’s identity. It is a necessary for
the person to exercise his rights and liberties to the fullest. In a globalized and fast paced society
citizenship is what gives recognition to a person. It is essential for the identity of a person. A
person without citizenship is recognized as a stateless person thus he does not have an identity
of his own. He is not the citizen of any country and is thus considered an alien in every country.
With regard to the Indian context the Indian Constitution guarantees right to life and liberty
under article 21. Citizenship forms a part of this right. Also the Constitution bestows certain
rights only on its citizens.
This includes even certain Fundamental Rights like:
1. Article 15-Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of
birth

2. Article 16-Right to Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment

3. Article 19-Six basic freedoms (Article 19).

4. Article 29-Protection of minorities (their culture, language etc.)

5. Article 30- Right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions

MEANING OF CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship is a status granted to a person recognizing the nation to which he belongs. It can
simply be defined as the status of being a citizen1. According to the Cambridge Dictionary
citizenship is state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because of it. It
has also been defined as

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

1) The aim of this project is to study and analyse the impact and effects of the proposed
citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

2) The project aims at doing so by discussing the causes of the proposal of the bill, the
repercussions it will have.

3) The project also deals with the loopholes in the proposed legislation and advantages which it
promises to give.
4) The author aims at achieving the above objectives by following a comprehensive study of the
meaning of Citizenship, how it is recognized in different countries, what are its essentials.

5) Along with this a detailed study of the proposed legislation has also been made, how it will
affect the existing provisions as to Citizenship, what are the root causes behind the
introduction of the Bill, what are the reasons of opposing the bill and where the lacunas lie in
the Amendment Bill are.

6) Finally a Conclusion has been drawn by the author to sum up the overall impact of the
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 on the society and whether it should be made an Act or
not and if yes then what are the changes that need to be made to it, if any are required.

HYPOTHESIS
The researcher presumes that the Bill seeks to introduce a hierarchy of citizenship, a case of
some illegal immigrants being more equal than others, on the basis of religion. This may violate
Article 14 of the Constitution which guarantees right to equality.

RESERCH QUESTIONS

1) What was the impact of citizenship amendment bill 2016?

2) Causes for the proposal of bill.
3) Various loopholes in the proposed citizenship amendment bill 2016.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The researcher followed doctrinal method of research to complete the project.

SOURCES OF DATA

1. The researcher relied on secondary sources to complete the project.

2. Secondary sources include all the books and websites related to the topic.

LIMITATIONS:

The researcher has territorial and time limitations.

TENTATIVE CHAPTERIZATION:

CHAPTER 1: -

a. INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER 2: -
 a. MEANING OF CITIZENSHIP.

b. INTERNATIONAL ASPECT OF CITIZENSHIP.

CHAPTER 3:-
a. CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA.

b. MODES OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA.

CHAPTER 4: -
a. CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL.

b. REASONS FOR THE PROPOSAL OF THE CITIZENSHIP AMENDMENT BILL, 2016.

c. AMENDMENTS TO PREVIOUS LAW.

d. OPPOSITION BY PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS.

CHAPTER 5: -

a. CONCLUSION.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

PRIMERY SOURCE

1) Constitution of India by Dr. P.K. Agrawal (Author), Dr. K.N. Chaturvedi

2) Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law Book by James Crawford

SECONDRY SOURCES

www.academia.in

www.wiki.uk.in

www.scribd.in