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Govt clarifies, ‘Passport never been proof of citizenship’; cites Passports Act 1967, Bombay HC 2013 ruling
The government also pointed to judgments of the Bombay High Court from 2013 that had made it clear that possession of a passport does not establish citizenship.




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