The Interplay Between Citizenship Laws and Social Justice in the Indian Legal System
It critically examines the rather complex relationship of citizenship laws with the principle of social justice incorporated in the Constitution of India and discusses how any amendment to such citizenship laws- the Citizenship Act, 2019-for instance, undermine the constitutional ethos of equality and secularism. The paper undertakes an inquiry into judicial responses to citizenship questions and their consequence on social justice, which again raises both juridical as well as non-juridical implications. It analyzes landmark cases in determining the balance between legal rights and social equity, even as it questions the future of citizenship in a diverse democratic India.