Summary:
His petition in court has finally forced the government to grant Indian citizenship to his now-ageing son. In 1965, when she was pregnant with Asif, Zaibunissa went to her parents’ home in Karachi, where he was born on April 19. With no infant passport issued, Asif travelled on his mother’s Pakistani passport. In order to be doubly secure of his citizenship status, Asif secured a domicile certificate in 1997 and a certificate of Indian Citizenship from the courts in Mumbai in 1997 and 2003. Last Monday, the Centre informed Bombay High Court that it would grant citizenship to Karadia’s son Asif — 52 years after he moved to Mumbai as a two-year-old..