Article 7 of the Indian Constitution deals with the rights of citizenship for certain migrants to Pakistan. This provision outlines the conditions under which a person who migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan would not be considered a citizen of India.

According to Article 7:

Any person who migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan after the first day of March 1947 will not be regarded as a citizen of India.

There is an exception to this provision. If a person who migrated to the territory now included in Pakistan subsequently returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law, they will not be affected by Article 7. Such a person will be considered to have migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of July 1948 for the purposes of clause (b) of Article 6.

It is important to note that Article 6, referenced in Article 7, provides for the rights of citizenship for persons who migrated to India from Pakistan during the partition period. Article 7 excludes certain individuals from being considered citizens of India based on their migration to Pakistan, unless they fall under the exception mentioned above.

This provision is specifically aimed at addressing citizenship rights in the context of the mass migration that took place during the partition of India in 1947 when the country was divided into India and Pakistan.

Source: ChatGPT