2024 INSC 792 Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE/ORIGINAL JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5932 OF 2023 Union of India … Appellant versus Pranav Srinivasan … Respondent with WRIT PETITION (C) NO.123 OF 2024 J U D G M E N T ABHAY S. OKA, J. 1. The issue involved in these cases concerns the grant of Indian citizenship to Pranav Srinivasan, the respondent in the civil appeal and petitioner in the writ petition. FACTUAL ASPECTS 2. A few factual aspects must be set out to appreciate the factual and legal controversy. The paternal grandparents of Pranav were born in India before independence. Pranav’s father and mother were born in India in 1963 and 1972, respectively. On 19th December 1998, Pranav’s parents adopted citizenship of Singapore. On 1st March 1999, Pranav was born in Singapore as a Civil Appeal No.5932 of 2023, etc. Page 1 of 25citizen of Singapore. According to the case of Pranav, on 20th April 2012, his parents renounced their Indian citizenship. On 5th May