citizenship either by virtue of constitutional provisions or by taking recourse to the 1955 Act. Article 8 is an independent and distinct source of citizenship. 7. It was submitted that Pranav’s grandparents were born in the State of Tamil Nadu, which was part of Civil Appeal No.5932 of 2023, etc. Page 4 of 25undivided India before 15th August 1947. His maternal grandparents were also born in the undivided India before independence. Therefore, under Article 8, Pranav qualified to become an Indian citizen. It is submitted that the failure of the Union of India to recognise and enforce a constitutional provision is an arbitrary exercise of power. The learned senior counsel relied upon a decision of this Court in the case of Anoop Baranwal v. Union of India [Election Commission Appointments]1 in the context of the right to vote. He also relied upon another decision in the case of Central Board of Dawoodi Bohra Community & Another. v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.2, wherein this Court held