01163nam a22001217a 4500008004100000100002300041245009600064260002800160300002900188520071500217650008100932773002801013220913b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJudge, Paramjit S.  aCitizenship and minorities in the constituent assembly debates: Making sense of the present  aSociological Bulletin    a71(1), Jan, 2022: p.7-23  aThe debate on citizenship in the Constituent Assembly was overshadowed by the partition of India, which created difficulties in making constitutional provision for citizenship on certain defined criteria. However, it was quite clear to most of the members of the Constituent Assembly that the criteria of citizenship could not be fixed beforehand, as it was not possible to anticipate future developments. Thus, the Constitution empowered the parliament to define citizenship from time to time in the light of changing conditions. Thus began the process of enactments revising the provisions for citizenship, which ultimately culminated into the violation of the Constitution through enactment. – Reproduced   aConstituent assembly, constitution, Citizenship, Minorities, Enhancements.    aSociological Bulletin