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The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) recalled its bid quashing the Centre’s determination to cull writer Siddharth Varadarajan’s plea seeking conversion of his Person of Indian Origin (PIO) presumption to Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said Mr. Varadarajan failed to disclose the beingness of a 2020 Allahabad High Court bid that granted him anticipatory bail successful a transgression lawsuit and imposed conditions, specified arsenic surrendering his passport and restricting question overseas without support from the proceedings tribunal concerned.
The tribunal besides recalled its May 13 bid asking the authorities to see an exertion by Mr. Varadarajan, a U.S. citizen, for a “return visa” and allowing him to question to Estonia betwixt May 14 and 19.
Justice Kaurav issued announcement to Mr. Varadarajan and asked him to record an affidavit successful 7 moving days to explicate his conduct.
“A perusal of the full pleadings and the submissions till present by the petitioner, obscurity discloses the binding directions of the Allahabad High Court to the petitioner. In each fairness, the petitioner should person truthfully disclosed the said aspect. The tribunal is prima facie of the sentiment that the petitioner is blameworthy of suppressing worldly facts,” the tribunal said.
Mr. Varadarajan’s elder counsel apologised to the court, saying that the bid had “slipped” her mind.
Additional Solicitor-General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, said the worldly recovered against the petitioner was “disconcerting”. He said constabulary summons were issued to the petitioner successful the past successful narration to the transgression lawsuit and the Allahabad High Court bid was “conveniently suppressed” from the court.
