The Delhi High Court on March 28 granted relief to academic Ashok Swain and set aside Centre’s decision to cancel his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card, reported Bar and Bench.

The bench of Justice Sachin Datta delivered the judgment, stating that the order was annulled. However, the respondents were granted the freedom to issue a fresh show cause notice.

Ashok Swain, a resident of Sweden, had contested the cancellation of his OCI card and approached the High Court to challenge the order, which he described as a non-speaking one, reported ANI.

According to a report, the contested order, issued on 30 July 2023, came after a coordinated bench had previously annulled a similar directive on 10 July 2023, which had also revoked Swain’s OCI card.