New Delhi, March 28 -- The Delhi High Court has overturned the Central Government's decision to revoke the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card of academician and writer Ashok Swain.

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, an academic and resident of Sweden, contested the cancellation of his OCI card. He approached the High Court to challenge the order, which he described as a non-speaking one.

The contested order, issued on July 30, 2023, came after a coordinated bench had previously annulled a similar directive on July 10, 2023, which had also revoked Swain's OCI card.

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