New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said this week it cannot allow the country to be maligned globally while hearing a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to cancel UK-based academic Amrit Wilson’s Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the remarks after perusing a sealed cover report submitted by the government. The report contained intelligence inputs relating to Wilson’s alleged involvement in activities considered adverse to India.
“We should not be such a tolerant State that we allow our own country to be criticized… maligned at international platform. There are some IB [Intelligence Bureau] reports against you. There are not only two tweets, there are allegations that you participated in anti-India activities. There are IB reports, I have seen it,” the judge said in court.
Wilson, an 82-year-old British-Indian writer and journalist, had her OCI status revoked in 2023. The government cited her alleged engagement in “multiple anti-India activities” and “detrimental propaganda” as grounds for the decision.
The matter has been listed for further hearing on August 27.
