The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Union government on a petition filed by Sweden-based professor of Indian origin Ashok Swain against an alleged blacklisting order preventing him from entering India, Live Law reported.

This was despite judicial orders quashing the Union government’s cancellation of his Overseas Citizenship of India card, he said.

Justice Sachin Datta sought the response of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of External Affairs, along with the Indian embassy in Sweden and the Bureau of Immigration.

The matter will be heard next on December 18.

Overseas Citizenship of India is an immigration status that allows foreigners of Indian origin to live and work in India indefinitely.

Swain, who holds Swedish citizenship, is an academic

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