With reference to rights of foreigners in India consider following statements Article 19 is availabl...........

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With reference to rights of foreigners in India, consider following statements

Article 19 is available only to citizens of India and not to foreigners.
The Government of India does not have unfettered powers to serve ‘Leave India’ notices to foreigners without furnishing reasons.
Article 21 applicable to both Indian citizens and foreigners.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

1&2 only

2&3 only

1&3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

Ever since the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests erupted across the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs has been quite active in filtering out foreigners among the protesters and serving them with ‘Leave India’ notices’.
Precedent

In 2019, a Pakistani national was served a leave India notice without specifying the reason behind her facing the action.
The Delhi High Court in that case had reversed the MHA order saying the government does not have unfettered powers to impose such an order without furnishing reasons.
Despite fundamental rights being applicable only to the citizens of the country, with respect to Article 21, they can also be extended to foreigners, the court had ruled.