Of late, the Indian Embassies in the USA mandated a requirement that anyone including person of Indian origin must produce a copy of birth certificate to obtain a visa to India. To the best of my knowledge, mandatory requirement to register birth came into effect only in 1969. In view of this fact that there are several millions of Indians who do not have birth certificate because they may not registered birth as it was not required.
Is it a whim and fancy for the Indian Embassies in the USA to ask everyone to produce birth certificate to get a visa. Unlike in western nations such as in the USA where people have baptismal certificates and birth certificates after birth, the earlier Indian tradition was having an horoscope after birth. The new rule is like using fork and spoon to eat sambar curry like in the western nations. This sucking up to the western way of life ignoring the past of India may be considered as an upstart trend of no commonsense bearing. Another funny thing is that the Indian Embassies in the USA do not even accept notorised sworn affidavit from parents stating that one is a son or daughter of that person of Indian origin. What a non-sense? Is this not unconstitutional ?
This is like an old hippie bell bottoming India's past with broken thread sleeves. The general requirement of birth certificate for all may be struck down by the Supreme court of India as it is absurd with the past of India that has little comparison to the West. I was been told that several thousands of person of Indian origin people could not get Indian visa to visit their relatives on account of this impractical restrictions and their applications were worthless as toilet paper in an European toilet settings.
My question again is, whether it is unconstitutional to reject sworn affidavit from an Indian citizen by an Indian Embassy? I ask the learned lawyers in this forum for an answer.
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