law: Citizenship Act, 1955 
  10. Deprivation of citizenship 
  (1) A citizen of India who is such by naturalization or by
  
  virtue only of clause (c) of Article 5 of the Constitution or by registration
  
  otherwise than under clause (b)(ii) of Article 6 of the Constitution or clause
  
  (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 of this Act shall cease to be a citizen of
  
  India, if he is deprived of that citizenship by an order of the Central
  
  Government under this section.
  (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Central
  
  Government may, by order, deprive any such citizen of Indian citizenship, if it
  
  is satisfied that- 
  (a) the registration or certificate of
  
  naturalization was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or the
  
  concealment of any material fact; or
  (b) that citizen has shown himself by act or
  
  speech to be disloyal or disaffected towards the Constitution of India as by
  
  law established; or
  (c) that citizen has, during any war in which
  
  India may be engaged, unlawfully traded or communicated with an enemy or been
  
  engaged in, or associated with, any business that was to his knowledge carried
  
  on in such manner as to assist an enemy in that war; or
  (d) that citizen has, within five years after
  
  registration or naturalization, been sentenced in any country to imprisonment
  
  for a term of not less than two years; or
  (e) that citizen has been ordinarily resident,
  
  out of India for a continuous period of seven years, and during that period,
  
  has neither been at any time a student of any educational institution in a
  
  country outside India or in the service of a Government in India or of an
  
  international organization of which India is a member, not registered annually
  
  in the prescribed manner at an Indian consulate his intention to retain his
  
  citizenship of India.
  (3) The Central Government shall not deprive a person of
  
  citizenship under this section unless it is satisfied that it is not conducive
  
  to the public good that person should continue to be a citizen of India.
  (4) Before making an order under this section, the Central
  
  Government shall give the person against whom the order is proposed to be made,
  
  notice in writing informing him of the ground on which it is proposed to be
  
  made and, if the order is proposed to be made on any of the grounds specified
  
  in sub-section (2) other than clause (e) thereof, of his right, upon making
  
  application therefor in the prescribed manner, to have his case referred to a
  
  committee of inquiry under this section.
  (5) If the order is proposed to be made against a person or any
  
  of the grounds specified in sub-section (2) other than clause (e) thereof and
  
  that person so applies in the prescribed manner, the Central Government shall,
  
  and in any other case it may, refer the case to a Committee of Inquiry
  
  consisting of a Chairman (being a person who has for at least ten years held a
  
  judicial office) and two other members appointed by the Central Government in
  
  this behalf.
  (6) The Committee of Inquiry shall, on such reference, hold the
  
  inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed and submit its report to the
  
  Central Government, and the Central Government shall ordinarily be guided by
  
  such report in making an order under this section.