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In re: petitioner etc. vs. RP

IN RE: PETITION FOR ADMISSION AS CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES, SHEWAK A. KESWANI AND KAVITA S. KESWANI, PETITIONERS, VERSUS REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 153986 | 2007-06-08

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AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:


Petitioners-spouses Shewak and Kavita Keswani (petitioners) are Indian nationals who filed a joint Amended Petition for naturalization, docketed as Naturalization Case No. M-68, with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati, Branch 60, sometime in 1998. As summed up by the Court of Appeals (CA), their amended petition contained the following allegations:

        x x x (1) petitioners are spouses of Indian nationality having been born...