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Article 7

Part II — Citizenship · Constitution of India

Article 7

Rights of citizenship of certain migrants to Pakistan. Notwithstanding anything in articles 5 and 6, a person who has after the first day of March, 1947, migrated from the territory of India to the territory now included in Pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of India: Provided that nothing in this article shall apply to a person who, after having so migrated to the territory now included in Pakistan, has returned to the territory of India under a permit for resettlement or permanent return issued by or under the authority of any law and every such person shall for the purposes of clause (b) of article 6 be deemed to have migrated to the territory of India after the nineteenth day of July, 1948.

In plain wordsAnyone who left India for Pakistan after March 1, 1947 lost the claim to Indian citizenship, unless they returned under an official permit for resettlement or permanent return.
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