The Supreme Court Tuesday asked an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) student seeking parity with Indian citizens on the fees charged by IIT, “why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country?” A bench of Justices S A Nazeer and Krishna Murari issued notice on the plea filed by the student and sought response from the Centre on the issue.

“The problem is that you want to have both ways. You want to study here and then fly there. Why don’t you opt for Indian citizenship and serve this country?” the bench said. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said this is something which is a wider issue and Indian students should not be unfairly treated.