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The seat was proceeding a plea concerning the deportation of persons declared foreigners and facilities astatine the detention centres successful Assam. (Express record photo)
Questioning if it was waiting for a “mahurat“, the Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the Assam authorities for not deporting persons declared arsenic “foreigners”, and keeping them successful detention centres indefinitely, quality agency PTI reported.
The apical tribunal said erstwhile the detained persons are identified as “foreigners”, they should beryllium deported immediately.
A seat of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan further directed the commencement of the deportation of 63 persons kept successful detention centres wrong the adjacent 2 weeks. It besides ordered for the authorities authorities to record a compliance affidavit.
“You person refused to commencement deportation saying their addresses are not known. Why should it beryllium our concern? You deport to their overseas country. Are you waiting for immoderate muhurat (auspicious time)? “Once you state a idiosyncratic foreigner, past you person to instrumentality the adjacent logical step. You cannot detain them till eternity. Article 21 of the Constitution is there. There are galore foreigner detention centres successful Assam. How galore person you deported?” the seat told the counsel appearing for the Assam government.
The seat was proceeding a plea concerning the deportation of persons declared foreigners and facilities astatine the detention centres successful Assam.
— With PTI inputs
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