SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Detainees Who Have Spent More Than Two Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres
4 years, 9 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of Detainees Who Have Spent More Than Two Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Centre and Assam government on a plea seeking release of persons who have spent more than two years in the foreigners detention centers in Assam.The petition filed by Raju Bala Das, a detainee for more than 2 years, cites the risk of COVID-19 infection amidst the overcrowded situations in detention centres.There are six detention centres in Assam,. The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to Centre and Assam government on a plea seeking release of persons who have spent more than two years in the foreigners detention centers in Assam. The petition filed by Raju Bala Das, a detainee for more than 2 years, cites the risk of COVID-19 infection amidst the overcrowded situations in detention centres. Attention is also drawn to the Court's observations when it issued notice to all States and Union Territories in this case on March 16: Last week an Assam based Public Charitable Trust 'Justice and Liberty Initiative', had filed an application seeking release of all persons detained in detention centres.

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[KAAPA] Police's Failure To Use Available Technology To Expedite Process Undermines Personal Liberty Of Accused In Preventive Detention Cases: Kerala HC
4 months, 1 week ago

[KAAPA] Police's Failure To Use Available Technology To Expedite Process Undermines Personal Liberty Of Accused In Preventive Detention Cases: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court observed that the State Police uses an 'Integrated Core Policing System' that enables them to collect information about offenders promptly and efficiently without delay. The Court thus stated that with the technological advancements, the government cannot justify the delay in issuing the detention order by claiming that they spent time gathering case details. The Court was …

Supreme court seeks Centre's response on plea over detention of Rohingya asylum seekers, refugees
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme court seeks Centre's response on plea over detention of Rohingya asylum seekers, refugees

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court recently sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking the release of Rohingya asylum seekers and refugees who are in indefinite detention in the country. The Public Interest Petition has challenged the indefinite detention of Rohingya asylum seekers and refugees, including young women and children, in India and said that it is a violation of …

Supreme Court Directs Union To Immediately Deport 17 Foreigners Detained In Assam's Transit Camps As No Cases Are Pending Against Them
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Directs Union To Immediately Deport 17 Foreigners Detained In Assam's Transit Camps As No Cases Are Pending Against Them

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government to take immediate steps for deporting 17 declared foreigners detained in transit camps of Assam. The Court took note of the report submitted by the Assam Legal Services Authority Committee who were directed on April 30 to visit the detention centres to ascertain the number of foreigners detained for 2 years and …

Trial court can’t send foreign citizen to detention while granting bail: Delhi HC
1 year, 7 months ago

Trial court can’t send foreign citizen to detention while granting bail: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

A trial court cannot send a foreign citizen to a detention centre at the time of granting him bail as these facilities are not meant for judicial custody but for keeping foreign nationals on the basis of an executive order in terms of the Foreigners Act, 1946, the Delhi high court has said while granting relief to a Nigerian national …

District Magistrate Cannot Describe Period Of Preventive Detention, Govt's Prerogative To Do The Same : JKL High Court
2 years ago

District Magistrate Cannot Describe Period Of Preventive Detention, Govt's Prerogative To Do The Same : JKL High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that a District Magistrate while passing the order of detention cannot describe the period of detention of the detenue, because it is the Government which after approving the detention provides the period till the detenue would be detained.A bench comprising Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal observed,"Section 17 of J & K …

Kerala High Court Pulls Up State Authorities For Not Setting Up Temporary Detention Centres For Foreign Citizens Lacking Travel Documents
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala High Court Pulls Up State Authorities For Not Setting Up Temporary Detention Centres For Foreign Citizens Lacking Travel Documents

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday, pulled up the State Authorities for failing to implement its orders for setting up of temporary detention centres for foreign citizens, who do not possess travel documents, and has directed the Secretary to Social Justice Department and Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Vigilance Department to set up the temporary facility on a war footing …

"This Is Ilegal Detention" : Delhi High Court Pulls Up MHA For Not Giving Premature Release To Prisoner Despite Order
2 years, 8 months ago

"This Is Ilegal Detention" : Delhi High Court Pulls Up MHA For Not Giving Premature Release To Prisoner Despite Order

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for not complying with an order passed way back in January 2021 for granting premature release to a prisoner.A bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad warned that the MHA Secretary will be summoned personally to show-cause for not initiating contempt action, if the order is not complied …

Assam misses Gauhati HC-set deadline for Goalpara transit camp construction
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam misses Gauhati HC-set deadline for Goalpara transit camp construction

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: The Assam government has missed a Gauhati High Court-set deadline to complete the construction of a standalone detention centre for the declared foreigners at Matia in the state’s Goalpara district. “…The State envisaged that the construction of detention centre at Matia, Goalpara would be completed by September, 2021. In this regard, the learned Advocate General has submitted although he …

Supreme Court grants bail to 97 convicts in UP jails for serving over 20 yrs in prison
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court grants bail to 97 convicts in UP jails for serving over 20 yrs in prison

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted ad interim bail to 97 convicts serving life imprisonment in Agra and Varanasi central jails in Uttar Pradesh for more than 20 years. The Supreme Court also issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and sought a reply in three weeks. Since the petitioners have been in jail for over 20 years, they …

Foreigners' Detention Centre: Gauhati High Court Grants 45 Days To Assam Govt For Completing Construction, Shifting Detenues
3 years, 4 months ago

Foreigners' Detention Centre: Gauhati High Court Grants 45 Days To Assam Govt For Completing Construction, Shifting Detenues

Live Law  

In a petition concerning detention of foreign illegal migrants, the Gauhati High Court recently granted 45 days' time to the Assam Government for completing the construction of a detention centre at Matia, Goalpara and shifting of detenues to the same thereafter.Justice Kalyan Rai Surana also directed the Secretary of Assam Government, Home and Political Department to file an updated. In …

Assam detention centres for foreigners renamed ‘transit camps’
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam detention centres for foreigners renamed ‘transit camps’

The Hindu  

Assam’s detention centres for foreigners and those declared such by specific tribunals have been renamed as transit camps. On July 19, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had told the State Assembly that the detention centres have 181 inmates, 61 of whom are declared foreign nationals and 121 convicted foreign nationals awaiting deportation. Official data say 2,551 people were sent to …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of 13 Agra Prisoners Who Were Juveniles At Time Of Offence
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Release Of 13 Agra Prisoners Who Were Juveniles At Time Of Offence

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice in a plea seeking the release of 13 prisoners who have been lodged in Agra Jail for periods ranging from 14 to 22 years. The plea submits that despite rulings of the Juvenile Justice Board under the Juvenile Justice Act wherein it held that the Petitioners were juveniles as they were all below …

Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC
3 years, 7 months ago

Decongestion Of Prisons- Release All Convicts, Undertrial Prisoners Re-admitted In Prions On Interim Bail: Andhra Pradesh HC

Live Law  

In view of the recommendations made by the High Powered Committee dated May 12, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently directed that all convicts and Undertrial prisoners to be released on interim bail of 90 days who were readmitted to prisons after their release on interim bails last year, unless disqualified. A division bench comprising of Justice C Praveen …

COVID: Give Details Of Prisoners Lodged In Jails Who Are Liable To Be Released As Per SC Order: Gauhati High Court To State Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID: Give Details Of Prisoners Lodged In Jails Who Are Liable To Be Released As Per SC Order: Gauhati High Court To State Govt

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Monday sought details from the State Government as to the number of prisoners who are lodged in jails in Assam who are liable to be released as per the Supreme Court's order for decongesting prisons.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Anchintya Malla Bujor Barua ordered thus:"Mr. R Dhar seeks two …

Covid-19: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt Response On Plea For Interim Release Of Non-Heinous Crimes' Prisoners
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Govt Response On Plea For Interim Release Of Non-Heinous Crimes' Prisoners

Live Law  

A division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government, the police and prison authorities on a plea by one Shobha Gupta seeking temporary release on bail or parole, of prisoners involved in non-heinous crimes, from the Central prisons in Delhi …

COVID19- Bombay High Court To Give Directions To Decongest Prisons In Suo Motu Case
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID19- Bombay High Court To Give Directions To Decongest Prisons In Suo Motu Case

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra Government to get all accused above 45-years vaccinated right after their arrest, so as to protect them from the Covid-19 virus. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni was hearing a suo motu PIL on the sharp surge in COVID-19 cases across Maharashtra prisons. The …

Gauhati High Court Asks Assam to Set Up Detention Centres Outside Jails for 'Foreigners'
4 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati High Court Asks Assam to Set Up Detention Centres Outside Jails for 'Foreigners'

News 18  

The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to set up six detention centres outside the jails for housing “declared foreigners”, an official said on Saturday. An official of the Border Wing unit of the Assam Police said on Saturday that Gauhati High Court judge Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, after hearing multiple petitions, asked the state government earlier …

Take Steps To Shift Foreigners Detention Centres Outside Jail Premises: Gauhati HC To Assam Govt [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

Take Steps To Shift Foreigners Detention Centres Outside Jail Premises: Gauhati HC To Assam Govt [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the Assam Government to take steps to shift the foreigners detentions centres outside the jail premises.A single bench of Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua passed the direction after noting that a portion of jail premises are notified as centres to detain foreigners/illegal migrants at many places.In Goalpara, Kokrajhar and. The Gauhati High Court …

Bail Condition To Keep Foreigner In Detention Centre Not Violative Of Article 21 : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 3 months ago

Bail Condition To Keep Foreigner In Detention Centre Not Violative Of Article 21 : Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Kyrgyzstan national seeking to relax bail condition imposed by the trial court directing authorities to keep him in a detention center, till disposal of the case registered against him under the Foreigners Act.Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar while dismissing the petition filed by Toichubek Uulu Bakytbek said "Imposition of such. The …

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

How Many Prisoners In Last 3 Years Were Not Released Within 24 Hours Of Being Granted Bail, Delhi HC Directs DG (Prisons) To Conduct Inquiry And Submit Report [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has directed the Director General to conduct an inquiry as to on how many occasions were the prisoner not released within 24 hours of being granted bail by a competent court, for reasons not attributable to that prisoner. The Division Bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Subramonium Prasad has directed the DG to submit a status …

Keep Illegal Migrants In Foreigners Detention Centres Even After Grant Of Bail : Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Keep Illegal Migrants In Foreigners Detention Centres Even After Grant Of Bail : Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines [Read Order]

Live Law  

Seeking to restrict the movements of illegal immigrants and overstaying foreigners who have been granted bail in criminal cases against them, the High Court of Karnataka has held that they should be kept in 'detention centers' till further orders of the court or till they are deported to their mother country.A bench of Justice K N Phaneendra has issued the …

Foreigners Detention : Kerala HC Directs Prison Authorities To Grant Better Facilities To Nigerian Nationals, In The Absence Of Model Detention Centres In State
4 years, 7 months ago

Foreigners Detention : Kerala HC Directs Prison Authorities To Grant Better Facilities To Nigerian Nationals, In The Absence Of Model Detention Centres In State

Live Law  

The High Court of Kerala has directed the authorities of Viyyur Central Prison in the state to allot separate cells and A-class facilities to two Nigerian nationals, who were detained there for alleged violation of the provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946.The interim order was passed in a writ petition filed by Aniogu Uchechukwa Paschal and Nanna Ekena Fidelis, who …

[Breaking] As Prisoners Start Testing Positive For Covid-19; Undertrials File Contempt Petition Before SC Against State of Maharashtra [Read Petition]
4 years, 8 months ago

[Breaking] As Prisoners Start Testing Positive For Covid-19; Undertrials File Contempt Petition Before SC Against State of Maharashtra [Read Petition]

Live Law  

Undertrial prisoners lodged in different jails across the State of Maharashtra have filed a contempt petition before the Supreme Court against the State of Maharashtra and the members of the High Powered Committee constituted by the State relating to the release of prisoners due to the threat of Covid-19, after several prisoners in the State have tested positive including 40 …

Security Concern: Madras HC Dismisses PIL For Using Services Of Jail Inmates To Control COVID-19 Pandemic [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

Security Concern: Madras HC Dismisses PIL For Using Services Of Jail Inmates To Control COVID-19 Pandemic [Read Order]

Live Law  

Citing security issues, the Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking to avail the services of persons lodged in prisons across the country for dealing with the challenging times of the pandemic. In face corollary security issues however, the division bench of Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana refused to pass such directions. The bench further …

A Welcome Move Amid Pandemic : Relaxation Of Conditions For Release From Detention Centres
4 years, 8 months ago

A Welcome Move Amid Pandemic : Relaxation Of Conditions For Release From Detention Centres

Live Law  

Showing remarkable compassion, a bench comprising of the Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and Justices L.N. Rao and M Shantanagoudar of the Supreme Court of India passed an orderon 13th April, 2020 on a plea by Justice and Liberty Initiative, Assam, inter alia, directing release of such detenus who, having been declared as 'Foreigners' under the Foreigner's Act, 1946, …

Decongestion: Prisoners who have COVID-19 should not be released: Supreme Court
4 years, 8 months ago

Decongestion: Prisoners who have COVID-19 should not be released: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Prisoners who have suffered from coronavirus should not be released on interim bail or parole, the Supreme Court ordered on Monday. A Bench led by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde said appropriate tests for COVID-19 should be conducted on prisoners scheduled for release. Coronavirus India lockdown day-20 live updates Despite objections by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that their release would see …

COVID-19 : SC Orders Release Of Persons Lodged For Over 2 Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres [Read Order]
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 : SC Orders Release Of Persons Lodged For Over 2 Years In Assam Foreigners' Detention Centres [Read Order]

Live Law  

In the light of COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that detainees at detention centers of Assam who have been incarcerated for more than 2 years may be released on personal bond with two sureties.A bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde, LN Rao & M.M Shantanagoudar said;"We will pass orders in this regard. In the light of COVID-19 …

Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Under-Trials In Non-Heinous Crimes And Economic Offences Amid COVID-19 Scare [Read Petition]
4 years, 9 months ago

Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Under-Trials In Non-Heinous Crimes And Economic Offences Amid COVID-19 Scare [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL seeking release of under-trial prisoners held for non-heinous crimes such as fraud, cheating and other economic offences, and those suffering from various medical conditions in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the interest of containing the contagion, the Apex Court on March 23 had directed that each State/Union Territory shall …

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 : Plea In SC Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam [Read Application]

Live Law  

An application has been filed in Supreme Court seeking the immediate release of 'declared foreigners' detained across six detention centers in Assam citing the risk of contracting COVID-19 infection. The applicant, an Assam based Public Charitable Trust 'Justice and Liberty Initiative', seeks to intervene in the matter where Suo Motu cognizance was taken by the Apex Court in an attempt. …

COVID-19: Jails Release Inmates; Battle Overcrowding, Less Doctors
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: Jails Release Inmates; Battle Overcrowding, Less Doctors

The Quint  

As Tihar Jail, the country’s largest prison, announced plans on 23 March 2020, to release on parole or interim bail some 3,000 inmates who are not “hardened criminals”, other prisons in the country may follow, having been directed by the Supreme Court to determine which categories of prisoners could be temporarily released to control the spread of COVID-19. On 16 …

COVID-19 : Plea Before CJI Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 : Plea Before CJI Seeks Release Of Persons From Foreigners Detention Centres In Assam

Live Law  

In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, a representation has been submitted before the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde seeking the release of all persons kept in the foreigners detentions centers in Assam.The representation is submitted on "humanitarian grounds" by a voluntary organization named "Justice and Liberty Initiative".Quoting the recent statement made by the Minister of State for. In …

Coronavirus | SC notice to States on parole to those facing up to 7-year term
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | SC notice to States on parole to those facing up to 7-year term

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the State governments to consider giving parole to those facing up to seven-year jail term in a bid to decongest prisons on account of the COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 | Interactive map of confirmed coronavirus cases in India A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde ordered each State and Union Territory …

Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam
4 years, 9 months ago

Fear of statelessness haunts thousands rejected by NRC in Assam

The Hindu  

The fear of statelessness among in Assam has a name now. The number is a reference to Ms. Begum, who submitted 15 documents, including PAN card, land revenue receipt and bank passbook but did not pass muster for the Gauhati High Court to overrule the order of a Foreigners Tribunal declaring her a foreigner of the “post-March 1971 stream”. But …

Around 800 People Kept In Detention Centres In Assam: Ministry Of Home Affairs [Read Statement]
4 years, 9 months ago

Around 800 People Kept In Detention Centres In Assam: Ministry Of Home Affairs [Read Statement]

Live Law  

Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for the Ministry Of Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, disclosed that a total of 802 people have been kept in detention centres in Assam, as of March 6, 2020. He had asked the government about the number of people in Assam who had failed to prove their citizenship and the …

Supreme Court directs Centre, Assam government to file status report on Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres
4 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court directs Centre, Assam government to file status report on Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the Assam government to file a fresh report with regard to the status of release of Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres as per its earlier order New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the Assam government to file a fresh report with regard to the status of release of …

Over 300 Persons Had Been In Detention For Over 3 Years:Amicus Curiae Prashant Bhushan Tells SC in Assam Detention Centre Case
4 years, 10 months ago

Over 300 Persons Had Been In Detention For Over 3 Years:Amicus Curiae Prashant Bhushan Tells SC in Assam Detention Centre Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Central government on a note prepared by Amicus Curiae Advocate Prashant Bhushan regarding those who have been detained across 6 detention centres in Assam, after having been declared foreigners by the Foreigners' Tribunals. Using the statistics given by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lok Sabha in July 2019, in response …

SC Issues Notices On Plea Seeking CBI Investigation On Reports Of Minors Being Detained And Tortured In Police Custody In UP & Delhi [Read Application]
4 years, 11 months ago

SC Issues Notices On Plea Seeking CBI Investigation On Reports Of Minors Being Detained And Tortured In Police Custody In UP & Delhi [Read Application]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the state governments of UP and Delhi against the manner in which they have been dealing with the welfare of and the conditions under which children in conflict with law are kept. The order has been passed in a miscellaneous application moved …

The truth about Assam's detention centres
4 years, 11 months ago

The truth about Assam's detention centres

India Today  

In a direct refutal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that there are no detention centres in India, Nityananda Rai, Union minister of state for home, admitted in the Lok Sabha on February 4 to the existence of six such in Assam. The government of India has also authorised the state government to set up detention centres to keep illegal …

Assam NRC: Children of Indian citizens not to go to detention centres, govt tells SC
5 years ago

Assam NRC: Children of Indian citizens not to go to detention centres, govt tells SC

India TV News  

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that children, whose parents have been given citizenship through NRC, will not be separated from their families and sent to the detention centres in Assam. "Almost three months after the publication of the NRC Final List, the state of Assam is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis as a direct result …

Curious case of Justice Madan Lokur, his flip flop on detention centres and his membership of a shady foreign funded NGO
5 years ago

Curious case of Justice Madan Lokur, his flip flop on detention centres and his membership of a shady foreign funded NGO

Op India  

The Citizenship Amendment Act, that provides citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, has seen numerous political parties change their stands on it over the years. That is why we are disappointed by recent statements by the Chief Justice of India on a complex matter relating to illegal detention and deportation, without heeding India’s own constitutional and …

Data | Where are detention centres in India?
5 years ago

Data | Where are detention centres in India?

The Hindu  

The construction of another facility in Assam, which can hold 3,000 inmates, is nearing completion. Locations The six detention centres in the State house 970 detainees. Where are the detention centres in Assam image/svg+xml Highs and lows Among the 970 people detained in Assam, Tezpur has the highest number of detainees while Dibrugarh has the lowest. Detainees in Assam image/svg+xml …

Explained | What is the directive on detention centres?
5 years ago

Explained | What is the directive on detention centres?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On December 24, the Union Cabinet approved an outlay of over ₹3,941.35 crore for updating the National Population Register across the country, barring Assam. States were asked by the MHA to set up sufficient number of detention centres where the “suspected illegal immigrants would be detained pending their deportation”. The manual was prepared after a petition …

Mamata Banerjee says no to detention centres in WB, she is lying
5 years ago

Mamata Banerjee says no to detention centres in WB, she is lying

Op India  

As the ongoing debate over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register has extended to the matter of detention centres, yesterday West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that no detention centre will be built in the state. In November this year, it was reported that the West Bengal government had decided to build …

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners
5 years ago

NRC and story of how Assam got detention centres for foreigners

India Today  

Assam currently has six detention camps. Though detection, detention and deportation of illegal immigrants are old demands in Assam, a little background about the creation of these detention centres may help understand the context. FIRST DETENTION CAMPS In July 2009, then Assam Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman informed state assembly that two detention camps would be set up to hold illegal …

Kerala plans detention centre
5 years ago

Kerala plans detention centre

The Hindu  

Kerala will hold a headcount of foreigners imprisoned here to identify a building to set up a Foreigners’ Detention Centre as the controversy over such centres is raging countrywide. New detention facility Department of Social Justice has been entrusted with the task of setting up the facility Department seeks details of imprisoned foreigners from SCRB The Centre will house those …

Since 2009, States asked by MHA to set up detention centres
5 years ago

Since 2009, States asked by MHA to set up detention centres

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has been instructing the State governments since 2009 to set up detention centres to “restrict the movements of foreign nationals staying illegally so that they are physically available at all times for expeditious repatriation,” according to the government response in the Lok Sabha. Addressing a rally in Delhi on December 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

Hell, not detention centre: Assam ‘foreigner’ after PM remark
5 years ago

Hell, not detention centre: Assam ‘foreigner’ after PM remark

The Hindu  

Mohammed Sanaullah, a Guwahati-based retired Army officer, smiled wryly as he watched Prime Minister Narendra Modi's televised speech at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Sunday. His “ears laughed” when Mr. Modi said: “ Koi desh ke Musalmano ko na detention centre may bheja ja raha hai, na Hindustan may koi detention centre hai.” The Gauhati High Court had on …

Detention centre near Guwahati nears completion as PM Modi denies construction of any
5 years ago

Detention centre near Guwahati nears completion as PM Modi denies construction of any

India Today  

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there were no detention centres being made for illegal immigrants in Assam and other parts of India, India Today TV found out that construction of the biggest detention centre at Matia in Assam's Goalpora district is in process. The decision to open detention centres within the district jails was taken by …

Detention centre fallout of Gauhati HC order, Centre has nothing to do with it: Assam minister
5 years ago

Detention centre fallout of Gauhati HC order, Centre has nothing to do with it: Assam minister

India Today  

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the detention centre in Assam is the fallout of an order of the Gauhati High Court. "The Central government has never asked the Assam government to build a detention centre," Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Supporting and backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Sunday remark at a rally in Ramlila Maidan in Delhi …

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