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 on Wednesday directed the Assam Government to take steps to shift the foreigners detentions centres outside the jail premises. "From the aforesaid, it is discernible that the detention centres must be outside the jail premises and secondly pending any acquisition of lands and construction of buildings, the State Government may find suitable accommodations for the purpose and if government buildings are not available, the State Government may look for hiring private buildings for the purpose", the Court observed. "We require the authorities in the State Government, Home and Political Affairs to submit an action taken report within the next returnable date on the steps that have been taken to set up detention centre outside the jail premises and if necessary by following the requirement of the two communication dated 07.03.2012 and 10.09.2014 as well as the Clause 4.1 and 4.4 of the model manual which requires that if suitable government accommodations are not available for the purpose, the authorities may also be required to hire any private premises for the purpose".

Court Detention Jail Illegal Migrants Outside Goalpara Centres Detention Centre Premises Detention Centres Kokrajhar Jail Premises  set  jail  read  court  centres  hc  outside  order  detention  state  shift  govt  steps  premises  purpose  gauhati

History of this topic

Continued Detention Of Saudi Born "Rohingya Refugee" In Jail Despite Completion Of Sentence Violates Article 21: Madhya Pradesh High Court
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Continued Detention Of Saudi Born "Rohingya Refugee" In Jail Despite Completion Of Sentence Violates Article 21: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Live Law  

While considering the case of a man–born in Saudi Arabia and claiming to be a Rohingya refugee–the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court said that his detention in the city's Central jail after completion of his sentence for allegedly having a foreign passport violated his right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The District Collector, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Detention Centre Can't Be Made Inside Jail, Rules Patna HC on Deportation of 3 Bangladeshi Women
3 years, 5 months ago

Detention Centre Can't Be Made Inside Jail, Rules Patna HC on Deportation of 3 Bangladeshi Women

News 18  

A detention centre cannot be made inside the jail, held the Patna High Court on Thursday while hearing a case related to deportation of three Bangladeshi women who had entered India illegally. The court directed the state government to file its response on setting up of a separate detention centre in the next hearing. During the hearing the government informed …

Forward List Of Female Jail Inmates Staying With Children To High Powered Committee For Consideration Of Their Release: Gauhati HC Directs State
3 years, 7 months ago

Forward List Of Female Jail Inmates Staying With Children To High Powered Committee For Consideration Of Their Release: Gauhati HC Directs State

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to place before the High Powered Committee the list of female inmates lodged in Assam Jails who are staying with their children for due consideration by the committee about their release.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Anchintya Malla Bujor Barua directed thus:"It would be in …

Gauhati HC Takes Note Of Acute Shortfall Of Official Quarters For Judicial Officers; Directs State Officials To Take Steps [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati HC Takes Note Of Acute Shortfall Of Official Quarters For Judicial Officers; Directs State Officials To Take Steps [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court, having taken cognizance of the acute shortfall of the official quarters for the Judicial Officers serving in the States of Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, has passed an order on October 19 directing the Deputy Commissioners of all the Districts, except for Districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Morigaon, Goalpara, Kokrajhar and Baksa, and the Chief. 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 : 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘How is it human?’: India’s largest detention centre almost ready
5 years ago

‘How is it human?’: India’s largest detention centre almost ready

Al Jazeera  

Amid anxieties over a nationwide citizen count by government, Al Jazeera visits a detention centre coming up in Assam. Goalpara, Assam – Ali, 25, is an electrician working at India’s largest detention centre currently under construction in Assam state’s Goalpara district in northeast India. Spread around nearly 300,000 square feet of land, the detention centre in Goalpara’s Matia village, 126km …

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 …

Home Ministry officials say Karnataka Foreigner Detention Centre ‘not linked to NRC’
5 years ago

Home Ministry officials say Karnataka Foreigner Detention Centre ‘not linked to NRC’

The Hindu  

A Foreigner Detention Centre is all set to become functional from January 1, 2020, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, in a building that was meant to be a student hostel. “The FDC coming up in the State is nationality-neutral and will act as a temporary detention home for foreign nationals illegally staying here and detained by police, till they are …

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 …

Narendra Modi's remarks on NRC contradict Amit Shah's claims
5 years ago

Narendra Modi's remarks on NRC contradict Amit Shah's claims

The Hindu  

Addressing a rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that there have been no discussions on an all-India National Register of Citizens since the BJP-led government assumed power in 2014. Claims and counterclaims On November 20, 2019, in a reply to a question by Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, Home Minister Amit Shah said that …

Explained: Indian Home Ministry's guidelines on migrant camps
5 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Indian Home Ministry's guidelines on migrant camps

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Wednesday, the Delhi Police told the Supreme Court that nearly 500 illegal Bangladeshi migrants have been deported from the capital in the past 28 months. The report said, “Consequently, the jail authorities appear to apply the Assam Jail Manual to them, but deny them even the benefits, like parole, waged work etc., that the inmates …

938 detained, 823 of them declared foreigners: Centre tells Supreme Court on details of functional detention centres in Assam
5 years, 10 months ago

938 detained, 823 of them declared foreigners: Centre tells Supreme Court on details of functional detention centres in Assam

India TV News  

Responding to the January 28 queries of the apex court which had asked the Centre and the state to provide details of functional detention centres in Assam and the foreigners detained in them during the last 10 years, the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that 938 people are detained in six detention centres in Assam and 823 of …

1,490 detained in Assam in three years; 691 released later
5 years, 11 months ago

1,490 detained in Assam in three years; 691 released later

The Hindu  

The Foreigners’ Tribunals in Assam have in the last three years sent 1,490 people in detention centres in the State, out of nearly 8,992 cases they received to determine citizenship, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that according to the information made available by the State government, 2,764 people were …

SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained in Assam in last 10 years
5 years, 11 months ago

SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained in Assam in last 10 years

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to provide the details of the functional detention centres in Assam and the foreigners detained there during the last 10 years. The top court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by activist Harsh Mander through advocate Prashant Bhushan on the plight of foreigners in detention centres. The Centre had, in November …

SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained there in Assam
5 years, 11 months ago

SC seeks information on detention centres, foreigners detained there in Assam

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to provide it with details of the number of foreigners lodged in detention centres in Assam. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi also sought the number of detention centres functioning, the status of pending cases against the detainees before the Foreigners Tribunal, the period of their detention, and …

Discover Related