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 Bangladeshi migrants in detention centres as per its earlier order. The top court in May last year had ordered that illegal foreigners in Assam who have completed more than three years in detention may be released after they provide biometric details in a secured database. The top court had also agreed that the Assam government should be given some more time to indicate the progress made on the diplomatic level, among others, with regard to deportation of declared foreigners and setting up of additional foreigners’ tribunals. It had earlier asked the Assam government to work on the modalities of setting up around 1,000 foreigners’ tribunals for speedy disposal of cases related to illegal immigrants.

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How do Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals function? | Explained
5 months, 3 weeks ago

How do Assam’s Foreigners Tribunals function? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 5, the Assam government asked the Border wing of the State’s police not to forward cases of non-Muslims who entered India illegally before 2014 to the Foreigners Tribunals. The FTs are currently exclusive to Assam as cases of “illegal immigrants” are dealt with according to the Foreigners’ Act in other States. The apex court …

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 …

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States
1 year, 1 month ago

Inflow Of Illegal Migrants To Assam And North-Eastern States

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to furnish data on the inflow of illegal migrants to Assam and North-Eastern states after March 25, 1971.The Court also directed the Centre to inform the steps taken by the Government at an administrative level to deal with illegal immigration into the North Eastern states particularly Assam. The Supreme Court on …

Supreme Court asks Centre to provide data on grant of Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks Centre to provide data on grant of Indian citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants in Assam

India TV News  

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to provide data on the number of Bangladeshi immigrants granted Indian citizenship in Assam between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which is hearing as many as 17 petitions to examine the constitutional validity of section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating …

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5
1 year, 2 months ago

Assam illegal immigrants | Supreme Court postpones hearing on challenge to Section 6A of Citizenship Act to December 5

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a scheduled Constitution Bench hearing on a series of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, to December 5. Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement called the ‘Assam Accord’ signed on August 15, 1985 by the then …

Providing SIM Card To ‘Illegal Bangladeshi National’ For Anti-National Activities Amounts to Providing ‘Logistics Support’: Gauhati High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Providing SIM Card To ‘Illegal Bangladeshi National’ For Anti-National Activities Amounts to Providing ‘Logistics Support’: Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has said that providing a SIM card to an “illegal Bangladeshi national for carrying out anti-national and terrorist activities”, amounts to providing them with ‘logistics support’ to conduct such activities in India.Denying bail to an accused in a case registered by Assam Police under provisions of UAPA and provisions of Indian Penal Code like Section 121,. …

‘Muslim Population Has Increased In Assam, This Abrupt Growth Has Come From Other Side’: Centre To Gauhati High Court In Declared Foreigners' Case
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Muslim Population Has Increased In Assam, This Abrupt Growth Has Come From Other Side’: Centre To Gauhati High Court In Declared Foreigners' Case

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court is hearing a significant matter in which it is examining the rights available to a declared foreigner or illegal migrant in India before their deportation.In the last hearing held on April 28 before the division bench of Justice A.M. Bujor Barua and Justice Robin Phukan, the Deputy Solicitor General R.K.D. The Gauhati High Court is hearing …

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Matia 'Transit Camp' Is No Answer, Assam Needs a Non-Punitive Immigration Policy

The Quint  

The lack of due process norms in the functioning of Foreigners Tribunals, and the resultant challenges faced by litigants have been well documented. The push towards criminalising immigration took another step when the Citizenship Act, 2003, introduced the category of “illegal migrants”, denoting criminality to persons who enter India without a valid passport or travel documents, or stayed beyond the …

Supreme Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Order Of Foreigners Tribunal Which Declared A Woman Non-Indian
1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Sets Aside Ex-Parte Order Of Foreigners Tribunal Which Declared A Woman Non-Indian

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently directed Foreigners’ Tribunal, Kamrup, Assam to consider afresh plea of a woman against whom an order alleging that she had entered Assam from East Pakistan after 25 March 1971, was passed by the tribunal ex parte. The petition was heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice Dipankar Datta The matter was concerning an …

Cloud over 200 additional Foreigners’ Tribunals, in Assam
2 years, 3 months ago

Cloud over 200 additional Foreigners’ Tribunals, in Assam

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government has decided not to extend the term of members who were appointed for 200 additional Foreigners’ Tribunals that were set up primarily to handle cases related to the National Register of Citizens. Done and dusted: On the National Register of Citizens process Assam has had 100 regular FTs since 2009 to try the cases of suspected …

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 …

Calcutta High Court To Consider Bail For Convicts Languishing In Jail For 14 Yrs Amid Pendency Of Their Appeals
2 years, 9 months ago

Calcutta High Court To Consider Bail For Convicts Languishing In Jail For 14 Yrs Amid Pendency Of Their Appeals

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Registrar of the High Court to prepare a list of appeals where the appellants are in jail for 14 years or more and list those matters before the Court for consideration of bail within 2 weeks. A Bench comprising Justice Bivas Pattanayak and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the Supreme Court in …

31 declared foreigners died in detention centres from 2016 to 2021: Assam govt
2 years, 9 months ago

31 declared foreigners died in detention centres from 2016 to 2021: Assam govt

Hindustan Times  

SILCHAR: A total of 31 persons who were declared foreigners have died in Assam’s six detention centres between 2016 and 2022, according to a statement by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made in the state assembly. The foreigners tribunal courts in Assam have issued notices to 19,358 persons between May 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022 asking them to prove …

Gauhati High Court Directs State To Decide On Plea Of Rohingya Refugees Seeking Either Refugee Status In India Or Deportation To Myanmar
3 years ago

Gauhati High Court Directs State To Decide On Plea Of Rohingya Refugees Seeking Either Refugee Status In India Or Deportation To Myanmar

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has recently directed the Assam government to take a decision at the earliest regarding a plea moved by ten members of the Rohingya community seeking either refugee status in India or deportation to Myanmar. The Court observed that the petitioners have been 'languishing in jail' for the last 7 years since the concerned authorities have not …

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 …

'Bangladesh Nationals Allegedly Abducted And Brought To India': Delhi High Court Seeks MHA Memo On Deportation Of Illegal Migrants
3 years, 5 months ago

'Bangladesh Nationals Allegedly Abducted And Brought To India': Delhi High Court Seeks MHA Memo On Deportation Of Illegal Migrants

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to share in a sealed cover its office memorandum pertaining to the deportation of illegal migrants from Bangladesh. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea filed by three Bangladeshi nationals seeking to be repatriated to their country of origin after being allegedly abducted and brought to India. In the aforementioned counter …

Status Of Internally Displaced Persons, Responsibility Of Centre, State Govt: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response On Larger Issues
3 years, 7 months ago

Status Of Internally Displaced Persons, Responsibility Of Centre, State Govt: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response On Larger Issues

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday sought response of the Centre as well as the State Government on the larger issues concerning the status of internally displaced persons and the responsibility of the Central and the State Government towards such persons.The development came while the division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak was dealing …

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 …

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 …

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam NRC authority seeks re-verification of citizens’ list

The Hindu  

The Assam National Register of Citizens authority has approached the Supreme Court seeking a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the citizens’ list, highlighting “major irregularities” in the process. The interlocutory application by State NRC Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma also prays for the deletion of illegal voters from Assam’s electoral rolls besides the revision of the draft NRC and a supplementary …

Specify Procedure To Repatriate/Deport Foreigners Who Don't Have Evidence Regarding Nationality: Delhi High Court Asks Centre
3 years, 8 months ago

Specify Procedure To Repatriate/Deport Foreigners Who Don't Have Evidence Regarding Nationality: Delhi High Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

While dealing with the case of three people who claimed to be Bangladeshi citizens though they could not produce any documentary proof of the same, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Home Affairs to place on record the procedure for repatriation, adopted in respect of such foreign nationals, who do not have any documents. It was …

COVID Situation In Jails- Gauhati High Court Revives Suo Moto Petition, Seeks Details From Jail Authorities About Children Lodged In Jails
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID Situation In Jails- Gauhati High Court Revives Suo Moto Petition, Seeks Details From Jail Authorities About Children Lodged In Jails

Live Law  

Reviving the suo moto writ petition instituted last year, the Gauhati High Court has sought details from Jail Authorities with regards to the children lodged inside jails in Assam in view of rising covid 19 cases in the State.The development came from a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak who had sought State …

How Illegal Migrants Will Be Dealt With If Native Country Is Not Ready To Receive Them? Patna High Court Asks Centre
3 years, 8 months ago

How Illegal Migrants Will Be Dealt With If Native Country Is Not Ready To Receive Them? Patna High Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

Dealing with the issue of human rights concerns of two women Bangladeshi migrants in the State, the Patna High Court recently constituted a three member advocates team to know about the conditions in which they were being kept in the After Care Home and directed the team to submit its report within one week in a sealed cover. The High …

Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government
3 years, 10 months ago

Plea To Provide Legal Aid To NRC Excluded People In Assam: Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To UOI, State Government

Live Law  

While hearing a plea filed by the Human rights organization 'Citizens for Justice and Peace' seeking proper legal aid for such people who have been left out of the National Register of Citizens in Assam, the Gauhati High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union of India, State Government among others. In related news, the Assam Government last month …

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam
4 years ago

Man who was declared ‘foreigner’ passes away at 104 in Assam

The Hindu  

A bedridden man who was sent to a detention centre for foreigners at the age of 102 has died at his residence in southern Assam’s Barak Valley. “He could barely speak but had one last wish – to die as a recognised Indian,” she said from their residence at Amraghat near district headquarters Silchar. “Sad to know,” said Lakshmanan S., …

Explain Inclusion Of 'Undeserving' Individuals In Assam National Register Of Citizens: Gauhati High Court Directs NRC Coordinator [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Explain Inclusion Of 'Undeserving' Individuals In Assam National Register Of Citizens: Gauhati High Court Directs NRC Coordinator [Read Order]

Live Law  

In a recent verdict, the Gauhati High Court asked the coordinator of National Register of Citizens to explain how the name of the Petitioner got included in the Register despite the fact that at the relevant point of time, proceedings against her were continuing. "Let the Assam State Coordinator, NRC file a comprehensive affidavit and bring on record the situations …

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 …

SC Grants Time To Assam, Manipur & Arunachal Pradesh To File Counters In Sharjeel Imam's Plea Seeking Consolidation Of FIRs
4 years, 6 months ago

SC Grants Time To Assam, Manipur & Arunachal Pradesh To File Counters In Sharjeel Imam's Plea Seeking Consolidation Of FIRs

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted further time of two week to States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Manipur to file their Counters to Sharjeel Imam's plea for consolidation of FIRs registered against him across the country for investigation by a single agency.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan & V. Ramasubramanium took on record, the counters filed by state of …

Submit Report On Shelter Provided To Stranded Migrant Workers & Other Arrangements Made For Their Sustenance; Bombay HC Tells State [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Submit Report On Shelter Provided To Stranded Migrant Workers & Other Arrangements Made For Their Sustenance; Bombay HC Tells State [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the state government to file a report indicating the whole procedure a migrant is required to follow in order to be eligible for leaving the State, the likely time within which they could board a train/bus, the nature of shelter they are provided with during the waiting period as well as provisions made …

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Which Claims That Due To Non Functioning Of NIA Courts, Continued Detention of Person Accused Under UAPA Is Illegal [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Delhi HC Issues Notice In Plea Which Claims That Due To Non Functioning Of NIA Courts, Continued Detention of Person Accused Under UAPA Is Illegal [Read Order]

Live Law  

Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea seeking release of an accused who, despite being granted bail for other charges, continues to be in custody for a charge under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act due to the non functioning of the NIA Special Courts. The petition claims that since the Special Courts have not been functioning due to the …

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 …

Assam NRC authority seeks details of ‘ineligible persons’
4 years, 10 months ago

Assam NRC authority seeks details of ‘ineligible persons’

The Hindu  

The National Register of Citizens authority has indicated at an erroneous updating exercise by asking the district heads in Assam to provide details of “ineligible persons” in the final list of citizens published on August 31, 2019. Indigenous groups believe many illegal immigrants have made it to the NRC in the three Bengali-dominated southern Assam districts – Cachar, Hailakandi and …

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 …

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 …

Children Of Parents Included In Assam NRC Will Not Be Sent To Detention Centres : AG Tells SC [Read Order]
5 years ago

Children Of Parents Included In Assam NRC Will Not Be Sent To Detention Centres : AG Tells SC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Attorney General of India K K Venugopal on Monday assured the Supreme Court that children of persons included in Assam NRC will not be sent to detention centres while the Court is considering the application seeking protection of such children.The AG made this submission before a bench of CJI SA Bobde, Justices Surya Kant and B R Gavai in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam
5 years ago

Almost 1.3 lakh people declared foreigners in Assam

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners while 1,14,225 people have been declared as Indians by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam as of October 2019. The ministry of home affairs informed the Parliament on Tuesday that 1,29,009 people have been declared as foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunals in Assam …

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