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 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. "Being human beings, they also have at least the basic right to live and to not die of COVID-19 in the precincts of a prison, which has despicable living conditions", stated the representation submitted on behalf of the organization by Advocate Aman Wadud. However, the state has only deported only 4 declared foreigners since 2013, states the representation, based on an affidavit submitted by Assam Government in Supreme Court last year.

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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 …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Formulation Of National Level Plan For Rehabilitation Of CoVID 19 Affected Families
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Formulation Of National Level Plan For Rehabilitation Of CoVID 19 Affected Families

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition seeking formulation and preparation of National Level Plan in tandem with the State Government to ensure rehabilitation of families destroyed by CoVID 19 pandemic.The petition which also sought for waiver of education fees for students who have lost their parents due to outbreak of CoVID was listed before the bench …

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 …

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: Gauhati HC Seeks Details Of Female Foreigners Staying In Jails With Children Below 6 Years, Eligible Persons To Be Released From Jails
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID: Gauhati HC Seeks Details Of Female Foreigners Staying In Jails With Children Below 6 Years, Eligible Persons To Be Released From Jails

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday directed the State Government to give details of the mothers, declared as foreigners, who are presently in jails with their children below 6 years and the period for which they have been put in jails within 48 hours.The Court also asked the State Government to give details of all such persons who are eligible …

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 …

'Adopt Public Health Centric Approach, Not Offence Centric': Representation Made To Delhi High Powered Committee To Revisit Criteria For Decongestion Of Prisons
3 years, 8 months ago

'Adopt Public Health Centric Approach, Not Offence Centric': Representation Made To Delhi High Powered Committee To Revisit Criteria For Decongestion Of Prisons

Live Law  

In view of the rapid surge of Covid-19 inside Delhi's prisons, a representation has been made to the High Powered Committee seeking immediate decongestion of all prisons in the city, to protect the right to life and health of the inmates, especially women. "The criteria set out for purposes of awarding Interim Bail and Emergency Parole, must be premised on …

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 …

[Political Gatherings Amid COVID] "No One Howsoever Big, Should Be Allowed To Go Scot-Free": MP HC To Law Enforcement Agencies [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

[Political Gatherings Amid COVID] "No One Howsoever Big, Should Be Allowed To Go Scot-Free": MP HC To Law Enforcement Agencies [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday directed the law enforcement agencies of the state to ensure that the Covid-19 protocol is followed to the hilt and no one howsoever big, is allowed to go scot-free without being subjected to the rigours of the penal provision on the occasion of breach of Covid-19 protocol. Court proceedings on 09th October 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 …

Send Accused in Judicial Custody after Covid-19 Test, Odisha Prison Authority Tells Police
4 years, 5 months ago

Send Accused in Judicial Custody after Covid-19 Test, Odisha Prison Authority Tells Police

News 18  

The Odisha prison authority has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR test to detect coronavirus infection in accused before sending them to judicial custody, an official said on Thursday. They said the highest 54 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in prisons of Berhampur circle, that also includes Ganjam district which has been hit hardest by the pandemic in …

Gauhati HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Rising COVID-19 Cases In Assam Prisons [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gauhati HC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Rising COVID-19 Cases In Assam Prisons [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation on the issue of rising cases in Assam prisons. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Manish Choudhury ordered the Assam government to provide the best treatment to prisoners who have tested positive for the Coronavirus. Expressing concern over the issue, the court also …

Release political prisoners amid Covid outbreak: Over 375 eminent personalities appeal to Modi govt
4 years, 6 months ago

Release political prisoners amid Covid outbreak: Over 375 eminent personalities appeal to Modi govt

India Today  

More than 375 eminent personalities have demanded the release of a dozen civil rights activists facing incarceration in India right now. Making a public appeal to the Indian government, they insisted that political prisoners be released on bail in view of the current coronavirus outbreak in the country. Expressing concern of the health of Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Anand Teltumbde, …

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 …

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Release Of Foreign Nationals Related To Markaz Event Who Are Kept In Quarantine Despite Testing COVID-19 Negative [Read Petition]
4 years, 7 months ago

Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Release Of Foreign Nationals Related To Markaz Event Who Are Kept In Quarantine Despite Testing COVID-19 Negative [Read Petition]

Live Law  

A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the Department of Revenue, Delhi Government, to hand over 567 foreign nationals related to the Nizamuddin Markaz event to Delhi Police. While asking the court to issue a writ of habeas corpus for the immediate release of these foreign nationals, the Petitioner argues that: 'Even otherwise, …

Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Indonesians Who Were Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Spread COVID19 Despite Testing Negative For The Virus [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai Court Grants Bail To Indonesians Who Were Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Spread COVID19 Despite Testing Negative For The Virus [Read Order]

Live Law  

On Friday, a Mumbai Court granted bail to 10 citizens of Indonesia, who were arrested by Mumbai Police for allegedly causing threat to the health of the community by intentionally flouting the lockdown rules. Despite all of them testing negative for coronavirus, the police arrested them for offences under Sections 188, 269, 270, 304 and 307 of IPC r/w Sections …

COVID-19 Lockdown: Indore NGO seeks CJI's help in rescuing 150 people with disabilities stranded across India
4 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 Lockdown: Indore NGO seeks CJI's help in rescuing 150 people with disabilities stranded across India

Firstpost  

An NGO from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has sent a letter petition to the Chief Justice of India seeking direction to authorities to ensure people with disabilities reach their homes safely amid coronavirus lockdown Bhopal: An NGO from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has sent a letter petition to the Chief Justice of India seeking direction to government authorities to ensure …

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 …

COVID19: Plea In Karnataka HC Seeks Welfare Of Trans Persons & SC/ST Community During Lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID19: Plea In Karnataka HC Seeks Welfare Of Trans Persons & SC/ST Community During Lockdown

Live Law  

A plea seeking relief for trans persons & vulnerable communities in the lockdown has been filed in the Karnataka High Court.Plea in the form of an Intervention Application has been filed by Centre for Law & Policy Research on behalf of Ondede & Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Centre for Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusive Policy, NLSIU …

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: 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 : Kerala Govt Constitutes High Level Committee To Recommend Grant Of Parole/Interim Bail To De-Congest Prisons
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 : Kerala Govt Constitutes High Level Committee To Recommend Grant Of Parole/Interim Bail To De-Congest Prisons

Live Law  

Following SC directions, Kerala Government has constituted a High Level Committee to recommend grant of parole/interim bail to convicts/under-trials in offences punishable with less than 7 years, to de-congest prisons in view of COVID 19 pandemic.The Committee comprising Chairman of State Legal Services Committee, Additional Chief Secretary, and Director General of. Following SC directions, Kerala Government has constituted a High …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

COFEPOSA: Liberty Of An Individual Has To Be Subordinated Within Reasonable Bounds To The Good Of The People: SC[Read Judgment]
5 years, 5 months ago

COFEPOSA: Liberty Of An Individual Has To Be Subordinated Within Reasonable Bounds To The Good Of The People: SC[Read Judgment]

Live Law  

While upholding a detention of alleged gold smugglers under COFEPOSA, the Supreme Court observed that when the preventive detention is aimed to protect the safety and security of the nation, balance has to be struck between liberty of an individual and the needs of the society. The bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice AS Bopanna in Union of India …

Detenues Who Have Completed More Than Three Years in Assam Detention Centers Should Be Released: SC [Read Order]
5 years, 7 months ago

Detenues Who Have Completed More Than Three Years in Assam Detention Centers Should Be Released: SC [Read Order]

Live Law  

While allowing State of Assam further time to indicate the progress made on the diplomatic level as for the larger issue of deportation of "declared foreigners" and setting up of Additional Foreigners' Tribunals in the state of Assam is concerned, the Supreme Court came to rescue of those who have spent long period of detention in the Assam detention centers' …

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 …

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