Apex court grants last opportunity to Centre for apprising its stand on deportation to Bangladesh
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi asked the counsel for the Centre to take instruction and get back to it on the issue.
Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Sanjay Hegde, appearing for Bhodu Sekh whose pregnant daughter was deported to Bangladesh, said it was a "bit unfair" on the part of the Centre, which has not apprised the court about its views in the matter.
The CJI said he was granting one last opportunity to the Centre and the bench will proceed with the final hearing if the order is not complied with. The CJI said he would fix the plea for an early hearing.
On December 3 last year, the apex court allowed, on "humanitarian grounds", the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh.
It had asked the West Bengal government to take care of the minor and directed the chief medical officer of Birbhum district to provide all possible medical assistance to the pregnant woman Sunali Khatun, including free of cost delivery.
It noted the submission of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that the competent authority had agreed to allow the woman and her child into the country purely on humanitarian grounds, without prejudice to rights and contentions, and they would be kept under surveillance.
The Supreme Court was hearing a plea of the Centre challenging the September 26, 2025 order of the Calcutta High Court, by which it had set aside the Union government's decision to deport Khatun and others to Bangladesh and termed it as "illegal".
The bench had further said they would eventually be brought back to Delhi, from where they were picked up and deported to Bangladesh.
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