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A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justices A G Masih and AS Chandurkar took note of the submissions of senior advocate Shoeb Alam, representing petitioner Iunuch (Yunus) Ali, that his mother was detained by the state police.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on June 2 a plea of a 26-year-old man claiming illegal detention of his mother by Assam Police amid widespread allegations of covert deportations to Bangladesh.
A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justices A G Masih and AS Chandurkar took note of the submissions of senior advocate Shoeb Alam, representing petitioner Iunuch (Yunus) Ali, that his mother was detained by the state police. The CJI said the plea would be listed for hearing on Monday.
Ali sought immediate release of his mother Monowara Bewa, who was reportedly detained on May 24 after being called to the Dhubri police station under the pretext of recording a statement.
Alam raised serious concerns regarding what he described as an ongoing practice in Assam under which individuals are deported to Bangladesh even while their legal cases are pending.
“There is a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the lady in 2017. Notices have been issued, and yet people are being deported while proceedings are still ongoing before this court,” he said. “There are several videos circulating that show individuals being picked up overnight and pushed back across the border.”
Bewa was on bail since December 12, 2019, pursuant to the SC’s order in a case, which allowed the conditional release of detenues who had spent more than three years in Assam’s foreigner detention camps.
The plea said when the petitioner approached the police station the next day and informed the officials that their case was still pending before the SC, he was denied access to his mother and her release was refused.
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The petition challenges the decision of the Gauhati HC, which upheld a Foreigners Tribunal ruling declaring Bewa a foreigner.
The plea sought a direction to the authorities to immediately release Bewa from “unlawful detention” at Dhubri police station.
It also sought a direction restraining deportation of the detainee across any Indian border.
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