The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition that sought the cancellation of noted author Taslima Nasreen’s India visa..A Division Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed the plea stating that ‘they could not agree with the submissions made by the Petitioner..The petition that was filed by All India Human Rights & Social Justice Front, stated that it had already made a representation before the Ministry of External Affairs in November 2014 for cancelling the author’s visa but the Ministry had not responded..The Organization had earlier approached the Supreme Court in this regard in January 2015 when a Bench of Justices Gopala Gowda and R. Banumathi had directed the petitioner to approach the High Court. In August 2015, the MEA extended Nasreen’s visa for another year, which led the Organization to move the High Court today..The plea, a copy of which is with Bar & Bench, also stated that Nasreen ought to be prosecuted suitably for “committing/violation of various provisions of Section 13/14 of the Foreigners Act of 1946 and Section 11A of Foreigners Order of 1948.”.“Taslima Nasreen’s presence in India is annoyance and against law of the Constitution of India.”.It further prayed for the Court to deport her, once she had served the punishment outlined under these provisions..The said provisions relate to mandatory adherence (by persons who are deemed to be foreign nationals as per the Act) to orders passed under the statute. In case of contravention of any such orders, the penalty under the Act would be imprisonment for five years with fine..Counsel for the Petitioner submitted before the Court that the said provisions were invoked against Nasreen because of her books (Lajja & Shame in Bangladesh) that ‘attacked Islam’, certain press statements made by her sporadically over the past decade and a Bangla TV serial that she attempted to telecast in Kolkata..This is not the first instance that the Petitioner-Organization has knocked the doors of the Courts to seek redressal of their grievances. Earlier, they had approached the Supreme Court and sought a ban on the Aamir Khan starrer, ‘PK.’.Picture taken from here.
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition that sought the cancellation of noted author Taslima Nasreen’s India visa..A Division Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed the plea stating that ‘they could not agree with the submissions made by the Petitioner..The petition that was filed by All India Human Rights & Social Justice Front, stated that it had already made a representation before the Ministry of External Affairs in November 2014 for cancelling the author’s visa but the Ministry had not responded..The Organization had earlier approached the Supreme Court in this regard in January 2015 when a Bench of Justices Gopala Gowda and R. Banumathi had directed the petitioner to approach the High Court. In August 2015, the MEA extended Nasreen’s visa for another year, which led the Organization to move the High Court today..The plea, a copy of which is with Bar & Bench, also stated that Nasreen ought to be prosecuted suitably for “committing/violation of various provisions of Section 13/14 of the Foreigners Act of 1946 and Section 11A of Foreigners Order of 1948.”.“Taslima Nasreen’s presence in India is annoyance and against law of the Constitution of India.”.It further prayed for the Court to deport her, once she had served the punishment outlined under these provisions..The said provisions relate to mandatory adherence (by persons who are deemed to be foreign nationals as per the Act) to orders passed under the statute. In case of contravention of any such orders, the penalty under the Act would be imprisonment for five years with fine..Counsel for the Petitioner submitted before the Court that the said provisions were invoked against Nasreen because of her books (Lajja & Shame in Bangladesh) that ‘attacked Islam’, certain press statements made by her sporadically over the past decade and a Bangla TV serial that she attempted to telecast in Kolkata..This is not the first instance that the Petitioner-Organization has knocked the doors of the Courts to seek redressal of their grievances. Earlier, they had approached the Supreme Court and sought a ban on the Aamir Khan starrer, ‘PK.’.Picture taken from here.
