The Supreme Court today sought details about foreigners detention centres in Assam..A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for State of Assam, to furnish the following details:.The total number of detention centres and the inmates therein.The period for which inmates have been detained.Whether all the inmates are declared foreigners.How many declared foreigners have been deported..The details have to be furnished in three weeks..The order was passed in a petition by activist Harsh Mander seeking a declaration that those who have been determined to be foreigners and held in detention pending their repatriation, be treated as refugees..The petition also prays that detention of a foreigner should be the last resort and there should be clear prospects for release..The matter will be next heard on February 19.
The Supreme Court today sought details about foreigners detention centres in Assam..A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for State of Assam, to furnish the following details:.The total number of detention centres and the inmates therein.The period for which inmates have been detained.Whether all the inmates are declared foreigners.How many declared foreigners have been deported..The details have to be furnished in three weeks..The order was passed in a petition by activist Harsh Mander seeking a declaration that those who have been determined to be foreigners and held in detention pending their repatriation, be treated as refugees..The petition also prays that detention of a foreigner should be the last resort and there should be clear prospects for release..The matter will be next heard on February 19.
