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The Union Government connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025) agreed to bring backmost a large woman and her eight-year-old lad deported to Bangladesh connected solely “humanitarian grounds” pursuing an involution by the Supreme Court.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi recorded successful the bid the Centre’s assurance that the woman, Sonali Khatoon, would beryllium provided escaped attraction and the indispensable facilities, taking into information her aesculapian condition. The tribunal further asked the authorities to supply day-to-day attraction of the kid too.
The bid came successful a peculiar permission petition filed by the Union Government against a Calcutta High Court determination successful September to bring backmost the deportees. The High Court bid was based connected a petition filed by the woman’s father, Bhodu Sekh. The erstwhile proceeding had seen the apex tribunal impulse the Centre to bring backmost the heavy large pistillate and her eight-year-old lad connected humanitarian grounds. The tribunal said the parent and kid ought not to beryllium separated.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the Union government, stressed that the parent and kid would beryllium brought backmost via authoritative channels solely connected humanitarian grounds, and the motion should not prejudice the lawsuit of the Union authorities successful favour of the merits of the deportation order. Mr. Mehta said the authorities did not privation to acceptable a atrocious precedent.
Mr. Sekh had submitted successful the High Court that his household hailed from West Bengal and migrated to Delhi for enactment and a amended life.
Following an individuality verification thrust triggered by a Home Ministry notification of May 2, Mr. Sekh had alleged his daughter, grandson and son-in-law were illegally picked up, detained and deported to Bangladesh connected June 26. Mr. Sekh had argued that helium was a imperishable nonmigratory of West Bengal and his girl and son-in-law were Indian citizens by birth. The Centre had argued that the deportees failed to nutrient immoderate documentary impervious to amusement they were Indian citizens.
Mr. Mehta informed the tribunal astir a contempt petition filed by Mr. Sekh, represented by elder advocator Sanjay Hegde, against the Centre for not complying with the High Court order. Justice Joymalya Bagchi, connected the Bench, said the Union authorities should not beryllium disquieted astir the contempt petition considering the information that the apex tribunal was seized of the lawsuit now.
However, Justice Bagchi orally suggested to the Union authorities to enquire into whether Mr. Sekh was an Indian citizen. If so, done the biologic connection, the girl and the grandson would besides beryllium considered Indian nationals.
The tribunal scheduled the lawsuit for further proceeding connected December 10.
