The Center on Friday told the Supreme Court that India is confronted by illegal migrants ‘systematic infiltration’, where ‘agents operate’ to facilitate their entry. The comment came when the court heard a plea that claimed that Bengal -speaking Muslim migrants are being held and, in some cases, being deported without an appropriate process.
Platicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for the government and emphasized that national security should remain a priority. “India is not the world’s capital for the world’s illegal immigrants,” he told the bank led by Justice Surya Kant.
He insisted that detention or deportation “cannot be on the basis of language,” so that the claim that only Bengal’s speaking leads to arrests. Mehta also wondered why organizations, instead of affected individuals, submitted such petitions.
The court pressed the government to clarify its official position. “Are claims of language used to determine citizenship correctly?” the bank asked. It underlined that the case gets on “two important issues – the safety of the nation and its inheritance and common culture.” At the same time it made it clear that all action against individuals must follow a fair trial: “It cannot be based on language.”
The petition, submitted by the West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board and its chairman, MP Sameerul Islam, claims that Bengal’s speaking Muslim staff are randomly picked up in states such as Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi.
Senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who represents the proposers, argued that in various cases people without the correct verification to Bangladesh were deported.
He said that nationality cannot be decided briefly, and deploying people without determining their status, violates constitutional protection and international law. Bhushan quoted examples in which Indian citizens were wrongly deported with valid documents. In one case a woman was sent to Bangladesh, but later arrested as an Indian national after her documents were verified.
The Supreme Court gave notifications to the center on the plea and asked for a detailed answer. It also ruled that Habeas Corpus requests awaiting the Calcutta High Court – where families have disputed offenses – would continue to hear without delay. The Supreme Court was asked to verify the citizenship status of affected persons on a priority basis.
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