The Supreme Court on Friday directed for the release of those illegal immigrants lodged in Assam detention centres who have completed three or more years in detention..The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna ordered for the release of the detenues but with some conditions. The immigrants to be released will have to provide their biometric details in a secured database and furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh with two Indian sureties. They will also be required to provide details pertaining to the location of their stay post their release..The conditions for release include:.Execution of a bond with two sureties of Rs 1,00,000 (Rupees one lakh only) each of Indian citizens;Specification of a verifiable address of stay after release;Biometric of his/her iris (if possible) and all ten fingerprints and photos shall be captured and stored in a secured database before release from the detention centres. He or she shall report once every week to the Police Station specified by the Foreigners Tribunal;He or she shall notify any change of his or her address to the specified Police Station on the same dayA quarterly report to be submitted by the Superintendent of Police (Border) to the Foreigners Tribunal regarding appearance of such released declared foreigner to concerned Police Station and in case of violation of condition, the DFN will be apprehended and produced before Foreigners Tribunal. .The Court also granted time to the State of Assam to place on record details with regard to the setting up of Foreigners’ Tribunals as expeditiously as possible..The State of Assam was represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who apprised the Court of the progress in the issue of setting up of Tribunals..The Court has listed the matter for hearing in the month of July, after the Court returns from vacation. Liberty has been given to the State to mention the matter for urgent hearing before the Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court, if required..The matter pertaining to the Assam detention centres had taken a controversial turn earlier this month, when the Supreme Court dismissed an application filed by activist Harsh Mander seeking the recusal of CJI Gogoi from the case..Read the Order:.Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed for the release of those illegal immigrants lodged in Assam detention centres who have completed three or more years in detention..The Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna ordered for the release of the detenues but with some conditions. The immigrants to be released will have to provide their biometric details in a secured database and furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh with two Indian sureties. They will also be required to provide details pertaining to the location of their stay post their release..The conditions for release include:.Execution of a bond with two sureties of Rs 1,00,000 (Rupees one lakh only) each of Indian citizens;Specification of a verifiable address of stay after release;Biometric of his/her iris (if possible) and all ten fingerprints and photos shall be captured and stored in a secured database before release from the detention centres. He or she shall report once every week to the Police Station specified by the Foreigners Tribunal;He or she shall notify any change of his or her address to the specified Police Station on the same dayA quarterly report to be submitted by the Superintendent of Police (Border) to the Foreigners Tribunal regarding appearance of such released declared foreigner to concerned Police Station and in case of violation of condition, the DFN will be apprehended and produced before Foreigners Tribunal. .The Court also granted time to the State of Assam to place on record details with regard to the setting up of Foreigners’ Tribunals as expeditiously as possible..The State of Assam was represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who apprised the Court of the progress in the issue of setting up of Tribunals..The Court has listed the matter for hearing in the month of July, after the Court returns from vacation. Liberty has been given to the State to mention the matter for urgent hearing before the Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court, if required..The matter pertaining to the Assam detention centres had taken a controversial turn earlier this month, when the Supreme Court dismissed an application filed by activist Harsh Mander seeking the recusal of CJI Gogoi from the case..Read the Order:.Bar & Bench is available on WhatsApp. For real-time updates on stories, click here to subscribe to our WhatsApp.
