The West Bengal government Today (July 16) told Calcutta High Court it’s shocking that Bengali-speaking people from Delhi are being sent to Bangladesh. The Court asked both Centre and State to give detailed replies.
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KOLKATA: The West Bengal government informed the Calcutta High Court that it is deeply troubling that people in Delhi are reportedly being deported to Bangladesh just because they speak Bengali.
Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, who represented the West Bengal government, argued before the Division Bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra.
He said,
“This is a family from Birbhum district… Who will decide if someone is Bangladeshi? Not the police, but the appropriate authority… All these cases, I have gone through the reports, it is very alarming.”
The case came up during the hearing of Habeas Corpus petitions filed by the relatives of some migrants from Birbhum, West Bengal. These individuals were allegedly deported to Bangladesh last month.
Bandyopadhyay strongly urged the High Court to ask the Central government to provide full details and numbers of how many people were deported to Bangladesh.
He stressed that proper procedure must be followed and that speaking Bengali should never be a reason to assume someone is a foreigner.
However, the lawyer representing the Central government disagreed with these claims. He firmly stated that no person was sent back to Bangladesh just because they were speaking Bengali.
He also informed the Calcutta High Court that the family members of the deported individuals had already gone to the Delhi High Court earlier. But, according to him, that important detail was not mentioned in this case.
This led to a serious reaction from the Judges. The Division Bench scolded the lawyer for not informing the Court properly and said-
“Don’t play tricks on us.”
They emphasized that the Court’s time should not be wasted, and no one should misuse the judicial process.
Finally, the Calcutta High Court ordered both the Central and State governments to submit written affidavits in this matter.
The Court has now kept the case pending and will hear it again on a later date after receiving all necessary information.
CASE TITLE:
Bhodu Sekh vs Union of India & Ors.
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