SC questions claim that Rohingya refugees were forced into sea, refuses stay on deportations
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned a petition alleging that the Indian government had forcibly deported 43 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar by pushing them into international waters, Live Law reported.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh declined the petitioner’s request for an urgent hearing into the matter. Citing an order passed by another bench on May 8, it rejected the petitioner’s request to pass an interim order halting the deportation of Rohingyas.
In the May 8 order, the court had refused to interfere with the deportation of Rohingyas.
On Friday, the bench said that the material presented to it was not enough to convince it to re-examine the order passed by the other bench.
It clubbed the case with other petitions in the matter, which will be next heard on July 31.
Advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing the petitioner, had urged the Supreme Court to hear the matter next week, saying that “time is against us”.
Kant questioned the petition, asking if there was material to substantiate the allegations.
“Every day you come with one new story,” Kant was quoted as saying. “What is the basis of this story? Very beautifully crafted story! Please show us the material on the record. What is the material to substantiate your allegations?”
Gonsalves said that the persons were deported after being taken to the...
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