Assam gets it for failing to deport foreigners

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday lambasted the Assam government for its failure to deport individuals declared as foreigners, while ordering the state to initiate deportation proceedings against 63 whose nationalities were known.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

A two-judge bench led by justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, held that once individuals are declared foreigners, they should be deported immediately. "Are you waiting for some muhurat to deport those detained persons who are held to be foreigners?" the court asked the Assam government's counsel. The bench said it's for the Centre to decide where the foreigners should g