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India is not a 'dharamshala': SC junks plea against deportation
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|May 20, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday sent a strong message that India is not a "dharamshala" (shelter) for housing refugees, refusing to interfere with a high court order directing deportation of a Sri Lankan Tamil after he completed his sentence under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for being a member of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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A bench headed by Justice Dipankar Datta, said, "We are struggling with (population of) 1.4 billion. This is not a dharamshala that we can entertain foreign nationals from all over." The court was hearing a petition filed by Subaskaran, who completed a seven-year term in 2022 and has since been at a detention camp in Tiruchirapalli pending his deportation to Sri Lanka.
His lawyers argued that his wife and children are settled in Tamil Nadu and there is a threat to his life if he returns to Sri Lanka, but the bench, also comprising Justice Vinod K Chandran, categorically asserted that the right to reside in the country belongs only to citizens and foreigners should leave the country.
This story is from the May 20, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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