Overview

• Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Ritabrata Kumar Mitra set aside FRRO Delhi’s deportation orders and refused the Centre’s request for a stay.
• The court held officials acted “in hot haste” in violation of the MHA memo, noting Delhi Police failed to share details with West Bengal as required.
• Six people — including pregnant Sunali Khatun, her husband Danish Sheikh and their son, and Sweety Bibi with two sons — were detained in Delhi in June and pushed into Bangladesh, with reports they were later held there.
• The bench did not decide citizenship and said IDs like Aadhaar are not conclusive, ordering due-process verification and coordination with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka for their return within four weeks.
• The Centre’s jurisdiction challenge was rejected, and its counsel indicated it will approach the Supreme Court, while TMC leaders welcomed the ruling and alleged targeted harassment of Bengalis.