Overview

• A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra scheduled simultaneous hearings of detention petitions from Odisha and Delhi for July 16.
• Lawyers told the court that Sainur Islam and Rakibul Islam have returned to West Bengal after being held by the Odisha Police in Jagatsinghpur district.
• The bench directed the Odisha government to submit records on migrant detentions and ordered West Bengal’s chief secretary to liaise with his Odisha counterpart.
• The Union Home Ministry must report on allegations that Bengali-speaking workers in Delhi were deported to Bangladesh.
• The Trinamool Congress will hold a rally in Kolkata led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to protest the alleged harassment of migrant workers.