Overview

• The three-judge bench asked whether Bengali speech is being used to presume foreign nationality and sought details of deportation procedures, particularly for Bangladesh.
• Hearing a PIL by the West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board, the court took note of alleged detentions across multiple states and a cited case of a pregnant woman allegedly forced across the border.
• The Supreme Court clarified that habeas corpus petitions before the Calcutta High Court should proceed, urging prompt verification of citizenship in those cases.
• Solicitor General Tushar Mehta warned of “systematic infiltration,” denied language-based detentions, questioned NGO-led petitions, and proposed tagging the matter with a Rohingya case as the court sought a separate response.
• The bench impleaded the Gujarat government as a respondent, required the Union’s reply within a week, and listed the case for further hearing on September 11.