Overview

• - A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi heard the case and added Gujarat as a party.
• - The Court asked the Centre to file a detailed reply and to spell out standard operating procedures for deporting illegal migrants, with specific reference to Bangladesh.
• - Justices pressed whether people were being picked up for speaking Bengali and reiterated that language alone cannot justify detention or deportation.
• - Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said India faces systematic infiltration by illegal migrants, affirmed that action cannot be language-based, and objected to petitions not filed by individual complainants.
• - The bench asked if the Centre sought a US-style border wall and directed that habeas corpus petitions in the Calcutta High Court continue without delay, with citizenship verification prioritized.