State cannot afford to ignore illegal immigration now as it may create institutional vulnerabilities later, says Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal cases against a whistleblower who reported illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The court emphasized that the state must not be indifferent to unlawful immigration to prevent future institutional vulnerabilities.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of national security, immigration policy, and the legal protection of whistleblowers in India.
State cannot afford to ignore illegal immigration now as it may create institutional vulnerabilities later, says Karnataka High Court left A view of the High Court of Karnataka https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/d06kut/article71616618.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Karnataka-HC-diGUOGMQFFG.1.jpg.jpg SREENIVASA MURTHY V Bengaluru / Karnataka : 19/08/2020 : A view of High Court of Karnataka on 19 August 2020. Photo : V Sreenivasa Murthy/The Hindu. Quashes criminal cases filed by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants against whistleblower doctor Bengaluru Observing that the “State cannot afford to be indifferent to unlawful immigration, for indifference today may become an institutional vulnerability tomorrow,” the High Court of Karnataka has quashed two criminal cases registered against a medical practitioner-cum-social worker by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants as a “retaliatory counterblast” to his act of reporting their unlawful stay in the city to the police.
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