Supreme Court notice to Centre, Maharashtra officials over woman ‘pushed out’ into Bangladesh

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 17, 2026) issued notice to the Centre and authorities in Maharashtra on a petition filed by a man against the detention and deportation of his mother to Bangladesh.

The petition also challenged the legality of the standard operating procedure dated May 2, 2025, titled ‘Procedure for Deportation of Illegal Bangladeshi Nationals/Rohingya-regarding’, and the Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025.

Appearing before a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, senior advocate S. Muralidhar and advocate Prasanna S., appearing for petitioner Sahin Fakir, challenged the laws to the extent that they permitted the removal of persons apprehended within India without any safeguards prescribed by law and the Constitution.