NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Assam Government for not being sincere enough in deporting illegal migrants from the State, observing the situation has gone too far and become a joke.
The Apex Court gave vent to its ire while dealing with the functioning of the foreigners tribunals and the problem of “external aggression” faced by the State due to influx of illegal migrants.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna also questioned the Assam Government whether the foreigners tribunals and the law-enforcing authorities are functioning properly.
“It has become a joke now. We must say that the situation has gone too far. You have not done anything. The foreigners tribunals have identified 56,697 persons as foreigners and yet only around 900 persons are in detention centres,” the bench said, telling the Assam Government it was not able to deport illegal migrants to the country of their origin.
Referring to the 2005 verdict in the Illegal Migrants(determination by Tribunal) Act–IMDT–case filed by Sarbananda Sonowal, the incumbent chief minister of Assam, the bench said it was held that Assam was facing threat of “external aggression” because of the large scale influx of immigrants.
“We would like to know from Government of India and Government of Assam about what is being done about this threat,” it asked. (AGENCIES)
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