Mohammad Salimullah v. Union of India

Mohammad Salimullah v. Union of India
CourtSupreme Court of India
Full case name MOHAMMAD SALIMULLAH AND ANR. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.
DecidedPending
CitationAIR 2021 SUPREME COURT 1789
TranscriptWP (C) 793/2017 (Interlocutory order)
Court membership
Judges sittingSharad Arvind Bobde, A. S. Bopanna, V. Ramasubramanian JJ
Case opinions
The rights guaranteed under Articles 14 (equality) and 21 (due process of law) are available to all persons who may or may not be citizens. But the right not to be deported, is ancillary or concomitant to the right to reside or settle in any part of the territory of India guaranteed under Article 19(1)(e)
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Mohammad Salimullah v. Union of India (Writ Petition (Civil) 793 of 2017), is a petition challenging the deportation of Rohingya Muslims who had taken refuge in India to escape persecution in Myanmar. The court however, in an interim order rejected any relief and allowed their deportation subject to proper procedure being followed.[1][2]

  1. ^ Dr. Subhradipta Sarkar (18 April 2021). "Deporting Rohingyas to the slaughter house: Dilution of the "Non- Refoulement" Principle". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. ^ Chander Uday Singh (26 April 2021). "Supreme Court must rethink its order on deportation of Rohingya refugees". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 November 2021.