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SC view on foreigner’s detention defies constitutional obligations
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- A rights body has said the apex court’s remark on the detention of ‘foreigners’ in Assam was unfortunate and flies in the face of India’s constitutional and international obligations.
- A rights body comprising a retired Supreme Court judge and a former Assam police chief.
- The statement was in reference to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi’s admonition of Assam Chief Secretary for proposing a method for the release of foreign prisoners in detention beyond their term of sentence for illegal entry.
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- Views of SC:(1) Detention of foreigners that accounts from Assam indicate arbitrariness and not rule of law.(2) It is often used to define those who came post 1971 from Bangladesh of whatever religious denomination and those who are Indian nationals.(3) Statement issued by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said that, Lakhs are in a limbo and now fear that they may become stateless.
- Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI):(1) An independent, non-partisan, international non-governmental organization, headquatered in New Delhi, India, working for the practical realization of human rights across the Commonwealth.(2) In 1987, several Commonwealth associations founded CHRI as a response to South Africa’s policy of racism.(3) CHRI's objectives are to promote awareness of and adherence to the Harare Commonwealth Declaration, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and other internationally recognized human rights instruments, as well as domestic instruments supporting human rights in member states.
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The hindu