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The Supreme Court on Monday said in a case related to the Sri Lankan refugee that India is not a Dharamshala. Why should refugees from all over the world give shelter in India? We are struggling with 140 crore people. We cannot give shelter to refugees from everywhere.
Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice K. The bench of Vinod Chandran made this comment dismissing the petition of a Sri Lankan citizen.
In fact, the Madras High Court had ordered the Sri Lankan citizen to immediately leave India as soon as the sentence of 7 years in the UAPA case was completed. Against this, he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding intervention.
On behalf of the petitioner, R.K. Sudhakaran, S. Prabhu Ramsubramaniam and Vairavan AS argued in court.
Petitioner declared wanted person in Sri Lanka
The petitioner said in the Supreme Court that he had come to India with a visa. His life in Sri Lanka is threatened. His wife and children have settled in India, and have been in custody for three years, but the process of exile did not begin.
The petitioner stated that he fought as a member of LTTE in the Sri Lankan war in 2009, so he has been declared ‘Black-Gajated’ (desired) in Sri Lanka. If he is sent back, he may have to face arrest and torture. He also said that his wife is suffering from many diseases and his son is struggling with congenital heart disease.
Recently, the Supreme Court also refused to intervene in the Deportation of Rohingya refugees.
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The case belongs to a Sri Lankan Tamil citizen, who was arrested by the Q branch of Tamil Nadu Police along with two other people on suspicion of being associated with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2015.
Ltte was earlier a terrorist organization active in Sri Lanka. In 2018, a lower court sentenced the petitioner to 10 years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In 2022, the Madras High Court reduced the sentence to seven years and said that after completion of the sentence, it would have to leave the country and stay in the refugee camp before exile.
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Supreme Court: ‘Should India keep refugees from all over the world? We have 140 crore people, this is not a dharamshala to give every foreigner to place.
Petitioner: ‘Argued under Article 21 of the Constitution (protecting life and freedom) and Article 19 (Fundamental Rights, such as freedom of speaking and walking).’
Justice Dutta, His custody does not violate Article 21, as he was detained under the law. The court said that Article 19 is only for Indian citizens.
Supreme Court: ‘What do you have the right to settle here? “When the lawyer said that he is a refugee and his life is in danger in Sri Lanka, the court suggested that he should go to another country. ‘
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