Supreme Court Urges Return of Pregnant Woman Pushed to Bangladesh

The Supreme Court has requested the Indian government to consider readmitting a pregnant woman and her family, previously deported to Bangladesh, based on humanitarian grounds. The court's attention was drawn to their unlawful deportation, ensuring immediate intervention and highlighting the necessity of humanitarian considerations in legal procedures.

The Supreme Court has urged the Indian government to consider allowing a pregnant woman and her child, previously deported to Bangladesh, to return to India on humanitarian grounds.

Chief Justice Surya Kant, alongside Justice Joymalya Bagchi, required the Solicitor General to seek directives permitting the woman's entry through West Bengal's Indo-Bangladesh border.

The case follows a high court ruling against the deportation, which it termed illegal, further complicating the intricate cross-border immigration issues faced by the authorities.

(With inputs from agencies.)