The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim relief to a family facing deportation to Pakistan after they asserted Indian citizenship and produced Indian documents. The court ordered authorities to refrain from taking any coercive action until their claims are verified.
The family, originally from Mirpur, said they moved to Srinagar in 1997 and possess Indian passports and Aadhaar cards. Their plea follows a notice from the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) in Srinagar, issued on April 25, which directed them to leave India, identifying them as Pakistani nationals.
In response to the April 27 terror attack in Pahalgam, the Union government had revoked all visas issued to Pakistani nationals and directed their expulsion from across states and Union Territories.
The lead petitioner—an MBA graduate from IIM Kerala currently working in Bengaluru—alleged that his parents and sisters were illegally detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police on April 29 and were being pushed toward the India-Pakistan border the following day.
A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and N.K. Singh instructed authorities to verify the authenticity of the family’s documents and any additional facts, stating, “Let an appropriate decision be taken at the earliest, though we are not stating any timeline.” The court clarified that this interim order should not be seen as a precedent for other deportation cases.
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