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The Supreme Court on Monday said in a case related to the 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. The Supreme Court made this comment while dismissing the petition of a Sri Lankan citizen.
In fact, the Madras High Court 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.
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.
Understand the whole matter The case is of a Sri Lankan Tamil citizen, who was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of being associated with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). LTTE was the earlier terrorist organization in Sri Lanka. In 2018, a lower court sentenced him to 10 years under the illegal activity (prevention) Act.
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 a 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. ‘