Demanding justice in “difficult times”: The Supreme Court’s ‘fanciful’ response to refugee protection as India allegedly abandons Rohingyas in the sea
On May 16, the Supreme Court heard a petition alleging the Indian government of having illegally deported 38 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, and abandoning them in international waters near Myanmar. “When the country is passing through a difficult time, you come up with fanciful ideas,” Justice Surya Kant remarked. What does this mean for the Court’s standing on refugee protection?