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?
Demanding justice in “difficult times”: The Supreme Court’s ‘fanciful’ response to refugee protection as India allegedly abandons Rohingyas in the sea
Mohd Sikandar

Mohd Sikandar is an Assistant Professor of Law at National Law University Odisha

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