SC asks centre to file response to alleged "pushback" of Rohingyas
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Mar 07, 2018, 10:15 PM
New Delhi, March 07: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave time to the Centre to file response to a plea seeking to halt the alleged "pushback" of Rohingya refugees at the borders and providing improved living conditions in their camps across the country.
The apex court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave the Centre time till March 16 to file the response as Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that he has received instructions to respond to the plea for halt to the pushback of Rohingya refugees and for improved living conditions in their camps.
The court directed the next hearing of the matter on March 19.
In the last hearing of the matter on January 31, ASG Mehta had told the court not to interfere in the matter as "constitutionally empowered executive was seized of the matter and the diplomatic process is on to deal with the situation".