The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the repatriation of six people, including a pregnant woman, who were deported to Bangladesh earlier this year, according to India Today.
India Today, a weekly Indian English-language news magazine, on its website issued a report on Saturday which said that the court held the deportation as 鈥榠llegal鈥� and directed the Union Home Ministry to ensure their return to West Bengal within four weeks.
A Division Bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra dismissed the Centre鈥檚 request to defer the order, the report continued.
It also read that the Supreme Court had earlier asked the High Court to hear the matter of the pregnant woman, identified as Sunali Khatun, on priority.
The six individuals, belonging to two families from Birbhum district, were arrested by Delhi Police from Rohini on June 26, as per the report.
The Foreigners Regional Registration Office later deported them to Bangladesh on suspicion of lacking valid documents and on account of speaking Bengali, the report further said.
On Friday, the High Court said the deportation order amounted to a 鈥榳rongful pushback.鈥�
It further instructed that the individuals, including Sunali Khatun, must be brought back to Bengal within a month, the report added.
On Saturday, The Hindu 鈥� an Indian English-language daily newspaper 鈥� also published a report on its website which read that two months after the Delhi Police wrongfully deported six people from West Bengal鈥檚 Birbhum district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals, the Calcutta High Court on Friday (September 26, 2025) has ordered their repatriation within four weeks.