The Calcutta High Court on Friday, September 26, struck down the deportation of a family from Bengal to Bangladesh and ordered its repatriation.

The court observed that the authorities deported the family in haste and without considering Constitutional safeguards.

In a stern order, a division bench of Justices Reetobroto Kumar Mitra and Tapabrata Chakraborty directed the Union government to repatriate eight-month pregnant Sunali Khatun, her husband Danish Sekh, and their son within four weeks, coordinating with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka .

According to a report by Maktoob Media , another family faced a similar ordeal. In the second case, Sweety Bibi and her two children were detained in Delhi and deported with Sunali’s family. The order passed by the division bench doesn’t

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