The New Indian Express ·
Gauhati HC orders Rs 2 lakh compensation for family of woman pushed into Bangladesh
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam government to pay interim compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the husband of a Muslim woman who was expelled to Bangladesh without being given an opportunity to challenge the order of a Foreigners’ Tribunal (FT) declaring her a “foreigner.”
The September 3 order is the first such instance involving a person declared a foreigner.
The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund. It followed the hearing of a habeas corpus petition filed by Mujammel Hoque, the husband of the expelled woman, Mumtaz Begum.
