Supreme Court Asks Union To Verify Allegations That Bengali Migrant Workers Were Detained As Foreigners Only Because Of Language

Debby Jain

29 Aug 2025 5:53 PM IST

  • Supreme Court Asks Union To Verify Allegations That Bengali Migrant Workers Were Detained As Foreigners Only Because Of Language

    "India has inherited a legacy of common culture. Bengal and Punjab, language is same. Border divides us", observed J Bagchi.

    In the PIL assailing detention of migrant Muslim workers from West Bengal, over suspicion of their being Bangladeshi citizens, the Supreme Court today sought a clarification from the Union as to whether Bengali-speaking migrants were detained as foreigners only because of the use of a particular language.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi heard the matter...

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