India, Dec. 17 -- A local court has denied a motion for stay of removal from Canada filed by a person who claimed to be member of the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).

The applicant, named Gurpreet Singh, filed the motion to defer his imminent removal from Canada. A copy of the judgment noted that the Inland Enforcement Officer at the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) refused Singh's request to defer his removal from Canada, finding that there was "insufficient objective and compelling evidence" for doing so.

The applicant had submitted that he would "suffer irreparable harm if removed to India and will be persecuted due to his activism in India and in Canada for pro-Khalistan causes".

He had "protested in March 2023 opp...