New Delhi, June 23 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a 2019 deportation order issued against a Sri Lankan Tamil immigrant and sought a response from Indian authorities regarding his request to visit the Embassy of Switzerland in person to process a humanitarian visa application.
A bench comprising Justices KV Viswanathan and N Kotiswar Singh issued notice to the respondent authorities, noting that over five and a half years had passed since the said deportation order was passed by the government on November 20, 2019.
The petitioner, currently held at the Trichy Special Camp, had approached the apex court challenging the deportation order and seeking permission to physically visit the Swiss Embassy.
His earlier plea was dismissed by ...