Supreme Court To Hear On September 18 Plea Of Rohingyas Against Deportation

Rohingya men hold placards condemning the violence in Myanmar as dozens of them gather near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (Photo: AP)

In a strong reaction, India said it was surprised that individual incidents are being "extrapolated" to suggest a broader societal situation. (Photo: AP)

On August 18, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had issued notice to the Centre over its plan to deport the Rohingya immigrants, who have been residing in various parts of India. (Photo: AP)

He said puja celebration committees across Bangladesh had been asked to save to set up a fund to provide relief for the Rohingya refugees. (Photo: AP/ Representational)

It also said that India has ratified and is a signatory to various conventions that recognise the Principle of "Non- Refoulement', which prohibits deportation of refugees to a country where they may face threat to their lives. (Photo: AP)

Terming the Rohingya refugees as "illegal" immigrants, the government had recently told the Supreme Court that some of them were part of a "sinister" design of Pakistan's ISI and terror groups such as the ISIS, whose presence in the country will pose a "serious" national security threat. (Photo: AP)

"This act would also be in contradiction with the principle of 'Non-Refoulement', which has been widely recognised as a principle of Customary International Law," the plea said, while seeking a direction to the government not to deport them and other members of Rohingya community. (Photo: AP)

"Proposed deportation is contrary to the constitutional protections of Article 14 (Right to Equality), Article 21 (Right to Life and Personal Liberty) and Article 51(c) of the Constitution, which provides equal rights and liberty to every person. (Photo: AP)

Govindacharya has opposed their plea saying they were "a burden" on the country's resources and posed a serious threat to national security. (Photo: AP)

Former RSS ideologue and Rashtriya Swabhiman Andolan leader K N Govindacharaya has recently moved the apex court seeking to make him a party in the case filed by the two Rohingya Muslims. (Photo: AP)

The violent attacks allegedly by Myanmarese armymen have led to an exodus of Rohingya tribals from the western Rakhine state in that country to India and Bangladesh. Many of those who had fled to India after the earlier spate of violence, have settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan. (Photo: AP)

The apex court had earlier asked the ASG to take instruction from the Centre about its response to the petition challenging the decision on various grounds, including that it violated international human right conventions. (Photo: AFP)

A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, to defer the hearing. (Photo: AFP)

The Supreme Court on Monday fixed September 18 for hearing a plea challenging the government's decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants back to Myanmar. (Photo: AFP)