'Waiting for some muhurat?': Supreme Court slams Assam government for nor deporting 'foreigners'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Assam government for keeping declared "foreigners" in detention centres indefinitely rather than deporting them. "Are you waiting for some muhurat", a bench comprising justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan remarked. The bench directed the government to deport the foreigners immediately. The court, reacting to the Assam government's submission that their addresses were not known, asked them to deport them to their respective capital cities.

"You have refused to start deportation saying their addresses are not known. Why should it be our concern? You deport them to their foreign country. Are you waiting for some muhurat (auspicious time)?" the bench said.