Archive · 23 Dec 2025
Supreme Court declines plea against deportation
A woman named Bibi Fatema is being sent back to Pakistan because she came to India on a Pakistani visa.
She says she is an Indian citizen because she is married to an Indian man.
The Supreme Court said they won't decide her case right now and told the Calcutta High Court to make a decision.
The High Court had already asked the government to check if she is an Indian citizen within 60 days, but they haven't decided yet.
Fatema also says her detention is not legal.
The Supreme Court sent the case back to the High Court to decide.
The Supreme Court declined to intervene in Bibi Fatema's deportation case to Pakistan.
Fatema argues she is an Indian citizen married to an Indian national.
The Calcutta High Court directed the Centre to determine her citizenship within 60 days.
The Supreme Court sent the case back to the High Court for a final decision.
Fatema also challenged her detention as illegal and unconstitutional.
- Who
- Bibi Fatema, a woman challenging her deportation to Pakistan
- What
- Supreme Court declined to intervene in her deportation case
- When
- The hearing took place on Monday
- Where
- Supreme Court of India
- Why
- The case is still under review by the Calcutta High Court, which directed the Centre to determine her citizenship status within 60 days
- Petitioner
- Bibi Fatema
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- High Court
- Calcutta High Court
- Grounds for Deportation
- Entry on Pakistani visa
- Citizenship Determination Deadline
- 60 days from September 15
