{"id":158717,"date":"2000-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-07-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/akbar-and-others-vs-union-of-india-others-on-14-july-2000"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T07:22:57","slug":"akbar-and-others-vs-union-of-india-others-on-14-july-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/akbar-and-others-vs-union-of-india-others-on-14-july-2000","title":{"rendered":"Akbar And Others vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 14 July, 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Akbar And Others vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 14 July, 2000<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1999 Delhi 374 a, 2000 (54) DRJ 861<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R Sodhi<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Sodhi<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>R.S. Sodhi, J.<\/p>\n<p>     Crl. M. (M) 2140\/2000<\/p>\n<p>1.     Learned  counsel  for the petitioner has contended that  by  an  order dated  14th  August, 1954, the power to examine persons  whether  they  are foreigners is vested with the civil authorities who may examine any  person and  that  power also includes the power to deport those who  have  in  any manner  infringed  the Foreigners Act, 1946. He further  submits  that  the police  in this case have been making indiscriminate arrests and have  singled  out  members of the family rather than dealing with the family  as  a unit.  To elaborate this he submits that in many cases either the  wife  is picked  up  and  the husband and the children are left or  the  husband  is picked up and the wife and children are left or the children are picked  up and  the wife and husband are left out. This he craves besides being  arbitrary  compounds  the  misery of those who are left behind.  I  have  heard learned  counsel  for the respondent State who has drawn  my  attention  to Section 3 of the Act which empowers the Foreigners Regional  Registration Officer  (FRRO)  to identify and deport those who are staying in  India  in contravention  of the Act. This power has been validly delegated  upon  the DCP  FRRO by the Lt. Governor u\/s 3(1) of the Act. The learned counsel  for the State submits that if there have been any aberrations as stated by  the learned counsel for the petitioner they shall be looked in to and all  such aberrations  shall be taken care of. On the question of law raised  by  the learned  counsel for the petitioner in as much as in the  Foreigners  Order 5(A)  the power lies with the civil authority to deal with the  matter  and the  police is not a civil authority, is not sustainable. Police is a  part of  the  civil  administration and it cannot be said that is  not  a  civil authority under the order. The learned counsel for the petitioner has shown me  ration  cards and election cards which he claims have  been  issued  to person who are sought to be deported and he claims that once a ration  card or  an  election card is issued to a person he is deemed to  be  an  Indian citizen.  This  argument of his also does not find favour with  me.  Merely because ration card has been issued does not ipso-facto confer citizenship.\n<\/p>\n<p>Conferring  of  citizenship is an Act which is governed by law:  A  Foreign national  cannot  automatically be deemed to be an Indian  citizen  without complying  with the procedure established by law in this  respect.  Learned counsel for the petitioner also points out that most of the people who  are identified  to be Bangladeshis by the Administration are  horded  together and  deported across the boarder where they are normally fired upon by  the Bangladeshi  force  and  if they return they are  attacked  by  the  Indian forces.  If such a thing is happening it must be stopped  immediately.  The<br \/>\nprocedure  for deportation must be scrupulously followed so as to  minimise misery and\/or any violation of human rights. Learned counsel for the  State strongly refutes the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that  any high handiness is being shown in deporting the foreigners. He submits  that there  is  a regular procedure adopted for deportation and it is  not  even conceivable that persons are pushed across the border merely to be  killed. Such stories are made up only to gain sympathy and are figments of  fertile imagination. I propose not to take the matter further. However, if there be any  incident that violates any human right or statutory right it  will  be open for the individual to approach this Court with their grievance.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.   The petition is dismissed accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Akbar And Others vs Union Of India &amp; Others on 14 July, 2000 Equivalent citations: AIR 1999 Delhi 374 a, 2000 (54) DRJ 861 Author: R Sodhi Bench: R Sodhi ORDER R.S. Sodhi, J. Crl. M. (M) 2140\/2000 1. 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