Summary:
Assam government followed up on Thursday to unite five men detained in central jail at Tezpur, Sonitpur district, with their families in detention at the Kokrajhar district jail. They are tried under Foreigners Act, 1946 and Foreigners (Tribunals) Order, 1964, but no clear guidelines exist for detention. “You cannot separate them from their families like this,” the bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta told Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Assam. “It appears if a child is below age six, he is kept (in detention) with the mother. If above age six and female, she is kept with the mother but if male, he is kept with the father..