PIL on ‘detention’ of Bengali-speaking migrant workers: Supreme Court seeks response of Centre, States

On Thursday, August 14, 2025, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a coat claiming that the bengadic workers were detained on suspicion of citizens of Bangladesh.

However, a bench of Syria Kant and Joymalya Bagchi refused to pass any temporary order regarding the arrest and said that any order would have consequences, especially for people coming from the borders.

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“This is the right to get information about bonafide from the starting situations of the states where migratory workers work, but it is between problems. He said.

The petition owner West Bengal, who appeared for the Welfare Board, asked Prarashat Bhushan to wait for the response from the center and wait for a while from Nine states – Odisha, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Harena and West Bengal.

Mr. Bhushan claimed that people were harassed by states because they talked about the Bengalic language and that they had documents in this language on a circular basis published by the Ministry of Interior (MHA).

Bhushan, “Bonafide an investigation about an investigation and in some cases they are tortured. Switch to a break in custody.

The bench said that some mechanism should be developed to ensure that real citizens are not harassed.