The All BTC Minority Students Union has moved the Gauhati High Court with a petition against the Assam government’s actions of “pushing back” alleged foreigners into Bangladesh after the Supreme Court refused to entertain their plea and asked them to approach the high court.

In a hearing held Friday at the Gauhati High Court, a Bench of Justices Manish Choudhury and Mitali Thakuria directed the counsels for the petitioners to identify specific individuals affected by the state government’s actions.

“Mr. [A.R.] Bhuyan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that he has received the detailed particulars of persons who have been picked up and who have been subjected to the alleged Pushback Policy adopted by the State. It is his submission that they were earlier on Indian soil, but, after being picked up their whereabouts are not known,” states the order, adding that advocate Bhuyan has submitted that he will file an additional affidavit with details of the persons by July 14.