Gujarat HC refuses to release Bangladeshi woman and child, says detention not illegal
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The Gujarat High Court has refused to order the release of a Bangladeshi woman and her infant daughter detained in Bharuch, saying that their detention cannot be said to be illegal, The Indian Express reported.
A division bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by the woman’s Indian husband, and said that the detention was not illegal because it was based on an administrative order directing her to remain at the police training school in the town till she is deported.
A habeas corpus is a petition through which courts can order the authorities to bring a person before it to verify if they have been detained.
The bench took note of a December 2025 order issued by the superintendent of police and the Foreigners Registration Officer in Bharuch under the 2025 Immigration and Foreigners Act and the 2025 Immigration and Foreigners Orders, the newspaper reported.
It was not immediately when was the woman detained. But the woman and the child were produced before the court on May 6.
The bench said that the husband had not challenged the order before the correct forum, adding that the woman cannot be released while the administrative order remained in operation.
The husband had approached the High Court claiming that his wife and their seven to eight-month-old daughter were...