(MENAFN- Live Mint) The Central government told the Supreme Court that Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman, and her 8-year-old son, who were deported for being Bangladeshis, will be brought back to India, over the possibility that they might be Indian citizens and on humanitarian grounds, ANI reported.

Previously, the Supreme Court inquired whether the Centre could bring them back to India, considering they might be Indian citizens.

“Their cause is altogether different because they claim that they are Indian citizens. If this girl is Bhodu's daughter, then it should be looked at from an entirely different perspective”, the news portal quoted the top court's remarks.

The Court ordered the State to provide free medical treatment to Sunali due to her pregnancy. The case has been scheduled for further examination on December 12.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi urged the West Bengal government to take care of the minor and instructed the chief medical officer of Birbhum district to offer all necessary medical support to Sunali Khatun, including free delivery, according to a report by PTI.

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea from the Centre challenging the Calcutta High Court's September 26 order, which set aside the central government's decision to deport Khatun and others to Bangladesh, labelling it as“illegal.”

The bench also stated that they would eventually be brought back to Delhi, from where they were initially taken, and then deported to Bangladesh.

However, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Sanjay Hegde, representing the woman's father, stated that it would be appropriate for her and her child to be brought to their home district of Birbhum in West Bengal, where her father lives.

The senior counsels informed the court that there are other individuals, including Khatun's husband, who are in Bangladesh and need to be brought back to India, the report said.

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