NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- India's rights panel National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the federal government, seeking detailed report about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya immigrants illegally living in the country, an official said Saturday.
The rights panel has sought clarification from the government after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports which said India was going ahead with plans to deport Rohingyas and started discussions with Myanmar and Bangladesh governments on the issue.
The rights panel has held that its intervention was appropriate in the matter from the human rights perspective.
"The commission has also observed that the Supreme Court of India has consistently held that the fundamental right enshrined under Article 21 of the Indian constitution regarding right to life and personal liberty, applies to all, irrespective of the fact whether they are citizens of India or not," NHRC said.
Reports said thousands of Rohingyas are currently settled across India in Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Jammu, among others.
