The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the deportation of the first batch of seven Rohingyas illegaly settled in Assam's Silchar since 2012 to Myanmar. Hearing the plea by Prashant Bhushan on the deportation scheduled on the day, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph dismissed it as the Centre informed that Myanmar has accepted them as their citizens.

Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court these seven Rohingyas were arrested for being illegal immigrants. They were convicted and have already served their sentence. They have themselves requested to be sent back to their country.