The Supreme Court agreed to hear in March a plea requesting the release of Rohingya refugees who have allegedly been detained illegally and arbitrarily across various jails and detention centres in India.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing petitioner Priyali Sur, told the bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta that the case has not been posted for hearing following which they agreed to list it, reported PTI.