Court orders Rs 50k relief to harassed NRI
Sunday, May 15, 2011
The Ministry of External Affairs will now have to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to a man who lost his job in Spain due to his illegal deportation.
The man held valid Spanish visa yet was prevented from going back to join work in Spain and was deported back to Delhi from Brussels and prosecuted for travel on fake documents.
Justice S Muralidhar slammed all the authorities involved for their "callousness" and said: "The conduct of respondents (foreign ministry, foreigner regional registration offices and regional passport officer) in the present case display utter callousness in dealing with the life and liberty of the citizen. The petitioner (Balwinder Singh) had valid travel papers and work permit for employment in Spain."
