On behalf of the Centre, SG Tushar Mehta said that a whole network of infiltration is going on. It is the duty of the government to make the country safe and prevent the rights of the citizens from reaching the infiltrators.

The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to file a reply on the petition against the arrest of Bengali speaking people across the country and sending them to Bangladesh. The case will be heard on 11 September. This petition has been filed by an organization named West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board and its president Samirul Islam. Samirul Islam is also a Rajya Sabha MP of Trinamool Congress.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner, said that Muslim people are being detained and expelled from the country on the basis of language without following due process. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, opposed this argument. He said that some NGOs and state governments support illegal intruders. They should not be heard.

Mehta argued that if a person is affected by the government's action, he can come to the Supreme Court. The organization filing the petition should help such people to come to the court. It cannot file the petition itself. Mehta said that a whole network of infiltration is running. It is the government's duty to make the country safe and protect the rights of citizens from reaching the infiltrators. In response to this, Bhushan said that the government is working to scare Bengali Muslims.

Unaffected by the clash between the two lawyers, the court said that the government should file a reply on the petition. The case was heard by a bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi. Justice Surya Kant sought information about the process of detaining people. Justice Bagchi said that the language and culture of Punjab and Bengal matches with the neighboring countries, so it is important for the government to respond to the allegation that people are being targeted just because they speak Bengali.

During the hearing, Prashant Bhushan said that thousands of people have been detained on the basis of mere suspicion. Without confirming citizenship or talking to the Bangladesh government, the BSF is forcibly sending those people to the other side of the border. The Solicitor General described Bhushan's argument as similar to the speech given at Jantar Mantar. Earlier on August 14, the court had issued notice to the central government and 9 states in the case. On Friday, the court also made Gujarat a party in the case.