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Indian Express
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Karnataka HC dismisses plea of 3 children from Pakistan seeking visa extension to attend aunt's wedding
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed an application on behalf of three minors from Pakistan who sought to be allowed to stay in India till May 15 to attend the wedding of a relative. Dismissing the petition, the vacation bench of Justice M G Uma stated, '…in view of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam…the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a decision to suspend various visas. Therefore, the Union of India, through the Cabinet Committee for Security, has taken the conscious decision to safeguard the interest of citizens in India. In such circumstances, I do not find any reason to interfere with the same, to pass a favourable order in favour of the petitioners.' The minors – a girl aged 8, and two boys aged 4 and 3 – were represented by their mother Ramsha, an Indian citizen. The children, accompanied by their mother, had arrived in India with a visa valid until June. They were residing in Mysuru. Following the terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, in which 26 people were killed, the Centre had taken a slew of measures against Pakistan that included a directive instructing its citizens to leave India by the end of the month. The petition, which was brought before the court earlier this week, stated that they had been unable to cross the Attari-Wagah border since it was closed on the Pakistani side, while their representation to the Mysuru Police Commissioner for visa extension was not considered. The minors' petition stated that they would leave India by May 15 after their aunt's wedding on May 12. The counsel representing the Centre pointed out that among the measures taken by India since the Pahalgam attack, Pakistani visas were immediately revoked, with the exception of long-term, medical, and diplomatic visas, with medical visas only lasting till April 29. The Centre also pointed out that the Foreigners' Regional Registration Office (FRRO) had granted them exit permission. The counsel for the minors, however, appealed for the extension to May 15 on humanitarian grounds, citing a similar case heard in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
New Indian Express
09-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Karnataka High Court upholds Centre's order, denies visa plea of Pakistani minors
BENGALURU: Nothing that the Government of India has taken a conscious decision to suspend various visas and also directed Pakistani nationals to leave the country to safeguard the interest of Indian citizens, the Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition filed by three minor Pakistani children through their mother with a prayer to issue directives to the Commissioner of Police and Foreigners Registration Officer, Mysuru City, to extend their visa or issue a long-term visa. The children, who are Pakistani nationals born to an Indian mother and a Pakistani father, are presently residing in Mysuru. 'It is a matter of fact that, in view of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken a decision to suspend various visas, including visitor visas, and directed the Pakistani nationals to leave the country on or before April 27. The Under Secretary to the Government of India passed the order on March 25 regarding the revocation of visas of Pakistani nationals. Therefore, the government, through the Cabinet Committee, has taken a conscious decision to safeguard the interests of the citizens of India. In such circumstances, I do not find any reason to interfere with the order and pass an order in favour of the petitioners. Hence, the petition is dismissed,' said a vacation bench of Justice MG Uma. The marriage of the mother of the petitioners, Ramsha Jahan, was solemnised in 2015 at Pishin in Pakistan. Despite her marriage to a Pakistani national, she has not yet applied for Pakistani citizenship but still holds Indian citizenship. Before the court, she represented her three minor children — Bibi Yamina (8), Muhammad Mudassir (4), and Muhammad Yousaf (3).
