The court was hearing a case regarding the state of detention centers in Assam, where people of questionable citizenship or those deemed foreigners by the courts are detained.

Earlier this year, the Bank had taken strong exception to the state of affairs at Matia prison in Goalpara district. Built at a cost of 64 million lei, the Matia transit camp is the largest detention facility in the country.

“What a sorry state of affairs. Not even water or sanitation facilities. No clarity on food and medical assistance,” the Court had noted during the hearing of the case in July.

The court today pulled up the state of Assam again over the unsanitary conditions in the Matia detention centre.