Karnataka High Court rejected requests from three minor Pakistani nationals to allow them to stay in Mysoru by May 15

The Karnataka High Court pointed out the fact that the coalition government revoked various visas to Pakistani nationals in accordance with a decision made by the Cabinet Security Committee and required them to leave India on April 27 after a terrorist attack on tourists from Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. Image source:

The Karnataka High Court rejected the petition filed by three minor Pakistani nationals on 8 May 2025 (8 May 2025) who sought instructions from the authorities to allow them to stay in Mysuru until May 15, and they could not take any coercive action against them until then after the marriage ceremony held on 12 May 12, until then they would leave India.

The court noted that, based on the decision of the Cabinet Security Committee, the coalition government revoked various visas to Pakistani nationals and required them to leave India on April 27 after a terrorist attack on tourists from Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.

Conscious decision

While dismissing the petition, the Justice of MG UMA said that the Indian government has made a conscious decision for the safety and security of its citizens and that the court will not intervene.

The petitioners, Bibi Yamina, 8, Muhammad Mudassir, 4, and Muhammad Yusaf, 3, all permanent residents of Balochistan, Pakistan, had filed their petition represented by their Indian mother, Ramsha Jahan, a native of Mysuru, who has been residing with her husband, Muhammed Farooq, a Pakistani national, following their marriage in 2015.

The petitioner came to Mysuru on January 4, 2025 with their mother, and the visit visa was initially valid until February 17, 2025 and later extended to June 18, 2025.

At the border

In the petition, the petitioner arrived at the Atari border with his mother on April 28 and left India but had to return to Mysoru because their father did not show up to receive them at the border, and Pakistan closed the border even for its own citizens. Mysuru’s Foreign Registration Office issued an exit permit to petitioners in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and required them to leave India by April 30.

The petitioner said that in view of their aunt’s marriage planned for May 11/12 in Mysuru, their mother had written to the police authorities in Mysuru to allow them to stay until May 15, when they came to India. They have sought instructions from police and other authorities not to take any compulsive measures by pledging to leave India by May 15.