As the deadline set by the Calcutta High Court for the return of Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman, and others from Bangladesh expired on Friday, family members are looking to restart their legal battle, highlighting “contempt of court” by the central government.

Sunali Khatun, her husband Danish, and their eight-year-old son, natives of Paikar village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, were among a group of people accused of being infiltrators and pushed into Bangladesh on June 26 after being detained by the Delhi Police. The husband and wife had been working as ragpickers in Delhi for around 20 years. Once in Bangladesh, they were held by the local police, following which a local court declared them to be Indian citizens.

On September 26, a division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakrabo

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