India, June 26 -- A rare and tense exchange took place at the Supreme Court on Thursday after Justice Sonia Sotomayor strongly criticized a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito in an asylum case.

Justice Samuel Alito sharply responded to Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday after she delivered a strong dissent against his majority opinion in an asylum case, according to The Hill.

In a 6-3 decision split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can turn away asylum seekers before they reach US soil.

Before Sotomayor spoke, Alito briefly summarized the court's majority opinion in Mullin v Al Otro Lado. According to the New York Post, Alito's opinion said the government can deny entry to mi...