புலம்பெயர் தொழிலாளர்கள் ஊரடங்கில் கைவிடப்பட்ட நிலையில் உச்சநீதிமன்றம் தாமாக முன்வந்து (Duo Moto) வழக்குப் பதிந்தது! புலம்பெயர்ந்த தொழிலாளர் நிலைக் குறித்து மத்திய, மாநில அரசுகள் எடுத்த நடவடிக்கைகளைப் பட்டியலிட்டு தாக்கல் செய்ய உத்தரவு!
வழக்கு விசாரணை 28.05.2020க்கு ஒத்திவைப்பு!
Supreme Court steps in on migrant workers crisis
The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the “problems and miseries” of migrant labourers left stranded by the lockdown and asked the Centre and states to list the steps taken to help them. The case will be heard on Thursday.
"We take suo motu cognisance of the problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of the country,” the court said. “The newspaper reports and the media reports have been continuously showing the unfortunate and miserable conditions of migrant labourers walking on foot and travelling on cycles for long distances. They have also been complaining of not being provided food and water by the administration… In the present situation of lockdown in the entire country, this section of the society needs succour and help by the concerned governments,” the order added.
A reminder at this point that the national lockdown, and by extension the “problems and miseries” of migrant labour, are now over two months old. The top court, despite petitions to intervene, had thus far been reluctant to do so. In the intervening period, several experts had publicly disagreed with the apex court’s stance. Former Delhi High Court judge Justice A.P. Shah, in a powerfully worded column for The Hindu, had observed that the court was letting down migrant workers when they most needed protection.
On May 15, for instance, dismissing a petition that had sought directions to the Centre to provide food and water to migrants on the move, the Supreme Court had said: “It is impossible for this court to monitor who is walking and not walking… Let the state decide. Why should the court hear or decide?"
Going back even further to April 26, in an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Chief Justice S.A. Bobde had said that it would be very hard for the court to intervene in problems arising out of the lockdown and that it was for the executive to take charge. “It is very difficult for the court to assume charge and say ‘this is what the priority should be’ and ‘this is what it should be like’. The Executive is better suited to decide on the ‘whats’, ‘hows’ and ‘whens’ of deploying money, material and men” he had said.
- The Hindu, Evening News .
வழக்கு விசாரணை 28.05.2020க்கு ஒத்திவைப்பு!
Supreme Court steps in on migrant workers crisis
The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the “problems and miseries” of migrant labourers left stranded by the lockdown and asked the Centre and states to list the steps taken to help them. The case will be heard on Thursday.
"We take suo motu cognisance of the problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of the country,” the court said. “The newspaper reports and the media reports have been continuously showing the unfortunate and miserable conditions of migrant labourers walking on foot and travelling on cycles for long distances. They have also been complaining of not being provided food and water by the administration… In the present situation of lockdown in the entire country, this section of the society needs succour and help by the concerned governments,” the order added.
A reminder at this point that the national lockdown, and by extension the “problems and miseries” of migrant labour, are now over two months old. The top court, despite petitions to intervene, had thus far been reluctant to do so. In the intervening period, several experts had publicly disagreed with the apex court’s stance. Former Delhi High Court judge Justice A.P. Shah, in a powerfully worded column for The Hindu, had observed that the court was letting down migrant workers when they most needed protection.
On May 15, for instance, dismissing a petition that had sought directions to the Centre to provide food and water to migrants on the move, the Supreme Court had said: “It is impossible for this court to monitor who is walking and not walking… Let the state decide. Why should the court hear or decide?"
Going back even further to April 26, in an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Chief Justice S.A. Bobde had said that it would be very hard for the court to intervene in problems arising out of the lockdown and that it was for the executive to take charge. “It is very difficult for the court to assume charge and say ‘this is what the priority should be’ and ‘this is what it should be like’. The Executive is better suited to decide on the ‘whats’, ‘hows’ and ‘whens’ of deploying money, material and men” he had said.
- The Hindu, Evening News .
