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Furnish data on migrant kids, SC tells states
Furnish data on migrant kids, SC tells states
IANS / Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 06:00 IST
Bench gives two weeks to
governments for their replies on petition filed in backdrop of
COVID, saying such children are vulnerable, invisible
NEWDELHI The
Supreme Court on Tuesday directed state governments to apprise it on the condition of
migrant children and also data on their numbers, on a petition seeking protection of fundamental rights of children in the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde asked all state governments, which have been party in the case, to submit their response. Senior advocate Jayna Kothari appeared for the petitioners before the bench also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian. After a brief hearing in the matter, the bench gave two weeks to the state governments to file their replies.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought data from all states and Union Territories on the alleged inhuman conditions being faced by thousands of children belonging to migrant families allegedly deprived of food, health, education and other basic amenities because of the pandemic.
“List the matter after two weeks. In the meantime, all the states/UTs may file their reply affidavit wherein they shall state the number of migrant children present in their respective States/UT and also the conditions of such children,” a bench of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said in a written order.