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SC pulls up Maharashtra over migrants issue, seeks additional affidavit
Jul-09-2020

The Supreme Court (SC) pulled up the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra over the migrant welfare issue. This is the second time in a month that the state is being pulled up for not doing enough to improve the plight of migrants affected by COVID-19 induced lockdown.

A bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan accused the Maharashtra government represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta of adopting an ‘adversarial’ approach in its affidavit. The bench said it cannot accept Maharashtra's approach that all migrants are provided for and everyone who wanted to go home were given adequate help food shelter and transportation. The bench told the state government: ‘Don’t take it as adversarial litigation. See it is the obligation of the state to identify migrant workers in need, who want to go home.’ In its June 9 migrants judgment too SC has singled out Maharashtra for criticism.

SC had said, ‘There are huge lapses on the part of the state authorities in implementing state policies and decisions and most of the claims are only on paper causing great miseries and hardship to the migrant workers. The state has to be more vigilant.’

SC had said in detailed judgment: ‘We are of the view that state has to take a more vigilant and concentrated effort in identifying the migrant workers, who are still stranded in state of Maharashtra and who are willing to return to their native places. The Government should publicise and announce the places police stations or any other suitable place for identifying/registering the workers, who have not yet been provided any train or bus journey. The State Supervisory Committee, District Supervisory Committee and its officials should ensure that all migrant labourers, who are willing to go to their native place, should be identified, provide them food and shelter and no complaint is received of not providing facility of journey or food by the stranded migrant labourers,’ SC had added.



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