Supreme Court of India

In Re: Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers v..

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 175
Bench Ashok Bhushan and M. R. Shah JJ.
Decided 29 June 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above directions, this writ petition and the Writ Petition (C) No.916 of 2020 are disposed of.

Judgment, page 51

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COVID-19 pandemic – Migrant labourers – Problems an d miseries of – Amelioration – Worldwide Pandemic COV ID-19 engulfed the country in March, 2020 – When Nationwide Lockdo wn was declared on 24.03.2020, after few days, there was huge exodu s of the migrant labourers from their place of work t o their native places – Supreme Court suo motu took cognizance of the problems and miseries of the migrant labourers – Suo Motu Wr it Petition registered – In pursuance of orders passed by Suprem e Court, the Central Government, States and Union Territories too k various measures – After March, 2021,

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