Can’t stop migrants’ movement, says SC

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 15

The Supreme Court today said it was not possible for the courts to stop the movement of migrant workers, many of whom were seen walking back home on foot during the Covid-19 lockdown.

“How can we stop it?” asked a Bench headed by Justice LN Rao. It was for the government to take necessary action in that regard, it added.

Don’t act against firms for wage cut, govt told

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that no coercive action can be taken till next week against private companies not complying with the March 29 notification mandating them to pay full salary/wages to employees/workers during Covid-19 crisis. The top court asked the government to respond to petitions in that regard within a week.

SC open from May 18 to June 19

The apex court declined to entertain a lawyer’s plea for a direction to the Centre to ask all district magistrates to identify stranded migrant workers and provide shelter and food to them before ensuring their free transportation to native places after the Centre said arrangements were being made to send them home safely.

Advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava had made the demand in view of mowing down of 16 workers by a train in Aurangabad a few days ago.