SC Issues Notice On Suo Moto Case On Mahua Moitra's Letter For Welfare Of Migrant Workers
4 years, 9 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Suo Moto Case On Mahua Moitra's Letter For Welfare Of Migrant Workers

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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in the suo moto case taken on the basis of a letter sent to Chief Justice of India by Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra highlighting the plight of migrant workers stranded amid the lockdown.A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta directed that the copy of the petition to be served on the Solicitor General.The matter will be next. The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in the suo moto case taken on the basis of a letter sent to Chief Justice of India by Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra highlighting the plight of migrant workers stranded amid the lockdown. In the letter, the TMC MP from Krishnanagar stated that she has personally received over 300 requests of help from stranded migrant workers belonging to her area from far away places in Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Telangana, Delhi, Gurgaon etc. "These poor workers, some of them employed at construction sites and others in factories, are thousands of kilometres away from their homes and live in extreme penury", she said in the letter.

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[Breaking] SC Takes Suo Moto Case On Mahua Moitra's Letter About Migrant Workers Stranded Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
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