Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the applicants, mentioned the application before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday(19 January 2022) and demanded its immediate listing. On this the Chief Justice said that he would consider it.
Activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and JagdeepChhokar have filed an application in the Supreme Court alleging non-compliance by the Center and some states of the directions given in the June 29, 2021 judgment in the case of migrant workers. These applicants were the interventionists in the suomotu case registered by the Supreme Court to deal with the problems of migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the applicants, mentioned the application before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday and demanded its immediate listing. On this the Chief Justice said that he would consider it.
The application has sought a direction to the Central Government to file a status report in respect of the directions contained in the decision dated June 29, 2021. The application also sought a direction to all the respondent State Governments to immediately implement the direction contained in the June 2021 decision to formulate a suitable scheme for distribution of dry ration to migrant workers without insisting on production of identity proof.
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