Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | COVID-19 pandemic |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | COVID-19 pandemic – Migrant labourers – Problems and miseries of – Amelioration – Worldwide Pandemic COVID-19 engulfed the country in March, 2020 – When Nationwide Lockdown was declared on 24.03.2020, after few days, there was huge exodus of the migrant labourers from their place of work to their native places – Supreme Court suo motu took cognizance of the problems and miseries of the migrant labourers – Suo Motu Writ Petition registered – In pursuance of orders passed by Supreme Court, the Central Government, States and Union Territories took various measures – After March, 2021, the second wave of pandemic hit the country – Migrant workers again started proceeding to their native places – Need for ameliorating the miseries of migrant workers – Held: Migrant workers are exposed to financial and other forms of hardships due to limited access and claim to welfare resources offered by the States/Union Territories – They are particularly vulnerable to economic regression – On consideration of the matter, number of directions issued by the Supreme Court – Central Government directed to develop Portal in consultation with National Informatics Centre (NIC) for registration of unorganized labourers/ migrant workers – All concerned States/Union Territories and the Licence Holders/Contractors and others directed to cooperate with the Central Government to complete the process of registration of migrant workers and unorganized labourers so that benefits of the welfare schemes declared by Central Government/State Governments/ Union Territories be available to migrant workers and unorganized labourers for whose benefits the welfare schemes are declared –Central Government, Department of Food and Public Distribution (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) directed to allocate and distribute foodgrains as per demand of additional food-grains from the States for disbursementof dry food grains to migrant labourers – The States, who have notyet implemented “One Nation One Ration Card” scheme directed toimplement the same by not later than 31.07.2021 – All States/UnionTerritories directed to register all establishments and license allcontractors under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation ofEmployment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 and ensure thatstatutory duty imposed on the contractors to give particulars ofmigrant workers is fully complied with – The State/Union Territoriesdirected to run community kitchens at prominent places where largenumber of migrant labourers are found for feeding those migrantlabourers who do not have sufficient means to procure two meals aday – Running of the community kitchen directed to be continuedat-least till pandemic (Covid-19) continues – National Food SecurityAct, 2013 – Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employmentand Conditions of Service)Act, 1979 – Building and otherConstruction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditionsof Service) Act, 1996 – Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act,2008. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan |
Neutral Citation | 2021 INSC 315 |
Petitioner | In Re: Problems And Miseries Of Migrant Labourers |
SCR | [2021] 7 S.C.R. 175 |
Judgement Date | 2021-06-29 |
Case Number | 06 |
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