10 days after rejecting similar plea, SC takes cognizance of `problems and miseries` of migrant labourers
(WorldNews India)

Ten days after it rejected a plea seeking direction in the matter of migrant workers who were walking on foot to their native homes, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of "problems and miseries" of migrant labourers. A Bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah issued notice to the Centre and all states and Union Territories, directing them to submit their responses to tackle the “urgent” situation of migrant labourers “who have been stranded in different parts of the...