Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra and Delhi over migrants welfare

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday doubted the seriousness of the governments of Maharashtra and Delhi in implementing three key legislations meant to safeguard employment and welfare of migrant workers reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah said the court had specifically directed state and UTs on July 30 to file affidavits within three weeks detailing the steps taken on implementation of the legislations.
This lackadaisical approach from the states irked the bench, which said, “We grant further two weeks’ time to Maharashtra and Delhi as well as to the other states who have not filed their affidavit .”