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Centre has also been directed to release food grains to those states which have completed the verification process of migrant laborers
A division bench of the Supreme Court has directed the defaulting states to complete the verification process within the stipulated time of one month and provide ration cards to migrant workers.
"Why could the verification not be completed in four months. This is too much. After four months you are still doing it and have the audacity to say another two months are required..", the bench said asking the same to be done in 1 month's time.
Calling the delay to be unfortunate, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah has said it will summon secretaries if the states fail to abide by the court's orders.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, informed the court that while some states had completed the process, others had not even started.
The matter has now been posted for August 27.
Last year, Supreme Court had granted three months’ time to the States and UTs across the country to undertake the exercise to issue ration cards to the left out migrant labourers who are registered on eShram portal by giving wide publicity.
The Central government had submitted a status report, before the Top Court stating that against the total target of 38,37,42,394 migrants, 28,86,23,993 migrants had already registered their names on eShram portal.
Case Title: In Re Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers
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