'How can the court stop anybody when they choose to sleep on railway tracks. There are people walking and not stopping. How can we help?,' said an SC bench New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea to transport migrant workers stranded in various states due to the nationwide lockdown in force to contain the outbreak of coronavirus.
These migrants have been moving back to their native places either walking or cycling, and in some cases hitchhiking -- there condition have been most vulnerable.
In their observation, a bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai said: "How can the court stop anybody when they choose to sleep on railway tracks.