SC disposes plea seeking immediate relief to poor, homeless in lockdown

Referring to prevailing circumstances, the bench said, this is a situation where we cannot say whether some task has to be done one way or another

The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL seeking immediate relief for the poor and homeless during the nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, said on Tuesday that this was not the situation where it can direct the government to do certain acts in a particular way.

A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai, through video conferencing, was hearing the PIL filed by activist Swami Agnivesh seeking reliefs for the poor and the economically weaker sections during the lockdown.

The bench after hearing the Centre, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, and senior advocate Colin Gonsalves,