SC DIRECTS STATES TO IDENTIFY, HELP KIDS ORPHANED BY PANDEMIC

NEW DELHI: Observing that it cannot even imagine how many children in this large country have got orphaned due to the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the state authorities to immediately identify them and provide relief.

A vacation bench of justices LN Rao and Aniruddha Bose asked state governments to understand the agony of children starving on the streets and directed the district authorities that they be immediately taken care of without waiting for any further orders from the courts.

“We cannot even imagine how many such children in this large country have got orphaned due to this devastating pandemic,” the bench said.