The Supreme Court has fixed a 15- day deadline for the conclusion of the process of transporting all of them back home, besides asking governments across the country to drop criminal cases against them for violating the lockdown since it was imposed at brief notification on March25 Notwithstanding lingering criticism that the Supreme Court’s intervention, on its movement, may have come too late, there ought to be a sense of relief over the enhancement in their situation.22 lakh migrant employees have returned to their home towns from the States in which they have actually been making a living.
