Uncritical recommendation: On exodus of migrant workers and the Supreme Court

There are two elements to the Supreme Court’s limited intervention in reaction to the humanitarian crisis set off by the exodus of migrant workers, following the announcement of a country-wide lockdown In a brief order, the emphasize of which is its full endorsement of the Centre’s response to the pandemic, the Court has, initially, underscored the need for kindness by the police and the authorities in the method they deal with the workers and their households. Second, it has uncritically accepted the main narrative that “fake news” about the duration of the lockdown being “3 months” triggered a panic response from migrant workers throughout States. In the light of this finding– if it can be explained thus– the Court has actually selected to “direct the media to describe and release the main variation about the developmen