![Coronavirus Lockdown: Fake news and panic driven migration caused untold misery to migrant labourers, Supreme Court [Read Order]](https://gumlet.assettype.com/barandbench%2F2020-03%2Ff16520d7-3c11-4c5c-b441-2a95f30f3a7b%2FSupreme_Court_Freedom.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
The Supreme Court today took serious note of the role played by fake news in allegedly provoking the en masse movement of migrant labourers in various places during the national lockdown in place to curb the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).