COVID-19 not an excuse for failure to frame rehabilitation scheme: Karnataka HC on eviction of "Bangladeshi" migrant workers

The Court also forewarned that if the State does not come up with a rehabilitation scheme by the next date of hearing, it would be forced to initiate contempt proceedings.
Bangladeshi immigrants, Karnataka High Court
Bangladeshi immigrants, Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court today pulled up the state government for not framing a comprehensive rehabilitation scheme for evicted migrant workers, noting that the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be used as an excuse for failure to do so.

The Court made this observation while dealing with a petition challenging the recent forceful eviction of thousands of migrant workers near Marathahalli in Bangalore, on the pretext that they were illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

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