28 May,2021 02:55 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Friday took note of children who have become orphans due to the Covid-19 pandemic and directed states to provide immediate relief to them.
A vacation bench of Justices L N Rao and Aniruddha Bose directed district administrations to identify orphan children and upload their data on NCPCR website by Saturday evening.
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The top court's direction came on an application filed by amicus curiae Gaurav Agarwal seeking identification of orphaned children and providing them immediate relief by the state governments.
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