Shillong, June 10 -- The Supreme Court of India on June 9, 2020 passed a slew of directions to the State Governments and Union Territories to provide benefits to the migrant workers who have returned to their native states and directed them to come up with schemes to generate employment for the migrants. SC also stressed that all migrant workers should be sent back home within 15 days starting Tuesday (June 9, 2020) and they should be identified through registration in their home states, added the bench, as it asked the States and the UTs to submit their response by July 8.

The top court also told the states and UTs to withdraw cases against them for violation of lockdown orders under the Disaster Management Act 2005, should be dropped....