PIL filed in SC seeking evacuation of Indians from US amid COVID-19 outbreak

Senior advocates Vibha Datta Makhija and Kashish Aneja filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to operationalise special airplane carriers to evacuate Indian citizens stuck in the USA amid the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

New Delhi:A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the central government to evacuate “distressed” Indian citizens from the United States amid the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

The petition has been filed by Senior Advocate Vibha Datta Makhija and Advocate Kashish Aneja in the wake of increasing cases of coronavirus in the US, and it seeks a direction to the Centre to operationalise special airplane carriers to repatriate distressed and vulnerable Indian citizens in the USA.

The PIL seeks the enforcement of Article 21 - the right to life or personal liberty - of the Indian citizens in the USA.

They seek the indulgence of the apex court to ensure that the Centre addresses the plight of the Indians stranded in the USA and formulate a method to evacuate them.