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Covid orphans: Supreme Court takes up cause, orders appointment of nodal officers in 10 states

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Covid orphans: Supreme Court takes up cause, orders appointment of nodal officers in 10 states

ILNS: The Supreme Court bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Anirudhha Bose Tuesday took the first step in helping children orphaned by Covid and has decided that initially ten states — Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand Maharashtra, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala – will appoint nodal officers will interact with the court-appointed Amicus in finalising the procedure to be followed in rehabilitating the children.

While funds would be available from PM CARES fund and other sources, the first duty of Amicus Curiae Advocate Gaurav Agarwal will be to have a list of children who have either lost both their parents or one parent (the bread-winner of the family). The number at the moment is 9,436, but this is not final. To do this, the Amicus will have to get help from the nodal officers. Other states will be taken into the picture in the second stage.

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