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Mar 4 13 tweets 5 min read
#SupremeCourt to hear petitions seeking to urge the Centre to come to the aid of Indian students believed to be stuck without food, water and money at the Ukrainian border even as the #UkraineRussiaCrisis deepens
@IndiainUkraine @MEAIndia @ZelenskyyUa @KremlinRussia_E
CJI NV Ramana led bench had urged the Attorney General to use "his good offices" and see if stranded Indians could be helped #SupremeCourt

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Attorney General KK Venugopal for Union of India and Sr Adv AM Dar for the petitioner on screen

Bench to assemble soon

#supremecourt @IndiainUkraine
CJI: Another writ petition is there

AG: Regarding the plea by Fathima which was filed yersterday

CJI: Let us hear it when the item comes up

#supremecourt @IndiainUkraine
Adv Vishal Tiwari: people who are at the borders are reaching the neighbouring countries

CJI: We have seen that you keep filing such petitions and you have filed 5 earlier plea which were dismissed with cost. if you want to do service then this is not the way of filing petitions
Tiwari: from my hometown i was reading such things and I wanted to do something

CJI: Yes you are just taking advantage of such a situation

CJI To AG: We have not learnt from past mistakes and still resort to war. We dont have much say
AG: The petitioner was contacted by @JM_Scindia and she is now in Romania and she will be brought back to India today. She and the persons accompanying her will all be in India by tonight.
CJI: We thank you AG for your personal interest in the matter

Sr Adv Dar: I thank the AG and this bench for the effort. They will be brought to India soon
CJI: Tiwari wants a mandamus to be issued by this court for escalation of the students

Tiwari: i mean a moving ladder to lift the students

Justice Kohli: what is escalation its evacuation!
CJI: Mr Tiwari better not to talk. Mr AG do you have an idea how many Indians were there in the conflict area

AG: This morning news said 7,000. PM Modi had a cabinet meeting to have further evacuation and so its done swiftly
AG: Please leave it to the govt. Another plea has been filed in Rajsthan HC. Large number of such petitions will now be filed. 17,000 have already been evacuated.
CJI: Mr AG please inform counsels in other states that once we are hearing this, the High Courts need not hear this. Also can you keep an online helpline for parents etc. some states are doing but can this be at central level?
AG: Centre is as concerned as your lordship

CJI: We are not saying a single word about centre. we appreciate that. but we are concerned about these students

List the plea for next Friday

#supremecourt @IndiainUkraine

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