Ensure schemes for Covid-hit children implemented at earliest: SC to states

The Supreme Court has directed states to implement welfare schemes for Covid-affected children as soon as possible.

The Supreme Court has asked states to implement welfare schemes for children affected by Covid-19 at the earliest. A bench of Justices LN Rao and Aniruddha Bose looking into state reports of children orphaned or made vulnerable due to the Covid pandemic said the Social Investigation Report (SIR) must be completed within 15 days according to the Juvenile Justice Act.