The
Supreme Court on Monday closed two cases after the Centre said it had completed
the "mammoth job" of evacuating 22,500 stranded Indian students from
the war zone in Ukraine.
A
bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Krishna Murari took note
of Attorney General K K Venugopal's submissions that the Centre, besides
bringing back stranded students, is also looking into the representation on
their studies being hit by the ongoing war.
"Now
nothing remains in this matter as students have come back," the bench
observed at the outset.
Lawyer
Vishal Tiwari, who filed a PIL in his personal capacity, raised the issue of
the continuation of studies of those rescued from the war-hit nation.
"A
mammoth job has been done by the government and 22,500 students have been
brought back. The government is looking into the representation (of students)
and the government will look into it," Mr Venugopal said.
"Let
the government take a decision," the top law officer said.
The
bench took note of the submissions of the Attorney General and decided to close
the cases.
On
March 4, the top court had taken note of the submissions that the government
had so far evacuated 17,000 stranded Indian students from Ukraine.
It
was hearing two pleas, filed by Mr Tiwari and Bengaluru resident Fathima Ahana.
In
her plea, Ms Ahana sought a direction to the Ministry of External Affairs to
secure permission for her and other stranded students to cross the checkpoint
in Moldova from Ukraine en route to Romania for boarding the Air India
evacuation flight.
The
plea had also sought a direction to the MEA to immediately take effective
diplomatic steps and measures for the evacuation of the petitioner and others
from Ukraine to India.