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COVID-19: Stay where you are, Supreme Court tells Indians living abroad

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Monday, April 13, 2020


MUMBAI:
 Indians stranded abroad cannot be flown back during the current lockdown and flight suspension in India, Supreme Court said on Monday. 

The apex court made this observation while hearing petitions seeking the evacuation of stranded Indians from Gulf countries and other places, Indian medias reported. 

“Repatriating the overseas Indians at this point of time would be a violation of the COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed by the central government,” the court said. 

The court asked Indians to stay put where they are and adjourned the hearing of all the petitions related to their evacuation for a month, the reports said.

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