Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, whilst hearing a petition on rescuing Indian college students stranded in Ukraine, referred to a social media submit that wondered him on what actions he had taken to convey again Indians from the war-torn country, and questioned if he may want to ask the Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.
“On social media, I noticed some video announcing what is CJI doing! Can I give directions to President of Russia to quit the war,” the Chief Justice remarked.
The Chief Justice made the observation while listening to a plea to rescue greater than 200 Indian college students reportedly stranded on Ukrainian borders.
“Flights are being operated from Poland and Hungary and not from Romania. The students, which also protected many girls, are stuck besides any facility,” the attorney informed the bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli.
“We have all sympathies with them. But what can the courtroom do,” the bench said.
The bench took word of the submissions of the attorney and requested Attorney General K K Venugopal to use his office in supporting evacuate Indian medical college students stranded near the Romania border.
India has stepped up evacuation efforts of its citizens from the conflict zone through roping in the Air Force. India has requested its nationals to go away Kharkiv urgently to three close by locations “even on foot” as Russia bombards Ukrainian cities.
Students complained of being kicked, intimidated and now not being let on trains leaving the city. Many of them said that they had to stroll between eleven and 16 km away to reach the three locations special via the Indian government.
Earlier today, the Indian authorities denied reviews that Indian students have been held hostages in Ukraine.
“We have not obtained reviews of any hostage state of affairs involving any student. We have requested help of the Ukrainian authorities in arranging distinctive trains for taking out college students from Kharkiv and neighbouring areas to the western phase of the country,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated in a statement.
The clarification came after the Russian government claimed that Ukrainian forces are maintaining a giant team of Indian college students as “hostages” in the eastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, which is genuinely beneath Russian control.
Approximately 8,000 Indians, frequently students, are nevertheless stranded in Ukraine, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla had stated on Tuesday.
India has been evacuating its residents through unique flights from Ukraine’s western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut on account that February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.
Four Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia and VK Singh are in Ukraine’s neighbouring nations to coordinate evacuation efforts.
