Korana crisis: is this the right time to take the case of the poor to court?

The Solicitor General of the Government of India says that the country is in crisis, so "shops of professional PILs should be closed".

He said this through teleconferencing in front of the Supreme Court justices Nageswara Rao and Deepak Gupta.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta called the petitioners 'professional shopkeepers of public interest'. He objected to the petition being accepted for hearing. The court has given the central government seven April time to file its reply.

What was the petition? The petition was that the government was forced to migrate from the cities, giving financial assistance to the poor where they are. Former IAS officer Harsh Mander, advocate Anjali Bhardwaj and social activist Swami Agnivesh, who filed the petition, said the government had not taken adequate steps for the poor.

The Solicitor General had appeared as the representative of the government, so what he has said is the government's stand. One basic thing the government is saying is that this petition should be dismissed because there is a crisis on the country right now.