Justice N. Nagaresh allowed the petitioners to pass on whatever information they have regarding the students to the Assistant Solicitor General to do whatever possible to facilitate their expeditious repatriation.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Plea in Kerala HC seeking repatriation of students
The Kerala High Court Advocate's Association (KHCAA) has moved to the High Court seeking the repatriation of students from Kerala stuck in Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict between Russia-Ukraine.
Justice N. Nagaresh allowed the petitioners to pass on whatever information they have regarding the students to the Assistant Solicitor General to do whatever possible to facilitate their expeditious repatriation. The Court has ordered that the matter be listed as the first item on March 2, 2022, for further consideration.
The children of the two members of the Association are alleged to be stranded in Ukraine with no means to communicate or return to the State. KHCAA has therefore preferred a petition on behalf of all parents in the State who are awaiting the return of their children from Ukraine. It is alleged that these students are to bear the entire cost and risk of travelling in a warzone to the nearest border. After this ordeal, Indians are faced with mass discrimination and torture by the Ukrainian army and the border patrol. The plea has contended that the army and the border patrol have been opening gunfire towards the sky and spraying pepper at these children to neutralize them.
"Indians are also being made to wait for hours in the extreme cold weather, which has led to a lack of sleep and food for most of these students, while some of these children have fainted and hence these people are facing extreme hardship at the border," the plea reads.
It has also been pointed out that one of the main reasons behind such mistreatment was the lack of a presence of representatives of the Indian Embassy.
The petitioners had sent a representation to the Chief Minister of Kerala to intervene and take necessary steps to facilitate the repatriation of students from Kerala who are stranded in Ukraine. KHCAA had simultaneously taken up the matter with the Advocate General of the State of Kerala and the Assistant Solicitor General of India.
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Ukraine took the stand that unless there are any court orders directing arrangements to be made by the embassy, steps cannot be taken to facilitate the repatriation of students from Kerala who are stranded in Ukraine.
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