The Supreme Court has directed District Magistrates (DMs) and child welfare authorities to ensure that properties and assets of children orphaned by the pandemic are protected.
A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao has asked the officials to take the help of legal services authorities in the districts concerned to provide legal aid to such children.
Many of these children have parents who died suddenly leaving unfinished debts, mortgages and other financial commitments.
