The Supreme Court on Monday, 16 January, asked petitioners seeking intervention in the Joshimath crisis, to move the Uttarakhand High Court for relief and rehabilitation of affected persons.
The petition, filed by Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati had sought the top court's intervention to declare the sinking crisis in Uttarakhand's Joshimath a national disaster and sought assistance for those affected.
However, the court said: A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala said:
"As a matter of principle, we should allow the HC to deal with this. HC is ceased of a broad range of issues, we'll give you liberty to approach HC."