Can we direct Putin to stop the war asks Supreme Court

Can we ask [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to stop the war?," asked Chief JusticeChief JusticeChief Justice of India NV Ramana while hearing a plea seeking direction to the government to provide relief to Indian students stranded in war-hit Ukraine.

"What can we do in this matter? Tomorrow, you will ask us to issue orders to Putin...Can we ask Putin to stop the war? We have full sympathy and concern with the students. The government of India is doing its job," CJI NV Ramana said on Thursday.

The family of a student stranded in Ukraine moved the Supreme Court claiming that students are stranded at the Moldova-Romania border without any aid being extended from the Indian government.