The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed happiness with the Centre's decision on providing ex gratia compensation to the kin of those who died due to COVID-19.According to the guidelines framed by the National Disaster Management Authority, the ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 deaths is fixed as Rs 50,000, which will be paid by the States from the State Disaster Response Fund.A …
A review petition has been filed before the Supreme Court against the top Court's recent judgement dated 30th June, 2021 about the ex-gratia compensation for families of Covid-19 victims. The present review petitioner has sought review on the grounds that the Supreme Court's 2021 order is in anomaly with the its earlier Full Bench judgement of 18th August 2020 on …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Centre must pay compensation to the family of those who succumbed to Covid-19, but said the amount of compensation will be decided by the government. Few days ago, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that Rs 4 lakh compensation cannot be paid to all those who died due to Covid-19 as …
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to bring on record any policy or guidelines pertaining to death certificates issued to COVID-19 patients, including guidelines by the Indian Council of Medical Research. However, death certificates of COVID-19 victims did not mention the cause of death, thereby leading to difficulties for the families who had to run from pillar …
