The Delhi Government has told the Delhi High Court that only those families of deceased persons who died while being deployed for dedicated COVID 19 duty will be entitled for ex gratia compensation of Rs. Justice V Kameswar Rao was hearing the pleas filed by families of two police officers who died while performing field duty amid COVID 19. One …
The Central government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that families of those who died of coronavirus disease will receive an ex gratia of ₹50,000 from the state disaster response fund. The ex gratia will also be given to kin of Covid-19 victims who were involved in relief operations or associated with “preparedness activities”, the court was told. The National …
The Centre is prioritising Covid-19 management over compensation to families of those who succumbed to the virus amid the pandemic, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday. A day after the Centre stated in the top court that ex gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh cannot be paid to families of Covid victims, the government said on Monday that …
Hitting out at the Union government for telling the Supreme Court that it cannot pay Rs 4 lakh ex gratia to Covid-19 victims, the Congress on Sunday alleged the Centre has lost all sense of balance and responsibility towards people. In a tweet on Saturday, the Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “Power-drunk Modi government has lost all sense of …
