New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its decision on the matter of compensation to the families of those who died of the corona virus epidemic. Along with this, all the parties have been given three days to submit written arguments. Apart from this, the court also issued instructions regarding the death certificate.
At the same time, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that the government has made it clear in the affidavit that the cause of death will have to be written on the death certificate of Corona, if this is not done then action will be taken against the officer concerned. To this the court said that as far as the death certificate is concerned, its process is more complicated, can’t this process be simplified?
A special vacation bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah heard Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate S B Upadhyay and other lawyers for almost two hours.
The Centre had earlier the apex court that the ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh cannot be paid to the families of those who have died of COVID-19 as the finances of state governments and the Centre are under severe strain.
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In an affidavit filed before the top court, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Centre submitted that it has by ways of “Minimum Standard Relief” under section 12 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, taken several steps providing for substantial and speedy measures by way of, increase in the health, infrastructure, ensuring food safety to every citizen.
