Supreme Court rejects plea on compensation policy for corona victims' kin

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea for directions to the Centre and state governments on the formulation of a national policy to provide uniform ex gratia compensation to families of coronavirus victims.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan noted that each state had a different policy on such compensation as per its financial condition. Advocate Deepak Prakash, representing petitioner Hashik Thayikandy, argued that compensation was necessary for frontline corona warriors like doctors, nurses, and paramedical staff etc.

He contended that thousands of persons had died in India due to the virus, alleging that the kin of victims were "not getting equal compensation".

He pointed out that while the Delhi government gave Rs 1 crore to frontline staff fighting coronavirus, others offered merely Rs 1 lakh.

The petitioner pointed out that a majority of the country's population is falls in financially weak category, wherein the entire family was dependent on only one earning member. (IANS)

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