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Supreme Court okays Rs 50,000 compensation for Covid-19 victims

The Bench said that the compensation would be disbursed from state disaster relief funds within 30 days of submitting application

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FILE PIC: A woman mourns after her husband died due to the coronavirus disease outside a mortuary of a COVID-19 hospital in Ahmedabad (Photo: Reuters)
Press Trust of India
1 min read Last Updated : Oct 05 2021 | 1:44 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Monday said no state should deny the ex-gratia compensation of Rs 50,000, as recommended by National Disaster Manage­ment Authority, to the kin of persons who died of Covid-19 on the sole ground that death certificate does not mention it as the cause of death. 

The Bench said that the compensation would be disbursed from state disaster relief funds within 30 days of submitting application and cause of death being certified as of Covid-19.

Topics :CoronavirusSupreme Court

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