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Supreme Court cracks whip on Covid death ex-gratia -R Balaji

-The Telegraph

The apex court acted after some states rejected monetary claims by thousands of families that had lost members to the pandemic

The Supreme Court on Wednesday chastised the states for rejecting the monetary claims by thousands of families that had lost members to Covid and ordered the governments to directly reach out to orphaned children with financial succour.

The court said no application for ex gratia should be rejected outright on technicalities. It told the states to contact individually each of the children who had been orphaned by the pandemic and ensure that they directly received the benefits of Rs 50,000 as it would be difficult for them to apply.

Around 10,000 children are estimated to have lost both parents to Covid.

“Is this not unfortunate, Mr Mehta, that we have to call out state after state and listen to all of this?” Justice M.R. Shah asked solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Centre.

“In every state, people believe they are at the mercy of the State,” Justice Shah, who headed the bench that also included Justice Sanjiv Khanna, said.

“We direct all states that whenever claims are rejected, the reasons for rejection must be communicated to the claimants and they must be given an opportunity to rectify their claims….

“We make it clear that no claims be rejected on technical grounds. Claimants must be given a chance to rectify their applications and such claims (must) be seen by the grievance redressal committees within a week from today.”

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