"By The Time You Take Steps...": Court To Government On Covid Compensation

In June the Supreme Court said families of those who died from Covid should get compensation, and gave the NDMA, six weeks to decide on the sum and frame rules

The Supreme Court on Friday gave the government time till September 11 to file a compliance report on a June 30 order directing it to frame guidelines for issuing death certificates and paying compensation to the families of those who have died of COVID-19. The court was disinclined to grant the 10 days the government sought. It pointed out that a significant period had passed since its last order and said that unless steps were taken immediately, the third wave too would have passed and the government would face an even bigger challenge. "The order on death certificates, (compensation for) death, etc. was passed long back. By the time you take further steps, third wave will also be over," the court said.