Madurai Bar Association writes to TN CM, asks for compensation for families of advocates who died of COVID-19
The Hindu
Many advocates have died due to COVID-19 and their families were facing hardships, the association said
The Madurai Bar Association has written to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin urging the government to provide a compensation amount of ₹25 lakh to the families of advocates who died due to COVID-19. In a press statement issued by president A. Nedunchezian and secretary S. Mohan Kumar, the association said that the government had recently to the family of a Chief Judicial Magistrate who died due to COVID-19. The members of the association said that the Bar and the Bench were two sides of the same coin. They pointed out that many advocates had died due to COVID-19. Their families were facing hardships, especially those in the rural areas.
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