Supreme Court gives states one week to clear compensation claims for Covid deaths

On Friday, the Supreme Court asked the states and union territories to clear all pending compensation claims made by families of those who died of Covid-19 within a week.

On Friday, the Supreme Court asked the states and union territories to clear all pending compensation claims made by families of those who died of Covid-19 within a week.

In September, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that the state governments would pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to the families of Covid victims. The court said compensation should not be denied if Covid-19 is not mentioned on the death certificate. Any patient who died within thirty days of testing positive is to be considered a Covid victim, the court said.