Supreme Court has given opportunity to government to correct mistake: Rahul Gandhi

Bench gives 6 weeks to fix guidelines to fix ex gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Supreme Court had given the Union government an opportunity to rectify its mistake by . “SC has given an opportunity to the Modi government to rectify its mistake. At least now the government should provide relief to the victims by fixing the right amount of compensation. This is an important step in the right direction,” he tweeted. Earlier, in the day, a bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan held that the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) -- headed by the Prime Minister as its ex officio chairperson – had failed to perform its duty and gave six weeks to fix the guidelines for fixing the ex gratia amount.