Covid: SC rejects Centre's stand on compensation

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Centre's stand that a provision of the Disaster Management Act casting an obligation on the National Disaster Management Authority to pay ex gratia......

SC orders fresh norms for providing ex gratia to kin of Covid victims

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed National Disaster Management Authority to issue guidelines in six weeks for ex gratia compensation to families of those who died of COVID, saying the NDMA......

SC reserves verdict on Rs 4L to kin of Covid deceased

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved verdict on the pleas seeking directions that ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh be paid to the families of those who have died of COVID-19. A special vacation......

Can't pay Rs 4 lakh aid to COVID-19 victims' kin: Centre to SC

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 lakh cannot be paid to the families of those who have died of COVID-19 as it is beyond fiscal affordability and the......