₹50,000 compensation to the next kin of Covid-19 victims, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered that the money be disbursed within 30 days of applying.
Further, the court said that no state should deny the ex-gratia on the sole ground that the death certificate does not mention Covid-19 as the cause of death.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna approved the guidelines issued by the National Disaster Management Authority and asked the Centre and states to give wide publicity to the ex-gratia scheme.
On production of essential documents like RTPCR test, the concerned authorities can modify death certificates, the apex court said, adding that if still aggrieved, the members can approach the Grievance Redressal Committee.