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Supreme Court seeks Centre’s Answer on Reimbursement into Covid victims’ kin

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought answer by the Centre to a plea seeking settlement of Rs 4 lakh to the families of people who have perished from coronavirus.

A vacation bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M Shah also requested the Centre to set before it that the ICMR instructions on issuance of death certificates for Covid-19 sufferers, stating there ought to be continuing policy for issuing these documents.

The apex court has been hearing two distinct pleas seeking directions to the Centre and states to offer reimbursement of Rs 4 lakh to the families of coronavirus sufferers as belonging beneath the Disaster Management Act of 2005, along with a uniform coverage for issuance of death certificates.

The seat said unless there wasn’t a uniform coverage for issuance of any document or passing certification stating that the reason behind death was Covid, the kin of those victims wouldn’t have the ability to claim advantages of any payment strategy, if specified.

The seat posted the issue on June 11 and requested the Centre to file its response by then.

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