The Madras High Court urged the State government to ensure that appropriate documents are given to the family or heirs of persons who die due to COVID-19 so that they may not face any difficulty in claiming compensation announced for COVID-19 deaths (HA Shrirajalakshmi v. The Chief Secretary to Government and Ors).
The Court took note of the Centre’s
submission that the Supreme Court had, on June 30, directed States to ensure
that some form of official document marking the cause of death as COVID-19
should be given to family members of those who die due to the pandemic.
The top Court had further observed that all authorities
are duty-bound to issue accurate death certificates so that the family members
of those who die due to COVID-19 may not face any difficulty in availing
beneficial schemes announced by the government. In view of the same, the Bench
of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed.
In an earlier
hearing, the Court had emphasised that it is important to properly attribute
the deaths of those who succumbed to COVID-19.
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