"The direction was to constitute the Grievance Redressal Committee in case the compensation is not paid and the family members are aggrieved and/or they are aggrieved with respect to the death certificate issued. Any deviation shall be viewed very seriously," the bench further added.Īdding that the directions issued by the Court for payment of compensation to the family members of the persons who died due to COVID-19 were very clear, the bench observed that there was no requirement at all of constituting the Scrutiny Committee for the purpose of awarding the compensation. "The notification/circular must be in accordance with the directions issued by this Court in its order dated. The bench also directed petitioner's counsel to serve a copy of the application to the Solicitor General to enable him to take remedial steps and come out with a clear and simplified formula/notification so that the amount of compensation as ordered by the Court is paid to the victim at the earliest and without any further harassment. The bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna in their order said, " It appears that an attempt has been made to overreach the directions issued by this Court."
The Court observed that the constitution of the scrutiny committee was an attempt to overreach the directions in the judgment delivered on October 4 in the case Gaurav Kumar Bansal versus Union of India,where a slew of directions were issued regarding the procedure for issue of death certificates and disbursal of compensation to COVID victims.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rapped Gujarat Government for issuing a notification dated Octoas per which a Scrutiny Committee was constituted for granting ex-gratia compensation to COVID victims.