Supreme Court bench led by Justice MR Shah summons chief secretaries of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar for non-payment of compensation to the kin of the victims of COVID19
Adv Nazki: Please dont issue showcause notice
SC: prayer Rejected
Justice MR Shah: Prayer rejected! They are not above the law ask them to be present at 2 pm
Justice Shah: is this not unfortunate Mr Mehta that we have to call out state after and state and listen to all of this. every state people believe they are at the mercy of the states
SG Mehta: it should have been compiled
Supreme Court questions State of Gujarat as to why certain applications have been rejected
SC: you have to show the grounds on which the 4,000 applications were rejected
Justice Sanjiv Khanna: why didn't you upload the reasons?
Supreme Court notes that in state of Kerala as against 49,000 covid deaths, only 27,000 claims have been received.
SC: Every state has received more applications, why not yours?
SC: We have been informed that those deaths registered with state, payment will be made in a week
Maharashtra informs that 1 lakh 271 people have been paid
SC: This is still less than 50 percent
Adv Rahul Chitnis: Only 2,000 are remaining now. only 1.2 lakh was approved
Adv Bhushan now mentions the suo motu migrant crisis matter and how this issue needs to be seen in the wake of third wave
CJI (keeps coughing): I will look at it
