Treat as Covid death: Allahabad HC on death of coronavirus infected persons in hospitals
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Prayagraj (UP)(PTI): The Allahabad High Court has held that once a person admitted to hospital due to coronavirus infection dies, the resulting cause being heart failure or dysfunction of any other organ is immaterial and such cases would nevertheless be treated as Covid deaths.
Allowing writ petitions filed by Kusum Lata Yadav and several others, a division bench comprising Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Vikram D Chauhan directed the state authorities to release the ex-gratia payment to the dependents of Covid victims entitled thereto within a period of one month.
Failing which the claims so allowed shall be made inclusive of simple interest of nine percent, the bench added.
Giving this judgment, the court observed, We find that deaths having taken place in hospitals on account of COVID-19 fully stand the test of certification."
"The argument that medical reports mentioning cardiac failure or otherwise may not be attributed to COVID-19 does not impress the court for the reason that Covid is an infection that may result to mortality of a person affecting any organ be it lungs or heart etc, the court said.
In the judgment dated July 25, the court directed that each of the petitioners, whose claims are allowed here shall be entitled to a cost of Rs 25,000 in each case.
The petitioners had challenged the clause 12 of the government order (GO) dated June 1, 2021 primarily on grounds that it provides ceiling which restricts payment of compensation only if the death has occurred within 30 days of Covid.
The petitioner contended that the object of this GO is to compensate the family which has lost its bread earner during panchayat elections due to Covid. It was contended that state authorities admit the death of petitioner's husband was caused due to Covid but the payment is being denied only because of the ceiling contained in clause 12, which restricts payment of compensation only if the death has occurred within 30 days.
It was submitted that there was no justifiable reason to restrict the death to 30 days and it has often been observed that people die even after 30 days of contracting COVID-19.
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Missing Kota NEET aspirant traced in Uttar Pradesh
Kota, May 14: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant who went missing from his PG room here has been traced in Uttar Pradesh, Kota police said on Tuesday.
Bihar native Aman Kumar Singh left his paying guest room in Swarn Vihar colony on the intervening night of May 11 and 12, police said.
The Kota police swung into action and through technical investigation and inquiry, they traced Singh’s location in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar. The local police were contacted and the whereabouts of the missing teen were shared with them and they rescued him on Monday night, Kota city SP Amrita Duhan said on Tuesday.
A team of Kota police was also dispatched to Khushinagar, she added.
Kunhari circle inspector Arvind Bhrdwaj said the boy was traced on Monday night and is being brought to Kota by the city police.
It is clear that the student reached there by his wish. Further details will be ascertained after his statement is recorded here, Bhrdwaj said
Singh had been preparing for the entrance exam in the coaching hub for the last two years. He left his phone and a note behind in which he said that he couldn't do well in the NEET exam and won't be able to crack it, police had said.
On the basis of CCTV footage, it was found that Singh got onto a bike with another boy and reached Kota Railway Station from where he boarded a train, DSP Rajesh Soni said.
Singh, in his note, asked the readers to look for him near the Kota Barrage, located over the Chambal river, but the police couldn’t find him there. It is suspected that the student left the note in his room to misguide the police and his parents, he said.
On May 6, Rajasthan native Rajendra Prasad Meena (19) went missing from his PG room here. He sent a text message to his parents saying that he did not want to study any further and was leaving home for five years.
Meena wrote that he had Rs 8,000 with him and would contact his family or other relatives if need be.
Meena is yet to be traced.
