The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to release an ex gratia of ₹1 crore to the wife of a government school principal who succumbed to COVID-19 while on duty during the second wave of the pandemic in 2021.
A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela on Thursday observed, “We have no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that the unfortunate demise of the husband of the appellant was caused on account of contracting the virus while discharging COVID-19 duties”.
