SC raps Centre over delay in framing guidelines for Covid-19 death certificates

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed discontent at the delay by Centre in simplifying the process for issuance of death certificates for people who succumbed to Covid19A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Aniruddha Bose directed the Centre to show compliance by September 11 to the directions issued by the top court on June 30 to frame guidelines to simplify the process of issuance of death certificatesThe bench remarked We passed the order a long time back We have already extended the time once By the time you frame the guidelines the third wave will also be overSolicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the Centre assured the top court that the matter was already under process and soon it would be finalised Mehta sought for additional time to file the affidavitAdvocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal the petitionerinperson in the matter contended before the bench that the Centre should respect the court orderAlso read 9 new judges administered oath of office by CJI strength of Supreme Court rises to 33After hearing arguments the top court adjourned the matter and directed the Centre to file the compliance affidavit on or before September 11During a hearing on the matter in August the top court had sought a compliance affidavit with regard to the directions for guidelines on Covid death certificates by September 3On June 30 the top court had directed appropriate authority to issue simplified guidelines for issuance of death certificatesofficial documents stating the exact cause of death death due to Covid19 to the family members of the deceasedSuch guidelines may also provide the remedy to the family members of the deceased who died due to Covid19 for correction of the death certificateofficial document issued by the appropriate authority if they are not satisfied with the cause of death mentioned in the death certificateofficial document issued by the appropriate authority said the top courtThe top courts order came on PILs which were filed by advocates Gaurav Kumar Bansal and Reepak Kansal seeking courts intervention for payment of Rs 4 lakh exgratia amount to the Covid victims familiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever