The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the abysmal low disbursement of ex-gratia compensation by Maharashtra government to the families who lost a loved one to Covid-19, while appreciating the Gujarat government's approach for giving wide publicity relating to disbursal of the compensation.

A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna noted that Maharashtra, which has recorded 1.41 lakh deaths so far, has received 85,000 applications seeking compensation, but 1,658 claims have been allowed and payment has been made till December 9.