Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has delivered justice to the relatives of martyred Corona warriors from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, the Central and Maharashtra Governments had issued a circular stating that families of employees who lost their lives after contracting COVID-19 while performing their duties during the pandemic, without regard for their own safety, would be entitled to an ex-gratia amount of Rs 50 lakh.
Despite multiple petitions, protests, and demonstrations by the All India Safai Mazdoor Congress under the leadership of Maharashtra Secretary Vicky Prakash Badhel since 2019, justice was not granted.
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Therefore, the organization sought legal intervention, and finally, on Monday, October 21, 2024, a verdict was delivered by Justice Avinash Gharote and Justice M.S. Jawalkar of the Nagpur High Court. The court ordered NMC to provide the ex-gratia amount of Rs 50 lakh to the families of the martyred Corona warriors.
In this case, lawyers Nihalsingh Rathod, Ashwini Uike, and Nitesh Gwalvanshi represented the organization and the families of the martyred Corona warriors in court. Justice was delivered to the families of Rekha Pramod More, Aatish Laxmi Amarnath Birha, Jyoti Sunil Gajbhiye, Jyoti Shankar Janware, Maya Satyendra Ragde, Yogesh Bharti Shankar, Asha Vasudev Pandurang, Purnima Husn Shende, Shalini Virendra Balchandra, Anand Rekha Deepak Arkhel, and Vishakha Arvind Mangal Ramteke.
