A PIL has been moved in Delhi HC seeking direction to respondents to hold late K Venugopal, Family Judge, Saket District Court & late Kamran Khan, MM, Dwarka District Court, Delhi, who recently lost their lives while performing their duties as frontline warriors & to pay an amount of Rs 1 crore each to the kith & kin of the deceased judicial members as an ex-gratia relief.
The plea also seeks direction to Delhi Govt & it's various department to pay appropriate ex-gratia relief to kith & kin of not less than Rs 50 lakhs per to officer/employee/court staff & further direct the respondents to provide employment to the next of the deceased on compassionate grounds.
The petitioner, Tanveer Ahmad Mir, practising lawyer also seeks direction to the office of Registrar General of Delhi High Court to immediately collate & place on record the details of the members of other lower judiciary court staff, the court staff of the Delhi High Court who unfortunately may have lost their lives due to COVID-19 while performing their duties & in such cases.
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The plea reads, "A considerable number of officers of the lower judiciary, court staff & Registry officials at the moment are further undergoing a harrowing experience of not only being unable to meet the medical expenses of the treatment of their near & dear ones as well as family members but also a number of officers & their immediate relatives most unfortunately have lost their lives as well".
It also added that right from April 2020 onwards the Subordinate Judiciary & the Court staff at the risk of their very lives, the livelihood of their family members came down to the court premises, organised the filings & achieved the target of complete coordination between the general public at large, the lawyers community as well as the judicial community.
The plea further said that "During this period of time a number of court staff members belonging to the lower judiciary as well as judicial officers got infected but nevertheless attended the court hearings, facilitated the same for the benefit of general public at large".
The plea is scheduled to be heard on Monday by the bench of Justice DN Patel & Justice Jasmeet Singh.
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