Bombay high court
Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a petition by the wife of a doctor who died due to Covid-19, seeking Rs 50 lakh insurance for Covid warriors under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, holding that the scheme was only for private doctors whose services were requisitioned for Covid-19 duties.
The verdict by a bench of Justices Shahrukh Kathawalla and Riyaz Chagla came on a petition by Koparkhairane resident Kiran Surgade. On March 31, 2020, Dr Bhaskar Surgude got a notice from Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to open his clinic to treat patients, and was warned of prosecution if he did not. He opened his clinic at Turbhe and treated Covid patients. He got infected and died on June 10.