The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the families of doctors who died while doing their duties during the Covid-19 pandemic are entitled to the Central Government's insurance coverage scheme "Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19", even if they were not formally requisitioned by the Government.

A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice R Mahadevan set aside the Bombay High Court's judgment, which held that private doctors are not entitled to the Government's insurance scheme.

"There was a requisition of doctors as a matter of principle and as per the declaration under the law. Whether a particular doctor was functioning or not is left to be determined on the basis of evidence. Doctors who sacrificed during COVID period cannot be

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