In their plea to the Delhi High Court, the girls, class 7 and class 2 students, said their father Dinesh Kataria, the sole earning member, died in the oxygen blackout at Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi on April 24. He had Covid. Their grandmother too died. They have filed the plea for compensation.
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted 10 days time to the Central government to file counter-affidavit against plea challenging conjugal rights provisions.
The court has asked the state authorities to file a counter affidavit within two weeks. The complainant has alleged that the authorities are behaving in a high-handed manner.