Calcutta High Court while hearing petition directed the State government to ensure disbursal of adequate funds within Six weeks and came down heavily on the SLSA for not having enough funds to provide compensation to victims as per the West Bengal Victim Compensation Scheme, 2017.
Supreme Court bench on the previous hearing which was held on February 4, also expressed its displeasure over the laxity of state governments on compensation during the hearing of the plea moved by Gaurav Kumar Bansal seeking ex-gratia payments to families of those who died of Covid-19.