REIMBURSE COURT STAFFER FOR COVID SPEND: HC TO GOVT

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has directed the state government to reimburse a senior judicial officer more than ₹16 lakh for expenses incurred when he was treated for Covid-19 in 2021.

Judicial officer Dinesh Kumar, an additional district judge at Saket court, was admitted to a private hospital in the Capital between April 22 and June 7, 2021 for treatment and was put on a ventilator for three weeks. While he had to pay ₹24,02,380 to the hospital, the government reimbursed only ₹7,08,500 on the grounds that the hospital ignored the charges the government fixed for treatment of Covid-19 patients. He then approached the high court against the government’s refusal to reimburse the full amount.