The Maharashtra authorities on Wednesday knowledgeable the Bombay Excessive Court docket of its choice to grant particular advantages to the household of an Military Main, who was killed within the line of responsibility in Jammu and Kashmir 4 years in the past.
Aakriti Sood, the widow of Main Anuj Sood, had approached the Bombay Excessive Court docket looking for financial advantages for ex-servicemen beneath authorities resolutions from 2019 and 2020.
Main Sood sacrificed his life on Could 2, 2020, whereas rescuing civilians from terrorist hideouts and was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra.
Initially, the state authorities said that Sood’s household didn’t qualify for advantages beneath the resolutions, which had been restricted to people born in Maharashtra or with a steady residency of 15 years.
Responding to the court docket’s directive to deal with Sood’s case as particular and grant advantages, Advocate Normal Birendra Saraf knowledgeable the bench on Wednesday that the federal government has determined to increase monetary support to the household.
The federal government will present Rs one crore, with Rs 60 lakh allotted to Aakriti and Rs 40 lakh to Sood’s father, together with a month-to-month cost of Rs 9,000 to Aakriti.
Saraf additionally instructed the court docket that out of the Rs 1 crore profit that will probably be given to Aakrit and Chandrakant Sood, Rs 50 lakh is being given from the Chief Minister’s Welfare (Kargil) Fund.
Nonetheless, the Maharashtra authorities said that the choice was made following the excessive court docket order “from a sympathetic and humanitarian perspective” and it’s topic to the situation that it’ll not be handled as a precedent and won’t dilute the prevailing coverage.
The bench appreciated the federal government’s choice and stated that it has given respect to a troublesome scenario.
“We eagerly appreciate the stand of the State. The influence of the Advocate General was very crucial. You have given respect to the really difficult situation. It is a special case and there is always an exception,” the bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and FP Pooniwalla stated.
The bench then disposed of the petition, noting that the quantity shall be disbursed as expeditiously as attainable.