Today in Ahmedabad, a PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking Rs 5 lakh compensation for the relatives of swine flu patient and of Rs 1 lakh for the swine flu patients.
The division bench of acting Chief Justice VM Sahai and Justice RP Dholaria is likely to hear it on March 9. The petition was filed by Ahmedabad lawyer Kishor Paul, feels that its government’s duty to pay compensation to Swine Flu patients. Death toll in Gujarat is 311 and total cases have become 5236.