The Supreme Court on May 16 transferred to Kerala High Court the responsibility of monitoring the measures taken by the State to provide medical and palliative care for victims of endosulfan contamination.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said the State has complied with the disbursement of compensation to victims. Senior advocate Jaideep Gupta and advocate Nishe Rajen Shonker, for Kerala, said the ₹5 lakh compensation has reached almost all of the over 3700 victims.
The Bench said it has been passing orders from time to time while monitoring the case. Now, with the compensation paid, the only factor left was regarding the provision of medical and palliative care to the victims. The apex court said the High Court was in a “better position” to monitor that aspect.
