India, March 2 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to pay Rs.45 lakh to the widow of a traffic supervisor who died of COVID-19 while on duty during the pandemic, holding that the corporation took a "narrow view" when rejecting her claim under its Rs.50 lakh relief scheme.A division bench of Justices M.S. Karnik and S.M. Modak was hearing a petition filed by Sunita Jagtap, whose husband had been deputed to the Wadala depot to supervise excess traffic during the pandemic. He died on April 7, 2021, due to COVID-pneumonia.

Jagtap had sought compensation under a Government Resolution dated May 29, 2020, later extended in 2021, along with an MSRTC circular that provided Rs.50 lakh ex g...