India, Oct. 15 -- Observing that the right to seek compensation has to be enforced, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to consider issuing a public notice inviting families of Indians who have died while fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war to seek assistance and compensation.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in its latest status report, apprised a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi that 51 Indians who fought the war have died and 77 recruits remain untraced so far.
The top court asked the MEA to file a fresh status report giving details of exact compensation given by the Russian Government to six families whose members died in the war zone there.
The direction to t...