{"id":28191,"date":"2017-03-09T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/?p=28191"},"modified":"2017-03-09T11:57:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:57:18","slug":"english-compensation-scheme-for-rape-and-acid-attack-victims-inhuman-bombay-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/?p=28191","title":{"rendered":"<!--:en-->Compensation scheme for rape and acid attack victims inhuman: Bombay HC<!--:-->"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en-->MUMBAI: Terming the state government&#8217;s compensation scheme for rape and acid attack victims as &#8220;insulting, shameful and inhuman&#8221;, the Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the state to take a fresh look at it. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur pointed to neighbouring Goa&#8217;s scheme that provides Rs 10 lakh compensation to victims and reminded the state of its credentials as a progressive and welfare state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"last6brdiv\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"last5brdiv\"><\/div>\n<p>The court was hearing a petition filed by a 14-year-old rape victim, seeking Rs 3 lakh as compensation. The state said it would pay only Rs 2 lakh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"last4brdiv\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"last3brdiv\"><\/div>\n<p>The court said Rs 2 lakh for child victims was too little and asked the state to not make victims&#8217; lives so miserable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"last2brdiv\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"last1brdiv\"><\/div>\n<p>The court noted that as per the scheme if acid attack victims suffer injuries on her face, she is given Rs 3 lakh, but if it is on any other part of the body, Rs 50,000 is granted. The judges termed the scheme as an &#8220;empty formality&#8221; and &#8220;complete non-application of mind&#8221;. If the girl is unable to use her hands or walk, will the meagre compensation be enough, asked the judges.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI: Terming the state government&#8217;s compensation scheme for rape and acid attack victims as &#8220;insulting, shameful and inhuman&#8221;, the Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the state to take a fresh look at it. A division bench headed by Chief&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28192,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28191\/revisions\/28192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28191"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianewsnet.com\/marathi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=28191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}