Supreme Court directs free education to minor children of rape victim
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It has additionally ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi to take into account the case of the petitioner for a home beneath Prime Minister Awas Yojna or every other Central or State Scheme.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi to be certain that minor children of a rape victim are supplied free education until they attain the age of 14 years.
Observing {that a} rape victim suffers not solely a psychological trauma but additionally discrimination from the society, a three-judge bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah additionally ordered the Deputy Commissioner to take into account the case of the petitioner for a home beneath Prime Minister Awas Yojna or every other Central or State Scheme.
“The Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi and other competent authority shall review the Police security provided to the petitioner from time to time and take such measures as deem fit and proper. The District Legal Services Authority, Ranchi on representation made by the petitioner shall render legal services to the petitioner as may be deemed fit to safeguard the interest of the petitioner,” the bench mentioned.
With regard to the fee of compensation to the petitioner as a rape victim, the apex courtroom famous that there’s a statutory scheme already enforced in Jharkhand framed beneath Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, which supplies process for grant of compensation.
“The petitioner had already made application to seek compensation under the above Scheme and payment of compensation has already been made,” the highest courtroom mentioned.
The apex courtroom was listening to plea filed by a girl claiming to be a Scheduled Tribe in Jharkhand. She was taken away by a person after which her father lodged a grievance. The man was later apprehended and the victim’s father and the police acquired her married to him.
The lady filed a grievance in addition to case for upkeep in opposition to her husband after which she acquired the divorce and the custody of son was given to the person.
On June 8, 2002, she went to Daltonganj to meet her son when she was raped by 4 folks.
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