TNPSC Thervupettagam

Victim Compensation

April 27 , 2019 1919 days 700 0
  • Supreme Court has ordered the Gujarat government to pay ₹50 lakh to Bilkis Yakoob Rasool Bano.
  • She is a gang-rape survivor of the 2002 communal pogrom against Muslims in Gujarat under the rule of Narendra Modi.
  • The Code of Criminal Procedure was amended in 2008 to insert Section 357A.
  • Section 357 A mandates every state government to prepare a scheme to set up a fund from which compensation can be paid to victims of crime and their dependants.

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