New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday took up strongly on all the states in particular Madhya Pradesh for not have enough concern for the rape victims by specifying the amount of compensation given to each victim under the funds set up under the 26-December.
The bench comprising of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta resented the anger, as none of the state and union territories except Sikkim had filed an affidavit in which they received the amount received under the fund for victim compensation and how much amount the details of the payment have been given to the Victim of Sexual Harassment.
In the case of gang rape and murder of December 16, 2012 in Delhi, the Central Government had announced in 2013 that the initiatives of NGOs working for protection of women have been supported. Referring to Madhya Pradesh’s first affidavit, Justice Lokur said, “For Madhya Pradesh, the figures are spectacular: In Madhya Pradesh, 1,951 rapes are afflicted and you are giving them Rs. 6,000, Rs. 6,500 each. Is this good, commendable? What is this?? This is total insensitivity, are you making a donation? How can you do that you value the rape of 6,000 rupees to 6,500 rupees? “
he Bench said, “We had given specific order on 9th January asked you to file affidavit. That the states do not have any interest in paying compensation? If you do not file an affidavit, then it is estimated that you not interested in safety and protection of women, The Bench told this” shocking “that even after receiving the maximum amount under the Funds, the state had spent only around one Crore on 1,951 Rape victims
The Haryana Government has faced the wrath of the apex court for not filing its affidavit for giving information about the fund. As a last chance, the court has directed all state governments and union territories to file an affidavit within four weeks, in which the amount received by each state and union territory is indicated as a fund.