SC had given instructions to prepare compensation policy
Reportedly now the people killed during mob violence or mob lynching in delhi will be given compensation by the delhi government. After Lieutenant governor VK Saxena approved the amendment in delhi Victim Compensation Scheme 2018, the way has been cleared for the victims of mob violence and mob lynching to get compensation. This amendment will give the right to provide compensation to the victims of mob violence and mob lynching.
According to the information received from the officials of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the delhi government has presented this proposal with a delay of 5 years, whereas the supreme court had given instructions in this regard in the year 2018 itself, asking the state governments to prepare the plan within a month. Gave instructions. According to this amendment, the definition of 'victim' has been changed in the scheme to include 'guardian' and 'legal heir' of the victim. According to this, in such incidents, including mob lynching and mob violence, which result in injury or death to the victim or his guardian and his 'legal heirs', they must inform the victim or the victims and the deceased within 30 days of the incident. Interim relief will be provided to the next of kin.
Officials said that in a decision given in a case on July 17, 2018, the supreme court had directed the state governments to prepare a mob lynching and mob violence compensation scheme under the provisions of Section 357A of the Code of criminal Procedure within a month. The top court had said that while calculating the compensation in the scheme, state governments should also make appropriate allowance for physical-psychological injury caused by mob lynching or violence, loss of earnings including loss of employment