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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Now, SC/ST victims to get minimum compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh from state government -Aman Sharma

Now, SC/ST victims to get minimum compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh from state government -Aman Sharma

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published Published on Apr 18, 2016   modified Modified on Apr 18, 2016
-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: An SC/ST victim of gang rape, murder or an acid attack will now get a minimum compensation of Rs 8.5 lakh from a state government, in what is an significant enhancement of relief for such crimes through an amendment to the rules by Centre.

The Centre has amended the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995 through a notification on April 14, now specifying as many as 47 categories of offences in which states will pay compensation ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 8.25 lakh to SC/ST victims. The rules last amended in 2011 had provisions for only 22 kinds of offences with minimum compensation ranging from Rs 60,000 to Rs 5 lakh.

The enhanced amounts now must be paid by the state within 7 days of the incident being reported, either in full or at various stages of the investigation and trial, as per a schedule.

District Magistrates have been authorised to immediately withdraw money from state treasuries for the same and courts empowered to also order socioeconomic rehabilitation. The Police will now have to file a charge sheet in cases of SC/ST victims within 60 days and any delay has to be explained in writing by the officers.

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The Economic Times, 15 April, 2016, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/now-sc/st-victims-to-get-minimum-compensation-of-rs-8-5-lakh-from-state-government/articleshow/51834292


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