Compensation To Victim

The Kerala High Court today noted that there were reports that victims of the Wayanad landslides are yet to receive compensation and directed the government to set up a mechanism to disburse financial aid via the treasury or bank accounts.

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissing allegations that she had offered money to the RG Kar doctor's family after the rape-murder incident, the victim's father on Wednesday said he would leave it to the common people to judge whet

Nepal Bus Accident: The death count in the road accident in Nepal's Tahahun district has now risen to 41, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan said today.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to pay within six weeks the interest on the delayed compensation to a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of three civil services aspirants who died after flooding of the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the victims will be provided free cashless treatment facility as well as compensation in hit-and-run accident cases.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said self-styled godman Surajpal alias Bhole Baba should extend financial help to families of Hathras stampede victims.

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court to strike down the Tamil Nadu government order providing Rs 10 lakh compensation to all the victims of the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.

Pinarayi Vijayan had realised that the CPI(M)s Hindu vote bank was gradually eroding. Minority outreach, he thought, would be enough to compensate for that. But he was wrong.

The Kerala government on Thursday said it will provide Rs 5 lakh financial assistance to the families of the people from the state who died in the Kuwait fire tragedy that claimed 49 lives and left 50 others injured.

If payment of compensation becomes a consideration for reducing a sentence, it will have a "catastrophic" effect on the criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court has said.

Criminal law seeks to regulate the conduct of individuals within the society and a crime cannot be "wiped off" by payment of compensation, the Delhi High Court said today.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday provided a compensation relief of Rs 5 lakh each to the next family of the victims of the boat capsize tragedy.

Portugal's Catholic Church said on Thursday it will financially compensate victims of child sexual abuse within the Church, setting the amounts to be paid on a case-by-case basis, an approach survivors' groups have criticised.

The Railway Ministry has made a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation amount to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.

The Kerala High Court today noted that there were reports that victims of the Wayanad landslides are yet to receive compensation and directed the government to set up a mechanism to disburse financial aid via the treasury or bank accounts.

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissing allegations that she had offered money to the RG Kar doctor's family after the rape-murder incident, the victim's father on Wednesday said he would leave it to the common people to judge whet

Nepal Bus Accident: The death count in the road accident in Nepal's Tahahun district has now risen to 41, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan said today.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to pay within six weeks the interest on the delayed compensation to a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Monday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the families of three civil services aspirants who died after flooding of the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the victims will be provided free cashless treatment facility as well as compensation in hit-and-run accident cases.

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday said self-styled godman Surajpal alias Bhole Baba should extend financial help to families of Hathras stampede victims.

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court to strike down the Tamil Nadu government order providing Rs 10 lakh compensation to all the victims of the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy.

Pinarayi Vijayan had realised that the CPI(M)s Hindu vote bank was gradually eroding. Minority outreach, he thought, would be enough to compensate for that. But he was wrong.

The Kerala government on Thursday said it will provide Rs 5 lakh financial assistance to the families of the people from the state who died in the Kuwait fire tragedy that claimed 49 lives and left 50 others injured.

If payment of compensation becomes a consideration for reducing a sentence, it will have a "catastrophic" effect on the criminal justice administration, the Supreme Court has said.

Criminal law seeks to regulate the conduct of individuals within the society and a crime cannot be "wiped off" by payment of compensation, the Delhi High Court said today.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday provided a compensation relief of Rs 5 lakh each to the next family of the victims of the boat capsize tragedy.

Portugal's Catholic Church said on Thursday it will financially compensate victims of child sexual abuse within the Church, setting the amounts to be paid on a case-by-case basis, an approach survivors' groups have criticised.

The Railway Ministry has made a payment of Rs 51.37 crore as ex-gratia and compensation amount to the next of kin and victims of the Balasore train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.