Victim Payments

A Good Samaritan is a person who, in good faith, without expectation of payment or reward comes forward to administer emergency help to any person.

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.

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 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.

In the previous scheme, this amount was Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.

They then signed an MoU and the victim made a payment of Rs 50 lakh to the accused, he said.

The entrepreneur was sentenced to over 11 years in prison and also ordered to pay $ 452 million with her former business partner Ramesh Sunny Balwani.

The victim, a former non-commissioned officer with Indian Navy, reportedly had a violent argument with his family members over payment of fees for an examination, which led to the son strangulating his father to death

A total of 7,91,353 claims have been settled and payment released as ex gratia from SDRF to next of kin of people who died due to Covid as on May 27, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to ensure payment of compensation to family members of Covid victims without wasting any time.

Google has reportedly removed six apps masquerading as antivirus apps from the Play Store, after they were found to be infecting devices with the Sharkbot malware. Sharkbot is an Android Stealer malware that is used to collect the login credentials and payment details of unsuspecting users, and can be used to target victims in specific regions. The...

The mental and physical loss of a victim in a road accident cannot be computed in terms of money but there is no other way to compensate except by payment of just compensation, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court Friday directed all states governments and Union Territories to appoint dedicated nodal officer to facilitate payment of compensation to family members of COVID-19 victims.

The incident took place on Wednesday in Aligarh's Madhopur area when Deepak, Tikanna, Pota and Fauzdar went to a shop run by the victim, Chotu Agarwal, to buy a gutkha pouch worth Rs 5.

A Good Samaritan is a person who, in good faith, without expectation of payment or reward comes forward to administer emergency help to any person.

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.

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 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.

In the previous scheme, this amount was Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.

They then signed an MoU and the victim made a payment of Rs 50 lakh to the accused, he said.

The entrepreneur was sentenced to over 11 years in prison and also ordered to pay $ 452 million with her former business partner Ramesh Sunny Balwani.

The victim, a former non-commissioned officer with Indian Navy, reportedly had a violent argument with his family members over payment of fees for an examination, which led to the son strangulating his father to death

A total of 7,91,353 claims have been settled and payment released as ex gratia from SDRF to next of kin of people who died due to Covid as on May 27, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to ensure payment of compensation to family members of Covid victims without wasting any time.

Google has reportedly removed six apps masquerading as antivirus apps from the Play Store, after they were found to be infecting devices with the Sharkbot malware. Sharkbot is an Android Stealer malware that is used to collect the login credentials and payment details of unsuspecting users, and can be used to target victims in specific regions. The...

The mental and physical loss of a victim in a road accident cannot be computed in terms of money but there is no other way to compensate except by payment of just compensation, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court Friday directed all states governments and Union Territories to appoint dedicated nodal officer to facilitate payment of compensation to family members of COVID-19 victims.

The incident took place on Wednesday in Aligarh's Madhopur area when Deepak, Tikanna, Pota and Fauzdar went to a shop run by the victim, Chotu Agarwal, to buy a gutkha pouch worth Rs 5.