Compensation for Rape Victims ... ... ...
From time to time,
I've heard reports of compensation announced for the family of the Delhi
gang-rape victim. A couple of examples are given below:
Perhaps this is over and above any cost incurred
towards her treatment at Delhi and at Singapore.
I have nothing to comment about what
should be the right levels of compensation that would be appropriate for the
family of the Delhi gang rape victim. Obviously, that is bound to be a
subjective decision at the moment.
However, I certainly feel quite
strongly about the need for identifying a basis for determining such
compensation for victims of crimes against women succumb and die or survive and
suffer.
Those who are from Chennai would have heard about
the recent acid attack victims Vinodhini and Vidya who did not survive despite
the best efforts of the doctors.
As progressive thinking individuals repeatedly
point out, the figure of over 24000 cases of REPORTED rape every year across India is obviously
unacceptable. However, the absence of a public furore over a specific instance
or a major protest over another incident should not be the basis on which
compensation figures are determined.
Will someone tell our law-makers and the media to
look into this aspect of crimes against women?
As an aside, when a specific crime against a
particular woman is proven to be blatantly false and it is found that it was
based on a false complaint, is there any known case where the poor man (who was
proven to be innocent after a long legal battle) has got any meaningful
compensation either from the courts or the government?
Regards,
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