NALSA fixes minimum compensation to rape, acid attack victims

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New Delhi: A victim of gang rape in any part of the country would now get a minimum compensation of `5 lakh up to a maximum of `10 lakh.
This is part of a scheme proposed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) on compensating the victims of sexual assaults and acid attacks, which was approved Friday by the Supreme Court, which directed that it would be applicable across the country.
As per the ‘Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes-2018’, in case of rape and unnatural sexual assault, the victim would get a minimum of `4 lakh and maximum of `7 lakh as compensation.
While approving the scheme, a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said it would be applicable pan-India and the states and Union Territories would be free to give compensation over and above what was stipulated in the scheme.
“We make it clear that the scheme prepared by the NALSA will not preclude the states and union territories from giving more compensation..we direct that the scheme be implemented in all states and union territories,” the bench said. The scheme says that victim of acid attacks, in case of disfigurement of face, would get a minimum compensation of `7 lakh, while the upper limit would be `8 lakh.
In an acid attack case, if the injury is more than 50%, a minimum compensation of `5 lakh would be given, while the maximum would be `9 lakh. The scheme also provides for compensation amount in cases of acid attacks where the injury is less than 50% and 20% respectively.