No injury report, no money? Not any more: the Allahabad High Court has struck down the injury report condition for POCSO survivors’ compensation, holding that a welfare scheme cannot refuse relief to a child who declined an internal medical examination simply because the paper does not exist. Prayagraj: A minor survivor’s claim for Rs 3 […]
The Delhi High Court has declined to suspend the life sentence of a man convicted of the aggravated penetrative sexual assault of a child, while admitting his appeal. Considering the evidence, including the forensic material, the Court found it not a fit case to suspend the sentence at this stage, and directed the Legal Services Authority to hand the survivor the compensation awarded and a message written to her by the trial judge.
