Rs 6.40 lakh compensation given to accident victims’ dependants
Mohali, April 16
The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mohali, today awarded a compensation of Rs 6.40 lakh to dependants of accident victims.
This was decided during a meeting of the Victim Compensation Committee, Mohali, which was presided over by RS Rai, District and Sessions Judge. Baljinder Singh Maan, CJM-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, and GC Kler, Advocate, were among those present in the meeting to dispose of seven applications seeking compensation under the Punjab Victim Compensation Scheme. The compensation is awarded in cases where breadwinners of some families died or suffered injuries in hit-and-run cases.
Under the Punjab Victim Compensation Scheme, 2017, compensation can be granted to victims where the offender is untraced/untraceable or unidentified, but the victim is identified, and where no trial takes place and the victim has to incur expenses and mental rehabilitation. Besides this, compensation can be granted to victim or his dependants where recommendation is made by the court for grant of compensation under Sub-Section (2) and (3) of Section 357-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A victim or his dependants may file application in the office of the District Legal Services Authority for getting compensation. Woman victims of sexual assault and other crimes may apply for compensation under the NALSA’s Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/ Survivor of Sexual Assault/other Crimes-2018.
