Supreme Court wants national policy for rape survivors
The bench pointed out to senior counsel Indira Jaising that mere allocation of funds would not suffice.
New Delhi: Observing that setting up of December 16 Fund is not enough, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to formulate a national policy for providing adequate reliefs to rape survivors as setting up of a separate fund without a policy amounted to just a lip service.
A vacation Bench of Justices P.C. Pant and D.Y. Chandrachud observed "Different states have different schemes. There is no national plan as how the rape victims are to be compensated. The Union of India must ensure that adequate relief is being provided to the victims of sexual offences." The bench pointed out to senior counsel Indira Jaising that mere allocation of funds would not suffice and it was necessary to examine how the funds are devolved and actually utilised.