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Nirbhaya fund not enough, frame national policy: SC
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 like the \'Nirbhaya fund\' was not enough and amounted to \"just a lip service\".
New Delhi: 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 like the 'Nirbhaya fund' was not enough and amounted to "just a lip service".
"Different states have different schemes. There is no national plan as how the rape victims are to be compensated. Setting up of the Nirbhaya Fund is not enough and it is just paying a lip service.
The Union of India must ensure that adequate relief is being provided to the victims of sexual offences," a vacation bench of Justices P C Pant and D Y Chandrachud said.
The bench also issued notice to the Centre, all states and Union Territories and sought their responses on the effective implementation of Section 357(A) of the CrPC and status of victim compensation schemes, along with the number of victims of rape who have been compensated.
During the hearing on a batch of petitions, senior advocate Indira Jaising, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae, said that the implementation of the "Victim Compensation Scheme" is a matter of concern as only 25, out of 29 states, have notified the scheme.
