New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the state governments and union territories administrations to include the names of the acid attack victims in the list of disabled people.
“We additionally direct all the states and union territories to consider the plight of such victims and take appropriate steps with regard to inclusion of their names under the disability list,” said a bench of Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice C. Nagappan in their judgment.
The direction came as it said that the Rs.3 lakh compensation to the acid attack victims by the state governments as ordered by it 2013 was the minimum amount as actual compensation would vary from case to case depending on the nature and severity of the injury. (IANS)
