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High Court of Madras:<\/strong> The Court while examining a petition filed for compensation by the petitioner in view of severity of the petitioner’s injury, from the first respondent in connection with the crime under Sections 294(b) and 307 \u00a0IPC, the Bench comprising of V. Bharathidasan, J., directed the petitioner\/victim to claim compensation from the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) under the Victim Compensation Scheme (VCS) framed under Section 357-A \u00a0CrPC. The petitioner\/victim \u00a0moved the court seeking compensation in view of the severity of her injury, expenditure with regard to grafting and reconstruction surgery, physical and mental pain and for disability due to the acid attack thrown on her by attacker, Vennila, as result of frequent quarrels and even after taken extensive treatment the petitioner\/victim has totally lost her sight.<\/p>\n

The Court directed petitioner\/victim to make an application before the District Legal Services Authority since petitioner\/victim had not filed any application seeking compensation under the Victim Compensation Scheme framed under Section 357-A \u00a0CrPC, within a period of three weeks from the date of judgment. The Court also issued direction to DLSA to consider the application of victim and pass orders for recommending the petitioner’s case for compensation within a period of 12 weeks thereafter. [Muthulakshmi v. The District Collector, Ramnad District, 2016 SCC OnLine Mad 10398<\/a>, decided on 22nd November, 2016]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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