KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court has directed the Bengal government and State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) to file a report within six weeks on funds.
The HC wanted to know “the steps which are proposed to be taken for ensuring that adequate amounts of funds reach the SLSA within six weeks from the date the order got passed. The report shall indicate the funds which are proposed to be put in with SLSA within the time directed for dealing with pending cases of victim compensation”.
Hearing a petition by a survivor, who has been waiting for over two-and-a-half years to get compensation of Rs 1,50,000, a single-judge bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya in her order said: “The West Bengal Victim Compensation Scheme, 2017 …reinforces in Clause 3 that the State Government shall constitute a fund namely Victim Compensation Fund from which amount of compensation under this scheme shall be paid to the victim or his/her dependents.”
