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Trauma: Ensure Counselling For Child Sexual Assault Survivors: Sc | Jaipur News
Jaipur: Legal Services Authorities should ensure that a child subjected to sexual assault is counselled by a trained child counsellor or psychologist to help the survivor come out of trauma, the Supreme Court has said. “It will help the victim to come out of the trauma, which will enable them to lead a better life in future,” said the court.
“Only monetary compensation is not enough. Only payment of compensation will not amount to rehabilitation in a true sense. Perhaps the rehabilitation of the girl victims should be part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign,” said the court.
The observations came while deciding a plea filed by Rajasthan government challenging the order passed by Rajasthan High Court reducing the sentence awarded to a convict for the rape of a girl from a life term to 12 years.
A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal also said that the state needs to ensure that such children continue with their education. The top court said the social environment around the survivor may not always be conducive to the victim. “As a welfare state, it will be the duty of the government to ensure proper rehabilitation. We are directing that the copies of this judgment should be sent to the secretaries of the concerned departments of the state,” the bench said.
The court directed that the convict must serve a sentence of 14 years without remission. “We direct the secretary of the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority to ensure that compensation under the relevant victim compensation scheme is immediately paid to the victim as per her entitlement if not already paid.
“If the respondent has already been released after undergoing punishment in terms of the verdict of the high court, he shall be immediately arrested and sent to prison for undergoing the remaining sentence in terms of this judgment,” the bench said.
The top court noted that the convict’s caste has been mentioned in the case title and said caste or religion of a litigant should never be mentioned in the cause title of the judgment. “We have already observed in our order dated March 14 , 2023 that such practice should never be followed,” the bench said.
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“Only monetary compensation is not enough. Only payment of compensation will not amount to rehabilitation in a true sense. Perhaps the rehabilitation of the girl victims should be part of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign,” said the court.
The observations came while deciding a plea filed by Rajasthan government challenging the order passed by Rajasthan High Court reducing the sentence awarded to a convict for the rape of a girl from a life term to 12 years.
A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal also said that the state needs to ensure that such children continue with their education. The top court said the social environment around the survivor may not always be conducive to the victim. “As a welfare state, it will be the duty of the government to ensure proper rehabilitation. We are directing that the copies of this judgment should be sent to the secretaries of the concerned departments of the state,” the bench said.
The court directed that the convict must serve a sentence of 14 years without remission. “We direct the secretary of the Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority to ensure that compensation under the relevant victim compensation scheme is immediately paid to the victim as per her entitlement if not already paid.
“If the respondent has already been released after undergoing punishment in terms of the verdict of the high court, he shall be immediately arrested and sent to prison for undergoing the remaining sentence in terms of this judgment,” the bench said.
The top court noted that the convict’s caste has been mentioned in the case title and said caste or religion of a litigant should never be mentioned in the cause title of the judgment. “We have already observed in our order dated March 14 , 2023 that such practice should never be followed,” the bench said.
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