Supreme Court to examine compliance of guidelines, laws on acid attack survivorsThe court issued notices to the Centre and all state governments and Union Territories for their responses within four weeks.
15 Feb, 2019, 07.03 PM IST
Life is 'priceless', cannot be quantified in monetary terms: Supreme CourtThe observation by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur came when a lawyer questioned the compensation scheme of the National Legal Serv...
05 Sep, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
Bihar Cabinet okays proposal for steep hike in compensation for rape, acid attack victimsThe Bihar Cabinet today approved a proposal to increase the compensation amount for rape and acid attack victims in the state to Rs 7 lakh ...
17 Jul, 2018, 04.31 PM IST
Acid attack: Supreme Court asks states, UTs to give free treatmentThe court asked the Bihar government to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the victim, besides providing her free treatment including reco...
07 Dec, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
- Russian acid attack victim goes back; India to pay med bills
"The acid victim has been flown to Moscow. Our Ambassador has met the mother of the victim," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweete...
16 Nov, 2015, 04.06 PM IST
DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal writes to Ministers for government jobs to acid attack victimsThe DCW which is working with the Delhi government to rehabilitate acid attack victims has collected the CVs of 33 acid attack victims.
30 Sep, 2015, 02.08 PM IST
Arrest acid attack culprits, Rajnath Singh tells statesThe Union Home Ministry has asked all states to put on priority the immediate apprehension of culprits in acid attack cases against women.
22 Apr, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
Government to make acid sale data available online, says Home Minister Rajnath SinghWith country witnessing 310 cases of acid attack in 2014, Rajnath Singh said the government is contemplating to make available online data ...
21 Apr, 2015, 10.23 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh peaks in acid attacks and related arrestsUttar Pradesh has recorded 186 acid attacks reported in the state out of the 310 cases registered across the country in 2014. It has arrest...
21 Apr, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Give free treatment to acid attack victims: Supreme Court to private hospitalsOn banning off-the-counter sale of acid across the country, it asked all states and UTs to notify acid as a "scheduled substance" to stop i...
10 Apr, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
Centre to states: Give compensation to acid attack victims fastTo ameliorate the suffering of acid attack victims, the Centre today directed all states to ensure speedy disbursal of compensation amount ...
14 Mar, 2015, 06.13 PM IST
Acid attacks may be treated as heinous crimeBesides preventive measures, the government proposes to ensure quick relief and rehabilitation of acid attack victims. The focus would be o...
25 Dec, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
Rajnath announces crackdown on acid attacks, open sale of acidSteps will also be taken to include acid attack victims in the category of physically challenged persons/persons with disability so that th...
24 Dec, 2014, 10.12 AM IST
Supreme Court directs states to frame rule on sale of acid by March 31SC set a deadline of March 31 next yr for state govts to frame rules for regulating sale of acid & other corrosive substances to prevent th...
03 Dec, 2013, 03.54 PM IST
Enhance punishment, make illicit acid sale non-bailable: Home ministrySC had laid down fresh rules on sale of acid on the plea of a 23-year-old acid attack survivor, Laxmi, whose face was disfigured after an a...
02 Sep, 2013, 04.06 AM IST
Make acid attacks on women non-bailable offence: SC, increases compensation amount to Rs 3 lakhThe Supreme Court directed that this crime be made a non-bailable offence and enhanced to Rs three lakh the compensation amount for the vic...
18 Jul, 2013, 04.56 PM IST
Supreme Court directs states, Union Territories to frame rules to regulate acid saleThe court also directed that acid attack victims shall be paid a compensation of at least Rs three lakh by the state government.
18 Jul, 2013, 02.22 PM IST