Chandigarh Rape survivor : Rs 10 lakh sought

Senior Advocate Indira Jaisingh has sought compensation to the tune of Rs 10 lakh under the victim compensation scheme a day after the 10-year-old rape survivor gave birth to a baby girl.

Jaising who is an amicus curiae in an ongoing petition, mentioned her plea before a bench of Justices Madan Lokur and Deepak Gupta who then issued notice to Chandigarh and the Centre.

The apex court has sought replies from all concerned by August 22. Seeking compensation for the child, Jaising said that she was only a 10-year-old and cannot look after the child. Jaising referred to an apex court judgment delivered on Wednesday, where a destitute woman's plea for abortion was also turned down, and was awarded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh.

"A ten-year-old mother cannot look after the child. Nothing has been paid to her so far," Jaising told the bench. Last month, acting on a medical board's advise, the top court had turned down the 10-year-old rape survivor's plea for an abortion who was already 32-weeks pregnant by then.

The petition filed by advocate Nipun Saxena is part of a batch of six petitions, five writ petitions, and a special leave petition filed in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case.