HC ask U'khand govt to pay compensation or pension to woman inmate of shelter home

Uttarakhand High Court today asked the state governmentto pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakhin one go or a pension of Rs 11,000 per month to a deaf and dumb inmate of a shelter home who was raped andforced to undergo an abortion.

A division bench of justices Rajeev Sharma and Sharad Sharma issued the direction while hearing a petition relatedto the episode which occurred at Dehradun-basedNari Niketan a couple of years ago.

They directed the Children's Welfare Committee chairperson to pay either Rs 25 lakh to the victim at one go or a pension of Rs 11,000 per month.

The high court said an account can be openedin a nationalised bank in the name of the victim for the purpose.

The court also issued a number of instructions for proper care and protection of inmates living in such institutions.

The court also directed the National Institute For Visually Handicapped to suspend a blind music teacher named Ramesh Chandra Kashyap, who is the main accused in the case.