Trial Courts Can Only Recommend Compensation Under POCSO Rules, Cannot Decide The Quantum : Karnatka HC [Read Order]
Mustafa Plumber
23 Jan 2020 3:38 PM IST
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The Karnataka High Court has held that trial court/special court has to recommend the District Legal Services Authority/state legal services authority to decide and award the compensation in accordance with the POCSO rules, or the victim compensation scheme, but should not decide the quantum of compensation, itself, which is against the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code...
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