acid attack

A Supreme Court bench comprising of justices MY Eqbal and C Nagappan on Wednesday (9 September) turned its ire in court No 10 on four states for not filing their counter affidavits in the case of Parivartan Kendra vs Union of India dealing with the PIL seeking rehabilitation scheme for acid attack survivors.

SC pushes acid sale ban by 4 months
A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RM Lodha has extended the deadline to ban the sale of acids commonly used in horrific attacks, primarily against women, after the apex court’s previous 16 July deadline passed last weekend. The apex court also asked for progress on the compensation scheme [NDTV] Offenders remain undeterred, reported the TOI

Acid attack victim gets job at SC
The SC has absorbed an acid attack survivor as a junior court attendant on the initiative of Justice Kurien Joseph, who was haring her matter. Mukherjee was a dancer in a dance bar till she was attacked by a man in 2004 [PTI]