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2023 Supreme(Del) 2272

PRATHIBA M. SINGH
Kameshwari Devi – Appellant
Versus
State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Jitender Kumar and Yogesh Saini, Advocates with Petitioner no. 1 and 2 in person.
Ms. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC, for the Respondent-1.
Aayush Agarwala, Advocate with Siddnam Nahata, Ms. Bhumika Sharma and Aurito Mukherjee, Advocates, for the Respondent-2 and 3.
Ms. Harshita Mishra, Secretary Litigation, DSLSA.

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The Petitioners, who are the wife and the children of Late Shri Ram Preet Singh have approached this Court, seeking directions to the Respondents to enhance the amount of compensation awarded under the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme, 2018. The Petitioners further seek the setting aside of the order dated 22nd December, 2020 passed by the District Victim Compensation Committee, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi in respect of FIR No.193/19 registered at P.S. I.P. Estate, by which a compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- was directed to be paid to the wife of the deceased, Petitioner No.1 - Smt. Kameshwari Devi, and a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- each was directed to be paid to the daughters of the deceased, Petitioner No.2 - Ms. Pooja and Petitioner No.3 - Ms. Poonam. The operative portion of the said order dated 22nd December, 2020 is extracted below:

    "An affidavit of dependency has been filed by Smt. Kameshwari Devi, wife of deceased according to which the deceased is survived by her and her children. So, Smt. Kameshwari Devi, wife of deceased, Poonam and Pooja (daughters of deceased) are entitled fo

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