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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
S.K.PANIGRAHI
Malati Dei – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's request for victim compensation. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. petitioner's arguments supporting compensation eligibility. (Para 3) |
| 3. opposition's argument on lack of witness support. (Para 4) |
| 4. court's analysis of compensation eligibility under section 357a. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 5. legal precedents on victim compensation. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 6. court's conclusion on compensating the victim. (Para 15 , 16) |
| 7. court's directive for the district legal services authority. (Para 17) |
JUDGMENT :
Dr. S.K. Panigrahi, J.
1. In this Writ Petition, the Petitioner seeks a Writ of Mandamus from this Court, quashing the order passed by the opposite parties that rejected the payment of compensation to the Petitioner under the ODISHA VICTIM COMPENSATION SCHEME , 2017.
I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE
2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:
(i) On 22.10.2020/ the petitioner’s husband/Naba Kishore Naik/ and daughter-in-law were allegedly brutally assaulted by her son, Raju Naik/ with a crowbar while intoxicated. The petitioner’s husband succumbed to his injuries during treatment at Daspalla Hospital.
(ii) Consequently, an FIR was lodged by villagers on 23.10.2020, leading t
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