ORDER

On being mentioned by Mr. Alakh Alok Srivastava, the petitioner in-person, a practicing Advocate in this Court, the matter was directed to be listed today at 2.00 p.m.

2. It is brought to our notice that an eight months’ old female child has been sexually assaulted and is presently getting treatment in the Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

3. Submission of the petitioner is that when such a brutal sexual offence has taken place, the State has to show concern and appropriate treatment has to be given to the child apart from grant of compensation. He has drawn our attention to the decision rendered in Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) vs. Union of India and Another (2016) 3 SCC 680. In the said case, the Court has observed:-

“In the case at hand, we are concerned with the rape committed on a girl child. As has been urged before us that such crimes are rampant for unfathomable reasons and it is the obligation of the law and law-makers to cultivate respect for the children and especially the girl children who are treated with such barbarity and savageness as indicated earlier. The learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner has em