The Delhi High Court on Thursday, while passing the order in a writ petition, raised an important issue on whether the compensation under the Delhi Victim Compensation Scheme, 2018 can be availed by the legal heirs of the deceased.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner said that initially the DHC said that the Entire unspent budget allocated for rare diseases for years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 was to be moved to a fund called the Rare Diseases Fund which shall be managed by the AIIMS.
This petition is filed by Abhijit Mishra in the interest of the administration of justice in the subordinate courts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The court said: “We make it clear, that if we find that these provisions are not implemented, we will ourselves deal with the failure of GNCTD for implementation of the act (the Juvenile Justice Act), and consequences would follow for those don’t perform.”
The petitioner has said that he has made several attempts to reach the office bearers of all the respondents through email but received a remedy or response. At that, he had filed a CM Application before this Court.
The petitioner submitted that Challans should be payable online, even if the SOP is not implemented. “I am not the violator and they never contacted me for violation. When I was transferring the vehicle, they called me to pay the challans,” he said.