[1992 Mumbai Riots] Supreme Court seeks details of compensation paid to victims by State; reserves judgment

A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S Oka and Vikram Nath sought an affidavit from the State of Maharashtra detailing compensation provided to the victims of the riots within two weeks. The details sought are:

“a) Whether the figure of 168 persons stated to be missing form a part of the 900 number of victims identified;

b) Whether any compensation has been paid to legal heirs of the missing persons;

c) What is the reference to the compensation paid to heirs of victims;

d) Whether any compensation paid for loss of property;

e) When was compensation paid, timeline between incident and compensation paid.”

Source: Barandbench