India’s Supreme Court has ordered the Gujarat government on Monday to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to Gujarat riots victim Bilkis Bano within a period of two weeks. The top court declined to reconsider its decision. <\/p>\n
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi-headed bench has also directed the state government to provide Bilkis Bano with a job and accommodation. It has kept the time limit of two weeks for accommodation and job too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Gujarat gang-rape survivor Bilkis Yakub Rasool Bano with her husband during a press conference at Press Club of India in New Delhi. FILE PHOTO BCCL<\/span><\/p>\n The Gujarat government had through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the state government, submitted before the bench that they sought to seek a review of the April order by Supreme Court.<\/p>\n Don’t Miss <\/p>\n Mr Mehta responded to a contempt plea filed by Bilkis Bano, saying that the order had not been complied with because the state government wanted the court to reconsider. <\/p>\n “We make it clear that our order was in view of the particular facts and will not be a precedent. Now you pay her the compensation within two weeks. We are giving you two weeks although you may not even need that much time,” said the court.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Gujarat government has agreed to give Bilkis Bano Rs 50 lakh, a job and a house after the Supreme Court added a clarification to its April order. <\/p>\n It clearly establishes that the Supreme Court had ordered compensation to Bilkis Bano in light of the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Supreme Court had in April this year ordered the Gujarat government to provide Bilkis Bano with a job and accommodation apart from Rs 50 lakh. The top court had observed that she had lived a nomadic life for 17 years since her gangrape in March 2002. <\/p>\n