Acid attacks: India - Revision history

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‎Damages paid to survivors

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‎Judicial interpretation

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‎Reform-oriented sentencing not for acid attack convicts; cases may be taken up out of turn: SC

Jyoti: /* Reform-oriented sentencing not for acid attack convicts; cases may be taken up out of turn: SC */

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‎Reform-oriented sentencing not for acid attack convicts; cases may be taken up out of turn: SC

Jyoti: /* Statistics, year-wise */

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‎Statistics, year-wise

Jyoti: /* Free treatment of survivors */

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‎Free treatment of survivors

Pdewan at 19:47, 15 October 2017

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Jyoti: /* Statistics, year-wise */

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‎Statistics, year-wise

Jyoti: /* 2016, on a rise */

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‎2016, on a rise

Jyoti: /* 2014 */

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‎2014

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	Interestingly, Wadia pointed out that many men have been acid attack survivors and most of them have not been paid any payout. Out of nine cases of acid attack on men, seven of them are yet to receive any damages.		Interestingly, Wadia pointed out that many men have been acid attack survivors and most of them have not been paid any payout. Out of nine cases of acid attack on men, seven of them are yet to receive any damages.

		+	=Ex gratia relief=
		+	==Relief should not be linked to gender: HC==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=20_06_2026_012_001_cap_TOI ChandrajitMukherjee, June 20, 2026: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Ranchi : Jharkhand HC directed the state govt to not differentiate acid attack victims and survivors based on their gender. While directing the govt to compensate a male acid attack survivor, the HC also observed that the govt’s should not be biased and should include all irrespective of their gender.
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		+	A division bench issued the directives while hearing an appeal filed by the male survivor of an acid attack, who sought enhancement in compensation from the govt.
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		+	The survivor challenged the provisions of the policy wherein compensation is only provided to female victims and survivors of acid attack. In absence of a specific provision to provide compensation to victims and survivors of acid attack, other genders were ineligible for compensation.
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		+	“The compensation policy of the govt for victims of acid attacks cannot be gender specific...compensation itself ought not to be decided based on gender,” the bench said.
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	=Free treatment of survivors=		=Free treatment of survivors=

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	Agreeing with the petitioner, the bench said, “These attacks have been rampant for the simple reason that there has been no proper control for the supply and distribution of acid.“		Agreeing with the petitioner, the bench said, “These attacks have been rampant for the simple reason that there has been no proper control for the supply and distribution of acid.“
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		+	=The law=
		+	==Onus is on accused to prove innocence: SC==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=05_05_2026_006_002_cap_TOI Dhananjay.Mahapatra, May 5, 2026: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : Reversing two cardinal principles of the criminal justice system for acid attack cases, Supreme Court said once an acid attack survivor names the accused, the onus will be on him to prove innocence, and those convicted should face the harshest punishment.
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		+	In the criminal justice system, SC has zealously implemented two major principles — one, it is for the prosecution to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and secondly, the reformative system of punishment aims at rehabilitating convicts after jail term.
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		+	Departing from these two, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said there is an alarming rise in acid attack cases mainly because of absence of harsh punishment. “The only way to deter people from attacking with acid and corrosive substances is to award the harshest punishment and reverse the burden of proof. Onus must shift to the accused, once he is named by the survivor,” the bench said.
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		+	CJI Kant said authorities must examine whether assets of the accused should be attached and auctioned to provide financial assistance for treatment and rehabilitation of the survivor. “Provision to attach properties of parents would send a message to rein in their children,” he added.
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		+	With SG Tushar Mehta agreeing with amicus curiae Mukul Rohatgi, SC said those forcibly made to ingest acid causing internal injuries would be entitled to benefits under Rights of People with Disabilities Act. SG said the Act’s schedule needs amendment to include such victims and he would impress upon govt to act early.
		+	Petitioner and survivor Shaheen Malik told the bench acid continues to be sold across the counter, making it easy for offenders to procure it. Rohatgi said Rs 50 worth acid can ruin the life of a girl and disfigure her for life, stressing stricter control laws.
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		+	The bench said sellers of acid across the counter should be made co-accused in such cases. “Acid sellers must be held accountable,” SC said.
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  After acid attack survivor-petitioner Shaheen Malik narrated her pains, legal fight for 16 years and acquittal of all accused, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi said, “Some extraordinary punitive measures are needed to be taken to deter people from assaulting others with acid or other corrosive substances.”
-  The bench asked additional SG Archana Pathak Dave to get the Centre’s response in four weeks.
+The bench asked additional SG Archana Pathak Dave to get the Centre’s response in four weeks.
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 ===SC gives legal aid to acid attack survivor===
 Shaheen Malik was a 26-year-old when she suffered serious burn injuries and lost one eye after being attacked with acid in 2009 by colleagues jealous of her professional success. “I fought for 16 years but a trial court acquitted all accused,” she said in SC. CJI Kant said, “We’ll give you one of the top lawyers to argue yo ur case before HC .”
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 [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=28_01_2026_001_011_cap_TOI  Dhananjay Mahapatra, January 28, 2026: ''The Times of India'']
-New Delhi : Suggesting amendments to penal laws to provide harsh punishment to acid attack convicts, Supreme Court opined that the present reform-oriented sentencing system must not apply to such convicts and their properties should be auctioned to compensate acid attack survivors.  After acid attack survivor-petitioner Shaheen Malik narrated her pains, legal fight for 16 years and acquittal of all accused, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi said, “Some extraordinary punitive measures are needed to be taken to deter people from assaulting others with acid or other corrosive substances.”
+New Delhi : Suggesting amendments to penal laws to provide harsh punishment to acid attack convicts, Supreme Court opined that the present reform-oriented sentencing system must not apply to such convicts and their properties should be auctioned to compensate acid attack survivors.
    The bench asked additional SG Archana Pathak Dave to get the Centre’s response in four weeks.

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	However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.		However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.
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		+	=Criminal procedure=
		+	==Reform-oriented sentencing not for acid attack convicts; cases may be taken up out of turn: SC==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=28_01_2026_001_011_cap_TOI Dhananjay Mahapatra, January 28, 2026: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	New Delhi : Suggesting amendments to penal laws to provide harsh punishment to acid attack convicts, Supreme Court opined that the present reform-oriented sentencing system must not apply to such convicts and their properties should be auctioned to compensate acid attack survivors.  After acid attack survivor-petitioner Shaheen Malik narrated her pains, legal fight for 16 years and acquittal of all accused, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi said, “Some extraordinary punitive measures are needed to be taken to deter people from assaulting others with acid or other corrosive substances.”
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		+	The bench asked additional SG Archana Pathak Dave to get the Centre’s response in four weeks.
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		+	''' Acid attack cases may be taken up out of turn: SC '''
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		+	The Supreme Court asked additional SG Archana Pathak Dave to get the Centre’s response in four weeks on creating a dedicated corpus to compensate acid attack survivors and on bringing amendments to penal laws to shift the onus of proving innocence on the accused by carving out an exception to the general rule “innocent till proven guilty in a court of law”.
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		+	The CJI Kant-led bench said it will also examine whether personal properties of an acid attack case convict should be attached and auctioned to compensate the survivor. To prevent an accused from creating third party interest in their assets, the trial court should attach the properties and auction it after the accused is found guilty, it said, adding that “the system, police and courts must adopt a harsh approach towards acid attack accused”.
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		+	The court was informed by advocate Sija Nair that the trial gets vitiated because of the snail-paced process and said trial in an acid attack case in West Bengal is pending for the last 23 years. She said 15 high courts have submitted pendency of acid attack trials in their jurisdictions and the highest number of trials at 198 are pending in UP, followed by West Bengal (160), Gujarat (114) and 60-odd each in Bihar and Maharashtra.
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		+	The bench asked all HCs to consider passing an order on the administrative side to the trial courts to complete proceedings in acid attack cases expeditiously and by taking them up out of turn.
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		+	SC also asked the state legal aid services authorities (SALSAs) to file affidavits in four weeks detailing the steps taken to ensure payment of compensations to the acid attack survivors, their rehabilitation and meeting the medical expenditures.
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		+	The SC sought affidavits from all states in four weeks giving year-wise data of acid attack cases, whether investigations have been completed in them resulting in filing of chargesheets, whether trial has commenced and the number of cases it had been completed, cases in which appeals are pending in HCs, brief particulars of acid attack survivors – academic qualification, employment and marital status, stages of medical treatment and expenditures incurred by each of them. It asked the states to include those cases where people have been forcibly ingested with acid.
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		+	On Dec 4, the CJI-led bench had asked solicitor general Tushar Mehta to examine the feasibility of referring acid attack cases to special judges to expedite their trials.
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		+	===SC gives legal aid to acid attack survivor===
		+	Shaheen Malik was a 26-year-old when she suffered serious burn injuries and lost one eye after being attacked with acid in 2009 by colleagues jealous of her professional success. “I fought for 16 years but a trial court acquitted all accused,” she said in SC. CJI Kant said, “We’ll give you one of the top lawyers to argue yo ur case before HC .”
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		+	[[Category:Crime\|AACID ATTACKS: INDIA
		+	ACID ATTACKS: INDIA]]
		+	[[Category:India\|AACID ATTACKS: INDIA
		+	ACID ATTACKS: INDIA]]
		+	[[Category:Law,Constitution,Judiciary\|AACID ATTACKS: INDIA
		+	ACID ATTACKS: INDIA]]
		+	[[Category:Name\|ALPHABETACID ATTACKS: INDIA
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	=Damages paid to survivors=		=Damages paid to survivors=

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 However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.
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 It said the incident took place on February 19 when a drunk person had thrown acid on the survivors after they had objected when he was peeking in the window of the girls' room.
 After the girls had noticed him, they complained to their father who had apprehended the man and reprimanded him, the commission said, adding that he returned after some time and threw acid on them.
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	However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.		However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.
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		+	=Free treatment of survivors=
		+	==Private hospital returns fees it had charged==
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=DCW-STEPS-IN-Hospital-gives-back-money-it-12032017009044 Hospital gives back money it charged acid survivors, March 12, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) said that a private hospital has returned the money which it had charged from a family for treatment of two minor girls and their father who were survivors of acid attack.
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		+	The commission said last month, both the girls had sustained 15% and 20% burn injuries while their father had received 10% injury and a private hospital had charged them over Rs 70,000 for treatment.
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		+	“The family was forced to mortgage their jewellery for the same. The complainant then approached the commission. The commission immediately sought an explanation from the hospital as the judgment of the apex court ... categorically states that any acid attack survivor can seek free treatment at any private or government hospitalclinic,“ DCW said in a press release.
		+	“After following up several times, the hospital returned the entire amount to the family and the girls are receiving regular treatment,“ the statement said.
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		+	It said the incident took place on February 19 when a drunk person had thrown acid on the survivors after they had objected when he was peeking in the window of the girls' room.
		+	After the girls had noticed him, they complained to their father who had apprehended the man and reprimanded him, the commission said, adding that he returned after some time and threw acid on them.

	=Judicial interpretation=		=Judicial interpretation=

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 [[File: Number of women victims of acid attacks, persons arrested and convicted, 2014.jpg|Number of women victims of acid attacks, persons arrested and convicted: 2014; Graphic courtesy: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=07_08_2015_009_023_003&type=P&artUrl=STATOISTICS-HARSH-REALITY-07082015009023&eid=31808 ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]
-==2016, on a rise==
+==2016==
 [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/acid-attacks-in-west-bengal-are-on-the-rise/article17323292.ece  Acid attacks in West Bengal are on the rise, February 18, 2017: The Hindu]
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 However, the numbers dropped from 61 (2015) to 42 (2016). According to the ASFI, despite strict directives issued by the SC in July 2014, there is still “severe lacunae” in regulating the sale of acid by State governments.
 =Judicial interpretation=

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	The apex court had on July 16, 2013 issued detailed directions to all state governments and union territories to frame rules within three months for regulating the sale of acid. However, after repeated lapses of the deadline and only Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry, making some headway, the SC issued fresh directives on December 3.		The apex court had on July 16, 2013 issued detailed directions to all state governments and union territories to frame rules within three months for regulating the sale of acid. However, after repeated lapses of the deadline and only Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Puducherry, making some headway, the SC issued fresh directives on December 3.
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		+	==2012-14==
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		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=STATOISTICS-26122014009011 ''The Times of India'']
		+	[[File: acid1.jpg\|Top 5 and state-wise number of acid attacks in India: 2012,2013,2014\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	Dec 26 2014
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		+	The recent acid attack on a female doctor in Delhi which was caught live on CCTV camera might have shocked the nation, but such incidents are routine in the national capital. Data shows that in the past three years, Delhi and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana have witnessed the highest number of such attacks on women. A 2009 study done by the University of North Carolina's Center for Global Initiatives found that they are quite common in South East Asia. The ready availability of acid perhaps makes it a cheap weapon of choice in comparison to things like guns or knives.

	==2014==		==2014==