The Gauhati high court has asked the central government to pay Rs.10 lakh compensation to a minor girl whose school principal raped her in 1998 in Tripura. The girl, then a class 8 student, delivered a baby in hostel the next year, an official said Sunday.<\/p>\n
“The high court in a judgment Friday asked the human resource development ministry to pay a compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the sufferer,” an official of the Tripura women’s commission told reporters here.<\/p>\n
Convict Harishankar Tiwary, former principal of central government-run Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Kakraban in southern Tripura, is now serving life term in a Tripura jail.<\/p>\n
The victim was the classmate of the convict’s daughter, the official said.<\/p>\n
“The family of the victim and the Tripura women’s commission had filed a joint writ petition before the high court seeking compensation of Rs.50 lakh for the girl,” said the official.<\/p>\n
The high court in June 2005 upheld the life sentence awarded to Tiwary by the district and sessions court of South Tripura.<\/p>\n
“The court has also asked the human resource development ministry to constitute an expert committee to supervise the functioning of the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country,” the official added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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