New Delhi, Aug 30 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought an answer from the Maharashtra government on whether it compensated the legal descendants of the 168 people who were missing from the list in the 1992-93 communal protests in Mumbai.A panel of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, A.S.Oka and Vikram Nath demanded that the state government explain what was meant by the payment made to the survivors of victims and requested it to submit an affidavit in two weeks.Based on the table prior to the hearing, the top court said that 900 were died in the shootings, and 168 people have disappeared.
It also requested for the state’s government to define the time period between the incident and settlement of damages, as well as if those missing from the list, were included in the 900 victims who were identified.
The bench also questioned the state government record into evidence whether any compensation was offered in compensation for the destruction of property and provide the date between the event and compensation payment of compensation.
It was stated that after the expiry of seven years the families of people who went missing should be compensated.
The apex court is hearing a number of appeals in relation with the issue of payment of compensation to Mumbai victims of the Mumbai riots.
A committee composed of Justice B.N.Srikrishna, a retired Supreme Court judge, which examined the Mumbai violence, had submitted its report in 1998.
The apex court in February 2020 requested the Maharashtra government to inform it of the actions taken against police officers indicted by commission.
The report of the commission indicted officials of certain political parties as well as police officers.
A lawyer representing one of the petitioners before the supreme court, demanded the full implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the commission.
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