The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat Government to give within two weeks Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and an accommodation of choice to Bilkis Bano, who was gangraped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 riots in the State.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Gujarat Government as to why it has not complied with the SC’s April 23 order for compensation to Bano. “Why has the compensation not been paid?,” the Bench, comprising justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.