SMT. NIRMALA AND ANOTHER vs THE STATE AND ORS

$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on:23.05.2025 W.P.(C) 7582/2023 SMT. NIRMALA AND ANOTHER .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Jitender Kumar, Advocate. versus THE STATE AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Hetu Arora Sethi, ASC (GNCTD) along with Ms. Avni Singh, PC, Mr. Prakhar Mani Tripathi and Mr. Arjun Basra, for GNCTD. Mr. Vinay Rathi and Mr. Vikrant Dhama, Advocates for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners being aggrieved by the quantum of compensation awarded to them vide impugned order dated 30.06.2021 passed by the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority (Central), Member/Convenor, District Victim Compensation Committee (DVCC) [respondent no.2] under the District Victim Compensation Scheme, 2018 (hereinafter ‘the DVC Scheme’). 2. The background to the present petition is that one Shri Hari Chand, who worked as a security guard, lost his life on 26.10.2018 after being involved in an accident on 15.08.2018 where he was hit by an unknown vehicle on the Gopalpur Red Light towards Wazirabad to Majnu ka Tila, 3. In connection with the said accident, an FIR bearing no. 170