The court ordered the money to be transferred to the J&K State Legal Services Authority for disbursement of funds to the victims/families of the deceased victims of sexual violence.
The Supreme Court set aside the orders given by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and Jammu and Kashmir High Court which held that one of the accused in the Kathua rape-murder case was a juvenile. The Apex Court has directed that the accused Shubham Sangra should be tried as an adult. A bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice JB Pardiwala allowed the appeal
"We welcome the judgement of the Supreme Court, and we are hopeful that we will finally get complete justice as Shubam Sangra is the main accused in the case," the girl's family said.