Today, the Supreme Court of India rejected a petition challenging the orders of the Allahabad High Court giving jobs to the family members of the Victim. The plea comes before the bench of  Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala

Additional Advocate General of UP Garima Prashad told the bench that the State is ready to relocate the family, but "they want Noida or Ghaziabad or Delhi". Whether the elder married brother could be regarded as a "dependent" of the victim was a question of law to be considered, the AAG added.

The plea also challenges the orders to relocate the family. 

"These are facilities provided to the family. We should not interfere. State should not come up in these matters", CJI DY Chandrachud told the AAG.

"In the facts and circumstances of the present case, we are not inclined to entertain the special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution", the bench dictated the order.

When the AAG requested that the question of law be kept open, CJI pointed out that the order has specified that it is passed in the special facts and circumstances of the case.

Case History:

Last year, the High Court has directed UP Government to consider giving employment to one of the family members of the victim under the Government or Government Undertaking commensurate with the qualification possessed by them. The High Court also took into account the fact that the majority of the population in the village belongs to the upper castes and it is stated that the family is always targeted by other villagers and even after being under the security of CRPF whenever the family members go out, they are subjected to abuse and objectionable comments in the village. In this backdrop, the Court directed the State to relocate the family elsewhere within the state.

Case Title - State of UP vs R Father of Victim