26/11 Attack Youngest Survivor Moves Court Seeking House From Government
NDTV
This is the second time that the youngest survivor of the 26/11 terror attacks, Devika Rotawan, now 23 years old, has approached the court.
Devika Rotawan, the youngest survivor and an eyewitness to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking allotment of residential premises after the Maharashtra government rejected her plea for it.
This is the second time that Ms Rotawan, now 23 years old, has approached the court. In 2020, she had filed a similar petition. In October 2020, the high court had directed the Maharashtra government to consider her plea and pass appropriate orders.
In her fresh plea filed last month, Ms Rotawan said the government had rejected her representation, following which she was constrained to file a second petition in the high court.
On Thursday, when the petition came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and M S Karnik, additional government pleader Jyoti Chavan, who appeared for the Maharashtra government, said that pursuant to the October 2020 order, a compensation of Rs 13.26 lakh was handed over to Ms Rotawan on compassionate grounds.
