India, Dec. 31 -- The Bombay High Court recently directed the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) to assist a rape survivor in finding a job under the compensation scheme for survivors of sexual assault. The court also noted the state's decision to grant her a compensation of Rs.4 lakh.

A division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing a petition filed by a Ludhiana based woman, who had sought compensation, after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man in 2023. The woman claimed to have befriended the man on Instagram, after which he invited her to Mumbai promising her a job.

The man allegedly told the woman that he has contacts in Bollywood and booked her flights to Mumbai...