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Section 357A(4) of CrPC is a substantive provision; victims entitled to compensation even for crimes that occurred prior to its enactment: Kerala High Court

In a latest, landmark, learned and laudable judgment titled District Collector Alappuzha v. District Legal Service Authority, Alappuzha and others in WP (C) No. 7250 of 2014 (E) delivered just recently on December 22, 2020, the Kerala High Court has held that the provisions in Section 357A(1)(4)&(5) CrPC are substantive in character and the victims…

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