Summary:
According to a 2013 collaborative NGO study titled Zero Traffic: Eliminating Sex Trafficking in India, nearly half of India's trafficking victims reported that their families live on less than Rs. In Shefali's case in 2013, the trial judge did not award compensation.In 2014, Shefali assisted by IJM filed a High Court petition to overturn this judgment. 66 a day.In 2012, the government mandated that each state set up a compensation fund for sex trafficking victims, but the order for compensation is only given at the discretion of the judge. The High Court directed the State Legal Service Authority responsible for dispensing compensation to look into Shefali's case, and on July 22 2016, the final order confirmed that Shefali will receive 30,000 rupees. "This is the first time ever that the Calcutta High Court passed an order overturning the trial court's judgment and granting a trafficked victim compensation," said Marie Riba, advocate who provided legal counsel to Shefali..