Vol – 2 | Issue – 1 | Jan – 2024
- Ahmed Mostafizur Rahman1 | Dr. Pratap Chandra Dash2
- 1Ph. D Research Scholar, Department of Legal Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University,Meghalaya. | 2Principal,BLC Cum Research Supervisor, Mahatma Gandhi University,Meghalaya
- GAS Journal of Arts Humanities & Social Sciences (GASJAHSS)
Abstract: The term, ‘ Victim’ varies in different legal, social, psychological or criminological contexts. Victims are the sufferers of moral, physical or material damage as a direct result of crime. It also includes those who have close relationship with a person who died as a result of a crime. ‘Ubi jus, ibi remedium’is the basic principle in the tort which states that there is no wrong without a remedy and the rule of law requires that wrongs should not remain un redressed. The term, ‘Compensation’ in the present time context means amends for the loss sustained. It is used in relation to a wrongful act, which causes the injury. Literally, compensation means the money or kind which is given to compensate for loss sustained by the victim of crime or by the representative of the deceased or who has suffered of pecuniary loss or non- pecuniary loss.
Keywords: Crime, Remedy, Loss, Victim, Compensation