The unending trauma of victims of acid attacks should provoke the conscience of the entire country, but this atrocity remains on the fringes of social discussion because of low media visibility. It is welcome, therefore, that the Supreme Court has taken up the matter again and asked the Union government to explore stronger punishments for perpetrators. For victims, it has asked for enhanced compensation and relief under the disabilities law and advocated a stricter regime of acid sales.

Such is the impact of acid throwing that nothing could adequately do justice to victims. Shaheen Malik, who suffered a disfiguring acid attack, took the commendable decision to approach the court.

In a case similar to hers, Justices S. R. Bhannurmath and Subhash B. Adi on a........

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