# Supreme Court orders Ghaziabad hospitals to pay Rs 12 lakh 2026-08-07T10:06:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court on Friday directed two Ghaziabad hospitals to pay a total of Rs 12 lakh to the father of a four-year-old rape victim who died after allegedly being denied treatment. St Joseph Hospital must pay Rs 10 lakh and Khajan Singh Mannvi Health Care Rs 2 lakh within four weeks, the court said. The order followed an apex court-appointed SIT report stating that the bleeding child remained alive for nearly five hours and that the hospitals denied her medical care. The court also said it would frame guidelines for hospitals and law enforcement agencies handling victims of grave offences. It had earlier criticised Ghaziabad Police over its alleged reluctance to register an FIR and investigate the case. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: Ghaziabad, hospitals, police investigation, sexual violence, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sc-orders-ghaziabad-hospitals-to-pay-rs-12-lakh-to-rape-victims-family/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sc-orders-ghaziabad-hospitals-to-pay-rs-12-lakh-to-rape-victims-family/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.