The district committee of the National Trust has ruled on paying compensation to an intellectually challenged woman in Kozhikode, clarifying the property rules in connection with the differently abled. A complaint that came up during a recent hearing of the Trust stated that the nephew of an intellectually challenged woman had sold 60 cents of land, which was their ancestral property, in which the woman and her elderly sister too had a stake. The nephew purchased 10 cents of land in the name of the woman, but did not pay the remainder of the amount that was her due.
The National Trust committee conducted an investigation into the issue and found that the intellectually challenged woman was eligible to get a sum of ₹43 lakh. A fine of ₹10 lakh was added to it and the nephew was asked to make a payment of ₹53 lakh as a fixed deposit in her name with a lien marked on National Trust. “Now the fixed deposit cannot be utilised for 10 years without the consent of the National Trust and the differently abled woman can live on its interest,” said P. Sikander, District Convenor of the Trust. The National Trust committee is a quasi-judiciary committee that offers security to life and property of the intellectually challenged individuals under the National Trust Act, 1999.
