New Delhi, May 4 -- The Supreme Court on Monday observed that there is an inadequacy of the punishments prescribed in case of acid attacks and also held that attack survivors who suffer internal injuries, even if there is no outer disfigurement, come under the ambit of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the Central government to amend the Schedule under the Act, which excludes such victims from the ambit of provisions granting benefits.

At present, the Schedule attached with the Act defines acid attack victims as persons who get disfigured "due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar corrosive substance"; however, the bench noted th...