The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to pay the financial assistance arrears to a Sattur woman, who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at a government hospital in December, 2018. The woman was pregnant at that time.A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel directed the government to pay the arrears to the woman and file a report. The court was hearing a batch of public interest litigation petitions that had sought a direction to the government to provide adequate compensation to the woman.Earlier, the court had directed the State to pay a compensation of ₹25 lakh and provide her a government job. Subsequently, the court had directed the State to provide monthly financial assistance of ₹7,500 to the woman taking into account the fact that she had to spend at least ₹250 to ₹300 on nutrition per day.Apart from issuing the compensation amount, the State government had constructed a house for the woman and she was also provided a two-wheeler on the orders of the court.The monthly government assistance was given to the woman initially, but it was stopped after some time.The batch of PIL petitions had also sought a direction to monitor blood banks in the State. The woman tested HIV positive after the blood of a donor was given to her at Sattur GH. She delivered a baby girl in January 2019. The baby tested HIV negative.The matter was posted under the caption ‘for reporting compliance’. The batch of petitions was adjourned till September 17. Published - September 02, 2026 10:09 pm IST