Upholding Rajasthan government's decision to give variable compensation to rape victims, the Supreme Court has ruled that Prime Minister and Chief Ministers have the discretion to disburse amounts from relief funds to victims of calamities and crime. The apex court, however, added that such discretion is not unfettered as governments cannot act on whims and fancies. A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik quashed a Rajasthan High Court judgement which had ruled that a Chief Minister cannot grant compensation from his relief fund in an arbitrary manner to rape victims and the compensation must be uniform. The judgement said, the disbursal of relief amount is purely ex-gratia at the discretion of the Chief Minister. The apex court passed the judgement while upholding an appeal filed by the Rajasthan Government challenging the High Court's direction.