Supreme Court Imposes Costs On States & UTs For Failing To File Affidavit On Effective Implementation of Domestic Violence Act
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Supreme Court Imposes Costs On States & UTs For Failing To File Affidavit On Effective Implementation of Domestic Violence Act

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The Supreme Court on February 18 imposed a cost of Rs.5,000 on States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep for failing to file a status report on the effective implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Based on the population of each district and the average number of complaints/ inquiries related to domestic violence, a requisite number of protection officers holding independent charge shall be appointed by the State Government/ UT. A panel of lawyers of District and State Legal Service Authorities to provide free legal aid/ services to the aggrieved women shall made available with each protection officer and the concerned Magistrate Court/ Police Station. An empirical study throughout the States/ UTs shall be conducted by the Central Government to understand need of each district in terms of having minimum number of protection officers, shelter homes and medical facilities, etc.

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Supreme Court Imposes Costs On States & UTs For Failing To File Affidavit On Effective Implementation of Domestic Violence Act
Trending News
1 month ago

Supreme Court Imposes Costs On States & UTs For Failing To File Affidavit On Effective Implementation of Domestic Violence Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on February 18 imposed a cost of Rs.5,000 on States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal, Assam and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep for failing to file a status report on the effective implementation of the Protection …

Supreme Court Directs States/UTs To File Report On Suggestions Given By Petitioner For Effective Implementation Of Domestic Violence Act
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Directs States/UTs To File Report On Suggestions Given By Petitioner For Effective Implementation Of Domestic Violence Act

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed the States and Union Territories to file a status report in response to the suggestions filed by the petitioner 'We The Women of India', a non-governmental organisation, for the effective implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Essentially, Gupta on the previous hearing had informed the Court that the "assistance network" …

Supreme Court intrigued by the lack of ‘protection officers’ for domestic violence cases
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court intrigued by the lack of ‘protection officers’ for domestic violence cases

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has sought more information from the government about Mission Shakti, an umbrella scheme for the safety, security, and empowerment of women, intrigued by a possible chronic shortage in protection officers to deal with domestic violence cases. Though most of these districts have ‘one-stop centres’, established under Mission Shakti, to receive victims, there is still a lack of …

Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court Asks Union To Hold Meeting With States/UTs To Address Inadequacy Of Protection Officers
2 years, 1 month ago

Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court Asks Union To Hold Meeting With States/UTs To Address Inadequacy Of Protection Officers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Friday, directed the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to convene a meeting with the Principal Secretaries of all States and Union Territories to, inter alia, look into the issue of inadequacy of Protection Officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The Apex Court was hearing a petition …

Centre Should Allocate Funds To Implement Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Centre Should Allocate Funds To Implement Domestic Violence Act : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Central Government cannot leave the implementation of the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act 2005 to the States alone and should bear the responsibility of allocating funds for the enforcement of the rights under the Act.A bench comprising Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha was hearing a PIL filed …

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