Supreme Court: On July 3, Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to set up National Commission for Men. The setting up of this commission is aimed at dealing with suicide by married males who are subjected to domestic violence. A bench comprising of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta will hear the plea on Monday. The plea was filed by advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari to highlight violence faced by married men and give them a platform to voice their complaints.
Increasing cases of domestic violence against Men
According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data published in 2021 out of 1,64,033 people who died by suicide 81,063 were married men while 28,680 were married women. Mahesh Tiwari cited the data in his PIL. The plea said “Around 33.2 per cent men ended their lives because of family problems and 4.8 per cent due to marriage related issues in the year 2021. In this year total 1,18,979 men have committed suicides which are about (72 per cent) and total 45,026 women have committed suicides which are about 27 per cent.”
Demands in the Plea
The plea also seeks SC to give direction to National Human Rights Commission to combat the issue of suicide by married men and hear their complaints. As per the demands in PIL the plea demands temporary issuance of framework by Ministry of Home Affairs to enable State Human Rights Commission to hear complaints until a litigation regarding this issue is introduced in Parliament.
“Issue direction to the respondent no.1 (Union of India) to issue proper guidelines through the Ministry of Home Affairs to the police authority/ Station House Officer of every Police Station to accept/ receive the complaint of victims of domestic violence or those are under stress due to family problems and marriage related issues and refer the same to the State Human Right Commission for its proper disposal, till the proper legislation is enacted by the Government of India.” the plea said.
The PIL also states “Issue a direction/ recommendation to the Law Commission of India to carry out research on the issue of suicides of married men who are suffering from domestic violence or under family problem and marriage related issues and make necessary report in order to constitute a forum like National Commission for Men.”
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