Domestic violence is prohibited under S.4 of the Domestic Violence Act 2010. The law provides for different stake holders I.e the Local Council court, the police, the family and children court and it also provides for Appeals under the supporting regulations of 2011.
Allowing local council courts to entertain matters of Domestic violence is actually enabling the victims to access justice with ease.
The problem is that many cases of domestic violence are never reported by the victims for fear of being evicted from their matrimonial homes. The majority of the victims are women whereas it is also true that men also suffer from this vice.
Similarly, making these complaints has been made difficult by the restrictions on public transport and public gatherings due to COVID 19
I am of the considered opinion that the said stakeholders like the police and the L.C courts with the necessary jurisdiction to handle these cases do not only stop at waiting to receive complaints from the communities but also reach out to them for detection of any cases of domestic violence.
In addition, we need to do more to engage the communities of the danger of domestic violence and further reach out to the above mentioned stake holders.
We need to obtain contacts of the different O.C C.I.Ds and the local council chairpersons whom we can directly engage on the progress and handling of those complaints in there areas if any.
With the introduction of the socialweb, situational room and the call centre by LASPNET, it is a big step towards asisting the victims of domestic violence to Access justice.
Domestic violence is prohibited under S.4 of the Domestic Violence Act 2010. The law provides for different stake holders I.e the Local Council court, the police, the family and children court and it also provides for Appeals under the supporting regulations of 2011.
Allowing local council courts to entertain matters of Domestic violence is actually enabling the victims to access justice with ease.
The problem is that many cases of domestic violence are never reported by the victims for fear of being evicted from their matrimonial homes. The majority of the victims are women whereas it is also true that men also suffer from this vice.
Similarly, making these complaints has been made difficult by the restrictions on public transport and public gatherings due to COVID 19
I am of the considered opinion that the said stakeholders like the police and the L.C courts with the necessary jurisdiction to handle these cases do not only stop at waiting to receive complaints from the communities but also reach out to them for detection of any cases of domestic violence.
In addition, we need to do more to engage the communities of the danger of domestic violence and further reach out to the above mentioned stake holders.
We need to obtain contacts of the different O.C C.I.Ds and the local council chairpersons whom we can directly engage on the progress and handling of those complaints in there areas if any.
With the introduction of the socialweb, situational room and the call centre by LASPNET, it is a big step towards asisting the victims of domestic violence to Access justice.
