Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
NDTV
The top court was hearing a PIL filed by an unregistered organisation, "We The Women of India" seeking adequate infrastructure under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat issued notices to the Union of India, Ministry of Women & Child Development and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and sought their response by December 6.
"As of now we will issue notice to respondents 1 to 3. We are not issuing notice to states else it will become a jamboree. We will then put the case in the basket of Central government for monitoring," the court said.
The top court was hearing a PIL filed by an unregistered organisation, "We The Women of India" seeking adequate infrastructure under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them post lodging of complaints against husbands and in laws.
