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Supreme Court: Cases of giving acid to women due to domestic violence are increasing. The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over this. The court has sent a notice to the Center and all the states and sought a reply within four weeks. Acid survivor Shaheen Malik has filed a petition demanding special law and compensation.
Supreme Court News: You might have seen and heard many times the incidents of throwing acid on women due to domestic violence, but this time the matter is different. A courageous woman, herself an acid victim, has reached the Supreme Court. They have filed a petition demanding that a separate and clear law be made for the increasing cases of women being given acid during domestic violence.
He says that there is no provision for compensation for such victims in the law made in 2016. Incidents of acid attacks are seen frequently. Many guidelines have also been issued in the Supreme Court regarding these. But now the incident of giving acid has come to light. Regarding which the Supreme Court has expressed concern.
Supreme Court asked for answer in four weeks
Along with this, the Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over this demand and has issued a notice to all the states including the Central Government and sought their reply within four weeks. Let us tell you, Shaheen Malik’s story is painful but his courage inspires. In 2009, she was 26 years old and was pursuing MBA in Delhi. Meanwhile, an attacker threw acid on him outside his office.
After this he underwent 25 reconstructive surgeries but his case is still in limbo. This case is pending in Rohini court for 16 years. During the hearing in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Jyomlaya Bagchi called this delay a national shame. The CJI clearly said that the acid attack accused do not deserve any sympathy and the system should take strict action in such cases.
Demand for better law for acid survivors
But this time Shaheen expressed her and other victims’ plight in the court. He told that apart from throwing acid, now women are being forcibly made to drink acid in cases of domestic violence. Due to this, the victims are forced to live on artificial feeding tubes, suffer from severe disability and due to their wounds not being visible, they hardly get socio-legal help.
Shaheen’s petition aims to refer acid attack survivors under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (RPwD Act), which grants disability status to acid attack victims. The Act makes it possible for acid victims to obtain disability certificates, get reservation in government jobs and claim benefits like education, health care and skill development.
Daily hearing in such cases
The Supreme Court said that such cases should be heard on a daily basis so that justice is not delayed. Shaheen Malik, who now runs the Brave Souls Foundation, provides shelter counseling and legal aid to acid victims. Her fight is not just for her own justice but for every woman in the country who is a victim of such crimes.
