The Supreme Court is scheduled to initiate the hearing of a PIL on July 3. The PIL is filed for seeking formation of guidelines to deal with suicide by married men subjected to domestic violence and the constitution of a ‘National Commission for Men’ to protect their interests.
The Apex Court website said that a bench of two-judges, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Datta has listed the PIL to hear on Monday (July 3).
Advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari filed the plea referring the data published in National Crime Records Bureau on accidental deaths in 2021 in India. The data said that around 1,64,033 people died by suicide in the country in 2021. Out of this death figures, 81,063 were married men, while 28,680 were married women, the petition highlighted it.
The plea also said indicating to the data of the NCRB, “Around 33.2 percent of men ended their lives because of family problems and 4.8 percent due to marriage-related issues in 2021. In this year, a total of 1,18,979 men who died by suicide which is about (72 percent) and a total of 45,026 women died which is about 27 percent.”
The petition has also sought direction from the National Human Rights Commission in order to deal with the matter of committing suicide by married men and accept the men’s complaints of domestic violence.
The petition also said,” 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.”
It further stated, “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 problems and marriage-related issues and make necessary reports in order to constitute a forum like National Commission for Men.”
Source: https://www.siasat.com/sc-to-hear-pil-for-setting-up-of-national-commission-for-men-2628006/
