The State Commission for Women (SCW) has received a total of 1,430 cases relating to domestic violence, dowry torture, divorce and sexual assault this year till date, informed Women and Child Welfare Miniser Prafulla Samal in the Assembly in response to a question of Congress MlA Kailash Chandra Kulesika.
Out of these, only 230 cases have been disposed of and the rest 1,200 cases are pending for disposal. The SCW has registered 14 cases on its own.
Out of 675 domestic violence cases received, 132 have been disposed of and 543 are pending for disposal. Similarly, 707 dowry torture cases were received and, of them, only 93 has been finalised and 614 are pending. All four divorce cases have been disposed of. Out of 44 rape allegations deceived so far, five cases have been disposed of and the rest 39 are pending for disposal.