A bill to provide statutory cover to family courts set up in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland and retrospectively validating all actions taken by them was passed by Parliament on Thursday.
The Rajya Sabha passed the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022 by a voice vote amid sloganeering by Opposition, led by Congress members who alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate by the government. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill last week.
The Family Courts (Amendment) Bill seeks to insert a provision in sub-section 3 of section 1 to provide for the establishment of family courts in Himachal Pradesh with effect from February 15, 2019 and in Nagaland with effect from September 12, 2008.
The bill also seeks to insert a new section 3A to retrospectively validate all actions under the act taken by the governments and family courts of Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
Two family courts were established in Nagaland in 2008 and three in Himachal Pradesh in 2019 through notifications issued by the respective state governments.