Perturbed with the rising number of cases of violence against women, the Jharkhand State legal Services Authority (JHAlSA) is scheduled to hold two-day training programme for around 1100 lawyers empanelled with various district legal services authorities (DlSAs) in the State on September 19-20 in Jamshedpur.
The Authority is holding the programme to equip the lawyers to fight the violence against women cases in association with lawyer’s Collective Women’s Rights Initiative (lCWRI), a Delhi-based organisation.
According to official records, as many as 9143 dowry related cases are pending in various courts in the State with Dhanbad topping the list with 1315 cases.
Incidentally, Dhanbad also tops the list of cases related to domestic violence with 149, followed by Jamtara (54), Hazaribagh (42) and Jamshedpur (19). Around 357 cases related to domestic violence are pending in the State.
JHAlSA Executive Chairman Justice D N Patel said that during the two-day deliberations experts will discuss the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA) and how could it be effectively implemented in the State. They will also debate the role and responsibilities of the police, shelter homes and court and how can the lawyers use the different stakeholders for executing the law.
Principal Judicial Commissioner, Ranchi, A V Singh will present a paper on the status of implementation of PWDV Act in the State, while Vaheshwari Deswal, Asst Professor, law faculty, Delhi University will deliberate on the changes in criminal law brought after Nirbhaya.