Discriminatory
attitudes and lack of sensitisation to the dynamics of crimes involving
sexual or domestic violence leave victims without critical police aid
or redress to which they are entitled.ix The police attitude that
domestic violence is primarily of a private nature is the most
unfortunate trivialisation of a grave social evil, that too, when the
police are empowered to arrest the perpetrator without any warrant.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, was enacted
to augment women‟s immediate protection from violence through emergency
relief, including access to temporary protection order and domestic
violence shelters.
In reality, the situation, however, depicts a
complete reversal. The lawyers and activists say that due to poor
implementation of the law, women facing imminent and life threatening
violence remains hostage to police attitude. This attitude of the police
perhaps stems from its traditional legacy of „rule of lords‟, the same
as its colonial masters. This is the common bond between the police and
the feudal lords in India, which do not believe in the concept of
welfare state.
No comments:
Post a Comment