Lok Sabha Question No. 3398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-01
Subject: Domestic Violence
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3398

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01 ST  JANUARY, 2019/ PAUSHA 11, 1940 (SAKA)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

†3398.     SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of cases registered under Domestic Violence Act during the last three years, State-wise;

- (b) whether any delay has taken place while disposing of these cases; and
- (c) if so, the steps taken by the Government to remove this delay?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a): As per the latest available information published by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), State/UT-wise details  of  cases  registered  under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 during 20142016 are given at Annexure-I. The latest data pertains to the year 2016.

(b) & (c): 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection of life and property of the citizens rest primarily with the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to  deal  with  such  offences  under  the  extant  provisions  of  laws.    State Government/UT Administrations are responsible for implementation of the

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDA), 2005. However, the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  had  issued  a  detailed  advisory  on  4th September, 2009 to all the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations wherein all the States/UTs have been advised to explore the  possibility  of  associating  NGOs  working  in  the  area  of  combating crimes against women and also that all police stations may be directed to display  the  name  and  other  details  of  protection  officers  of  the  area appointed  under  the  Domestic  Violence  Act,  2005.  This  Advisory  is  also available on http://mha.gov.in.

Further, a letter from Minister, Women & Child Development was written on 12th July, 2018 to Chief Minister of all State Governments/UTs to appoint sufficient number  of Protection Officers having independent  charge, allocate  separate  budget  for  smooth  functioning  of  Protection  Officers (PO),  providing  support  to  survivors,  training  capacity  building  of  Police, Judiciary, Medical Officer, service providers and for creating  mass awareness.

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## State/UT-wise cases registered under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 during 2014-2016

| Sl.   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-------|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 3     | Assam             |      1 |      0 |      2 |
| 4     | Bihar             |    112 |    161 |    171 |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      |      0 |      2 |      3 |
| 6     | Goa               |      2 |      0 |      0 |
| 7     | Gujarat           |      2 |      2 |      0 |
| 8     | Haryana           |      4 |     11 |     10 |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  |      5 |     15 |     11 |
| 10    | Jammu & Kashmir   |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 11    | Jharkhand         |      5 |      0 |      0 |
| 12    | Karnataka         |      0 |      1 |      0 |
| 13    | Kerala            |    140 |    132 |    111 |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    |     53 |     91 |     90 |
| 15    | Maharashtra       |      4 |      8 |      2 |
| 16    | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 17    | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 18    | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 19    | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 20    | Odisha            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 21    | Punjab            |      2 |      2 |      2 |
| 22    | Rajasthan         |     17 |     14 |      4 |
| 23    | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 24    | Tamil Nadu        |      4 |      4 |      0 |
| 25    | Telangana         |      1 |      6 |      1 |
| 26    | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 27    | Uttar Pradesh     |     66 |      4 |     23 |
| 28    | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |      1 |
| 29    | West Bengal       |      1 |      2 |      5 |
|       | TOTAL STATE(S)    |    419 |    455 |    436 |
| 30    | A & N Islands     |      0 |      2 |      0 |
| 31    | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 32    | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 33    | Daman & Diu       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 34    | Delhi UT          |      7 |      4 |      1 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 36    | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|       | TOTAL UT(S)       |      7 |      6 |      1 |
|       | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |    426 |    461 |    437 |

Source: Crime in India