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Crime against women at appalling levels
Incidents of kidnapping and sexual assaults on girls and women point to the “appalling levels” of crime in the country though there is an improvement in some of the indicators that reflect women’s empowerment, according to the second volume of the Economic Survey 2016-17 released on Friday.
New Delhi: Incidents of kidnapping and sexual assaults on girls and women point to the “appalling levels” of crime in the country though there is an improvement in some of the indicators that reflect women’s empowerment, according to the second volume of the Economic Survey 2016-17 released on Friday.
It pointed to major roadblocks to empowerment and freedom for women, who constitute around 50 per cent of India’s population. The Survey, tabled in Parliament on Friday, said the growing number of crimes, including kidnapping, sexual assaults on girls and women, has reached appalling levels and the insecurity women have to face in public spaces has increased.
To address the issue, the Survey felt that redressal through the judicial system for the rights of women requires a quantum improvement in delivery of justice.
“This needs to go beyond the setting up of special courts/tribunals to fast-track judgments through a system that monitors performance and outcomes,” the Survey authored by Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said.
To monitor performance and outcomes of the cases, indicators such as time taken to deliver judgment from the initial date of filing of an FIR, petition, etc, number of days to deliver verdict and implement the judgement in full, should be adopted.
Besides, the number of appeals filed after the initial judgment, the time taken for finalising the same and the number of adjournments before a matter is listed for final hearing should be taken into account, the Survey suggested.
