{"id":2806,"date":"2025-04-04T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/probharatnews.com\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T09:06:30","slug":"high-court-seeks-personal-appearance-of-social-welfare-director-over-shelter-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/probharatnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/high-court-seeks-personal-appearance-of-social-welfare-director-over-shelter-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"High Court Seeks Personal Appearance of Social Welfare Director Over Shelter Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>High Court<\/strong> has directed the <strong>Director of the Social Welfare Department<\/strong> to appear in person if a <strong>detailed affidavit<\/strong> regarding the establishment of <strong>shelter homes for destitute women<\/strong> across Jammu and Kashmir is not submitted by the next hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>Division Bench<\/strong> comprising <strong>Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan<\/strong> and <strong>Justice M.A. Chowdhary<\/strong> issued the order while hearing a <strong>Public Interest Litigation (PIL)<\/strong> filed by <em>Mehram Women Cell Kashmir<\/em>. The petition seeks the <strong>implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005<\/strong>, which mandates the establishment of shelter homes for women in distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the court had granted the <strong>government four weeks<\/strong> to respond to concerns raised by the petitioner over an <strong>\u201cinadequate\u201d status report<\/strong> submitted by the authorities. However, the required <strong>detailed affidavit<\/strong> had not been filed by the given deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the latest hearing, the <strong>court reiterated its directive<\/strong>, warning that failure to comply would require the <strong>Director of Social Welfare to be present in person<\/strong> on the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Faheem Nissar Shah, GA, seeks and is granted further one week\u2019s time as a final opportunity, failing which the Director of Social Welfare shall appear in person on the next date of hearing. List again on 16-04-2025,&#8221;<\/em> the Division Bench ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case underscores the urgency of ensuring adequate <strong>infrastructure and resources<\/strong> for implementing the <strong>Domestic Violence Act, 2005<\/strong>, across Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court has directed the Director of the Social Welfare Department to appear in person if a detailed affidavit regarding the establishment of shelter homes for destitute women across Jammu and Kashmir is not submitted by the next hearing. 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