Women Commissions mega adalat held

KOCHI: It seems that all is not well with the fair sex. The Women Commission ‘mega adalat’ conducted on Friday analysed that the number of complaints lodged by women in the mega adalat is surging. To add to the woes, the lack of proper intervention from the authorities concerned, especially police, has literally deprived women of justice which they are entitled to.A hostile workplace is another major problem encountered by women, said State Women Commission member Nurubina Rasheed “The problems encountered by women at workplace are drastically increasing. Complaints seeking justice in this regard have become a routine in such adalats. The Women’s Commission will strongly intervene against the increasing perils on women,” she said.Nurubina said that molestation cases against women have also not showed any signs of decline. “In this adalat, I came across a case where a deaf and dumb woman was constantly molested both physically and mentally. Shockingly, the culprit was also physically abusing her mother. We have forwarded this case to Inspector General of Police R Sreelekha. She said that owing to such harassment, the traumas experienced by the women are tremendous and needs proper treatment and counselling. “This adalat also had cases of traumatised women and we will present one such case before the magistrate and will make every effort to provide the victim all medical help,” she said.Nurubina said that the society is the real villain as they are not willing to lend a helping hand. “The society can be held responsible to an extend. The victims are groping in the darkness as they did not know where to go on such occasions. The victims and their families are not ready to open up as the society is reluctant to offer timely help,” she said.Besides, police officials often show cold shoulder to such grave issues. “Loads of complaints are lodging saying that the police are ducking their responsibility at a time when their help is needed badly,” she said.About 60 cases were registered in the Women’s Commission mega adalat, of which 13 cases have been resolved. Rest of the 20 cases were postponed to the adalat to be convened soon. Eight cases will be forwarded to full bench. P A Raziya, P R Shaji, Shimi Sadiq, Anjali Cyrus were the other panel advocates in the adalat.