BigstockAt present, lower courts are operating in limited capacity during the lockdown and cannot focus on protection orders against domestic violenceThe Citizen’s Initiative against Domestic Violence (CIDV) has noticed that due to the lockdown, victims of domestic violence are not able to go to police stations to file GDs and FIRs, or go to the courts to file complaint cases. In a press release published by CIDV on April 30, the coalition made a plea to the chief justice to take necessary steps so that courts can take domestic violence cases into account and victims can file GDs and FIRs online. At present, lower courts are operating in limited capacity during the lockdown and cannot focus on protection orders against domestic violence. Moreover, the coalition urges the chief justice to instruct the relevant court to issue protection orders, residence orders, compensation orders, and safe custody orders for victims on an emergency basis under the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010. The alliance is appealing to the government to take initiative to file complaints, including filing GDs and FIRs online, at the police station.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2020 12:11 UTC