{"id":42742,"date":"2016-04-28T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T04:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42742"},"modified":"2016-04-28T10:29:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T04:59:25","slug":"gr-rape-victims-bombay-hc-warns-maha-govt-contempt-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gr-rape-victims-bombay-hc-warns-maha-govt-contempt-action","title":{"rendered":"GR on rape victims: Bombay HC warns Maha govt of contempt action"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41957\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/legal-heirs-deceased-convicts-liable-pay-fine-bombay-hc\/bombay-hc-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bombay-hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-41957 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GR on rape victims: Bombay HC warns Maha govt of contempt action\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/bombay-hc.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GR on rape victims: Bombay HC warns Maha govt of contempt action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court today warned the\u00a0Maharashtra government of contempt action if it fails to issue a resolution directing private hospitals to treat victims of sexual harassment, acid attack and rape free of cost.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of justices A S Oka and P D Naik which was hearing a bunch of petitions on the issue of womens&#8217; safety was informed by petitioner counsel Rajeev Chavan that the government had during earlier hearings in principle agreed to issue a resolution but has till date not done so.<\/p>\n<p>By the said decision, private hospitals will have to treat women who have been victim of rape or any sexual offence and the bill will be footed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you (government) informed the court about this but have still not issued a government resolution then we will initiate contempt action,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench posted the petitions for further hearing on June 21 and directed the government to inform the court about the resolution and also file a compliance report on what other steps it has taken on implementation on recommendations made by the Dharmadhikari committee.<\/p>\n<p>The government had appointed the committee headed by retired Justice C S Dharmadhikari to suggest ways to curb crimes against women. The committee had, among other things, recommended a ban on dance bars, which remained open till late in the night.<\/p>\n<p>It had also suggested that vulgar activities on Facebook and other social networking sites, mobile phones and computers should be monitored and tackled urgently.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court today warned the\u00a0Maharashtra government of contempt action if it fails to issue a resolution directing private hospitals to treat victims of sexual harassment, acid attack and rape free of cost. 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