A petition has been filed today in the Supreme Court seeking guidelines to deal with suicide by married males subjected to domestic violence and the ‘National Commission for Men’.
The plea filed by advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari cited the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data published in 2021 on accidental deaths in India that claimed 1,64,033 people died by suicide across the country in that year.
The petition said that out of these, 81,063 people who ended their lives were married men, while 28,680 were married women.
The plea said while referring to data provided by the NCRB “Around 33.2 percent of men ended their lives because of family problems and 4.8 percent due to marriage-related issues in the year 2021. In this year a total of 1,18,979 men have committed suicides which is about (72 percent) and a total of 45,026 women have committed suicides which is about 27 percent.”
The petition has also sought direction from the National Human Rights Commission to deal with the issue of suicide by married men and accept the complaints of men suffering domestic violence.
Issue direction to the respondent no.1 (Union of India) to issue proper guidelines through the Ministry of Home Affairs to the police authority/ Station House Officer of every Police Station to accept/receive the complaint of victims of domestic violence or those who are under stress due to the family problems and marriage related issues and refer the same to the State Human Right Commission for its proper disposal, till the proper legislation is enacted by the Government of India.
The plea said that “Issue a direction/ recommendation to the Law Commission of India to carry out research on the issue of suicides of married men who are suffering from domestic violence or under family problem and marriage related issues and make necessary report in order to constitute a forum like National Commission for Men.”
