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DELHI: A trial court has suggested that the Delhi government should
frame guidelines for regulating placement agencies supplying domestic
help to curb instances of registration of false rape cases.
This observation was made by additional sessions judge Nivedita Anil Sharma while acquitting an 82 -year-old resident of the charge of raping his maid.
The court said the case at hand is a "living example" of placement agency's maid raising false rape and threat allegations against her old and ailing employer only to "achieve her selfish ends of extorting money over and above her salary".
While directing that a copy of the order be sent to secretaries of Union ministry of law and justice and the Delhi government, chairpersons of National Commission for Women and Delhi Commission for Women and commissioner and additional commissioner(West) of Delhi Police for information purpose, the court said, "In my considered view, it is time that we as a civil society stand up not to only protect, shelter and rehabilitate a victim of rape but also to protect and shelter an accused against whom false allegations of rape have been leveled."
The court noted that it was informed there are no laws, policies or rules to regulate placement agencies which supply maids and servants. "It is required that some regulatory law or policy is made by the government and police so that there can be check on the placement agencies and it is made compulsory that police verification of the maids and servants is done before they take up employment," it said.
This observation was made by additional sessions judge Nivedita Anil Sharma while acquitting an 82 -year-old resident of the charge of raping his maid.
The court said the case at hand is a "living example" of placement agency's maid raising false rape and threat allegations against her old and ailing employer only to "achieve her selfish ends of extorting money over and above her salary".
While directing that a copy of the order be sent to secretaries of Union ministry of law and justice and the Delhi government, chairpersons of National Commission for Women and Delhi Commission for Women and commissioner and additional commissioner(West) of Delhi Police for information purpose, the court said, "In my considered view, it is time that we as a civil society stand up not to only protect, shelter and rehabilitate a victim of rape but also to protect and shelter an accused against whom false allegations of rape have been leveled."
The court noted that it was informed there are no laws, policies or rules to regulate placement agencies which supply maids and servants. "It is required that some regulatory law or policy is made by the government and police so that there can be check on the placement agencies and it is made compulsory that police verification of the maids and servants is done before they take up employment," it said.
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