The Court observed that the petition portrayed a one-sided picture, that criminal law takes care of such situations and that people were not remediless.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the creation of a National Commission for Men to look into suicides among married men [Mahesh Tiwari v. Union of India].
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta opined that the petition portrayed a one-sided picture.
“No question of misplaced sympathy for anyone. You just want to portray a one-sided picture. Can you give us data of young girls dying soon after marriage?” the Bench queried.
The Court added that criminal law takes care of such situations and people were not remediless.
“Nobody wants to commit suicide, it depends on facts of individual case. Criminal law takes care, not remediless.”
The petition had sought the framing of guidelines for married men mulling suicide after being subjected to domestic violence.
Pertinently, the petitioner-in-person, Advocate Mahesh Kumar Tiwari, prayed for the Central government to create a National Commission for Men in this regard. Also sought were directions to the National Human Rights Commission to look into suicides of and domestic violence against married men.
Tiwari had prayed that the Law Commission of India should study the issue and prepare a report for the creation of the said Commission.
The petitioner relied on National Crime Records Bureau data to show incidents of suicide among married men, arising out of marital stress.
Therefore, the police should accept complaints filed by men in this regard, and refer the same to State Human Rights Commissions till a law is in place, the plea stated.
