Srinagar, July 16 -- A division bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal closed the proceedings in the PIL after hearing submissions by senior AAG and counsel representing the petitioner organization-Mehram Women's Cell Kashmir.

Among others, the organisation in its plea filed in 2022 highlighted absence of shelter homes, ill-equipped shelter homes, lack of awareness to the provisions of the Act, insensitivity towards the domestic violence cases, unqualified Protection Officers as also no training programs being conducted by the authorities.

Senior AAG, Abdul Rashid Malik submitted that in Jammu and Kashmir, Child Development Protection Officers (CDPOs) have been designated as Protection Officers vide SRO 427 of 2015 ...