Vivek Gupta’s Zero Hour Mention about delay of justice for rape victims

Sir, recently the country observed the third anniversary of the Nirbhaya rape case. But still, we are sorry to say, that lack of forensic infrastructure is causing inordinate delay in getting justice to all women who have been raped or physically abused.

Sir, newspaper reports suggest that it is so glaring that the Government is not even able to come up with proofs in the fast-track courts. As an illustration, the national capital itself, between 11 police districts in the city, there are only two forensic laboratories, out of which one is not functioning properly.

Even the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has expressed extreme displeasure for this sorry state of affairs. Sir, the need of the hour is to submit time-bound reports for cases as well as expanding the existing capacity of forensic laboratories in the country.

The matter needs the urgent attention of the Government because of the lives of so many victims, specially women associated with domestic violence.

The Government needs to show all the seriousness to take necessary action in this regard.

Thank you, Sir.