Ex-Justice Kathawalla writes to child rights panel against woman belting her children
Ex-Justice Kathawalla writes to child rights panel against woman belting her children
Former Justice SJ Kathawalla, who retired from the Bombay High Court in 2022, has written a letter to the Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR), requesting immediate intervention in a case where a mother was seen brutally beating her two minor children with a belt.
The woman, a resident of a Mumbai suburb, is seen threatening the children and beating them with a belt in videos that have been widely shared. The children can be heard crying out loud in those videos while no one comes to their help.
"I am forwarding three video clips which I have just come across. It can be seen from the said video clips that two minor, innocent, and helpless children are being mercilessly beaten up and tortured by a lady who appears to be their mother. The video clips show that the mother is not only repeatedly belting the minors on more than one occasion, but she is using abusive language and has gone to the extent of saying that she will strip her daughter and beat her up, and that she can do anything to her children. She has almost threatened to kill them," stated Justice Kathawalla in the letter sent on July 1.
"I am of the view that it is dangerous to keep the children in her company even for a minute and that the minors should be shifted to a home where they are taken care of and fully protected," Justice Kathawalla added.
The letter informs the Chairperson about the details of the woman and requests the Commission to inquire and "take necessary action in the matter at the earliest."
Justice Kathawalla even offered to help in whatever way he could, stating, "In case any assistance is required from my side, including extending assistance in shifting the children to a safe environment, please feel free to contact me."
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