Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday appealed to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states to create more family courts in the country to settle matrimonial disputes amicably.
"I would appeal to the Prime Minister and I am thinking to write to all Chief Ministers to facilitate the creation of family courts in all districts in the country," Justice Balakrishnan said. Inaugurating the first family court of the capital at Dwarka district courts premises in New Delhi, he stressed that marriages should be protected like an institution. "We should work together to bring a change in society. Marriage is institution which should be protected," Justice Balakrishnan said. Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah, who was also present with other Judges, said that as many as 15 family courts would be set up across the capital by July. The matter would be taken up with the Government to create a total of 35 such courts as required in the capital, he said. The idea of family court was conceptualised in the Family Courts Act 1984, which mandated that all sorts of matrimonial disputes including custody battle of children should be settled amicably.
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