A deterring court ruling by Judge Aridi in a clear case of domestic violence

Another case of domestic violence assault forged its way to justice by virtue of Law No. 293 to protect women and other family members from domestic violence. The Judge for matters of special urgency in the Beqaa town of Jeb Janeen, Judge Fadi Aridi issued a brave ruling in yet another physical and emotional domestic violence case following a grievance filed by a woman asking for protection from her father-in-law who reportedly forced her out of her house after her husband’s death. When she moved to another place with her two minor kids, he again kicked her out after beating her and her children on the pretext that both homes were officially his as they were built on his own property. However, it is to be noted that the battered party and her deceased husband have actually paid for the construction of both houses. Based on these facts, Judge Aridi, and in accordance with the Law, issued a verdict that requires the following: 1) that the defendant halts immediately and indefinitely all kinds of abuse or aggression against the plaintiff and her children; 2) that the defendant allows the plaintiff to reintegrates maternal house and settles there with her underage children; 3) that the defendant instantly pays the assaulted party LBP one million as compensation for the costs of treatment for her and the two children required as a result of being subjugated to violence, and finally, 4) that the defendant and by virtue of Article 20 of the Law 293 undergoes voluntarily and at his own expenses twenty sessions of rehabilitation at KAFA rehabilitation center. Upon completion of the treatment, he is required to submit a full report to the court so as to allow it to take the appropriate decision. (An Nahar, 12 May 2015)