Update 20 Nov 2014: According to latest news, the marriage amendment (2010) bill which was passed during UPA regime in 2013 in Rajya Sabha is now being resurrected and hurriedly being re-introduced in Winter session of Parliament starting on 24th Nov 2014. The bill allows wife to get divorce and also lay a claim on on dear husband’s property after merely staying separately for 3 years. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-plans-bill-to-make-marriage-laws-women-friendly/articleshow/45165307.cms?intenttarget=no If you want to save your property, then RIGHT NOW is the time to act. Your neighbour or brother is not going to do it! Older post continues below: Men’s rights activists are protesting against IrBM (Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage) … [Read more...] about Protest against IrBM (Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage) law
Mumbai HC: Man may have to pay for wife’s education based on assurance!
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_short-marriage-small-alimony_1336414 A wife of two and a half months wanted her separated husband to bear the expenses of her higher education in the US. The Bombay high court said no. The court refused to enhance the interim maintenance for the woman, a Pune-based dentist. At the same time, the high court rejected the request of her husband to reduce the monthly maintenance amount of Rs12,000. The husband, who works for IBM, lives in Boston. “The wife may not be entitled to claim interim maintenance based upon an arithmetical calculation alone,” justice Roshan Dalvi said. Tina and Nitin (names changed) got married on May 5, 2007 and after staying together in Boston for two and a half months, Tina returned to her Pune home. Nitin … [Read more...] about Mumbai HC: Man may have to pay for wife’s education based on assurance!
Warnings for foreigners marrying Indian women
Just a decade or so earlier, it used to be commonly mentioned in anecdotes about some foreigners preferring to marry Indian women since they are supposedly family-oriented and submissive, meaning they may not file for divorce or force husband to go through other trauma western women are becoming famous for. Well, times change. If anyone has been following the news here are some stories in India of women taking foreign origin husbands to the cleaners and to the courts. Famous Pakistani singer Adnan Sami who usually resides in Mumbai, India has been embroiled in Domestic Violence (DV) cases filed by his second wife and there was news recently of Mumbai High Court granting order of relief to her ex-wife to his apartment. If that was not enough, his attempt to get an Indian passport … [Read more...] about Warnings for foreigners marrying Indian women
My editor, my rapist
The news about Tarun Tejpal sexual harassment case is getting 24X7 coverage on media in the last couple of weeks. The case has got huge attention also because Tarun Tejpal and his Tehelka news magazine had the reputation of being at the forefront of being firebrand and being merciless with double standards and hypocrisy in public life, and now he is at the receiving end of the same treatment from rest of media and general public! On this site I try to apply a man sense and men's rights view of events in the world, simply because of the fact that the usual public opinion is mostly gynocentric because of the constant dosage fed by the media and now even educational textbooks. Which is not to suggest that I support Tarun Tejpal's actions and Tehelka's handling of it in any way, on the … [Read more...] about My editor, my rapist
This is what a male dominated society looks like
A recent news which is making headlines is about illegal surveillance being carried out on a woman in Gujarat. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/369154/modi-aide-amit-shah-accused.html Calling the woman by a fictitious name 'Madhuri', the websites alleged that the illegal surveillance was ordered by Shah for his 'Saheb' and the police followed her inside malls, restaurants, gyms, airport, flights and even when she visited relatives and went to see her mother at a hospital. Singhal, who is an accused in the Ishrat Jahan case and is out on bail, apparently handed over hundreds of recorded telephonic conversations to the CBI to try to show how three key wings of the Gujarat Police--the State Intelligence Bureau, the Crime Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Squad --allegedly … [Read more...] about This is what a male dominated society looks like
Qualified MBBS wife asked to do some work: Delhi HC Judgment
This older Delhi High court judgment by Justice S N Dhingra is an important one which puts equality between men and women before the law on a sound footing. It seems from the wording that the case involves asking for maintenance under one more section (probably HMA 24) while also getting it under CrPC 125. The judgment orders that she not sit idle on her MBBS qualification and do some honorary work while she is getting maintenance from husband.Full judgment below with important points in bold:IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI CM(M) 1153/2008 KAVITA PRASAD ….. Petitioner Through: Mr. S.D. Singh, Adv. versus RAM ASHRAY PRASAD ….. Respondent Through: CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA O R D E R 01.10.2008 The petitioner who is an MBBS qualified Doctor and admittedly had … [Read more...] about Qualified MBBS wife asked to do some work: Delhi HC Judgment