Oh really… with 0.66% conviction rate in Bangalore for IPC 498a, and not much different in rest of India, you may as well wonder that laws are meant only to be misused. Indira Jaising, one of the people behind PWDVA, Protection from women from domestic violence Act, had said in a report that 498a was meant to create fear of arrest in families, and domestic violence act was meant to create fear of loss of property in families. The feminists have their brains crystal clear about it, but the common public hopes to get justice instead of sorting out things themselves. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Old-couple-lose-house-blame-misuse-of-dowry-Act/articleshow/5823810.cms Incidentally, the supreme court has also ruled that a wife has access to the 'household' that she has … [Read more...] about Old couple blame misuse of dowry law for losing house
Husband gets divorce based on false IPC 498a complaint
This is not a first time event that a husband was granted divorce on grounds of cruelty due to filing of false complaint under IPC 498a. But it is a welcome step that the courts which do not take up perjury complaints easily at least are giving some relief for aggrieved parties on the receiving end of false complaints. Update 27 Nov 2014: Read latest SC judgment/news about false 498a as ground for divorce to husband (however proving false case is main issue) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Filing-false-case-against-in-laws-is-cruelty-HC/articleshow/5823233.cms MUMBAI: Filing a false criminal case against the husband and in-laws for harassment amounts to cruelty and is ground for divorce, the Bombay high court. "Humiliation... that is caused on account of arrest and … [Read more...] about Husband gets divorce based on false IPC 498a complaint
DV Rules – Email version 3
From, Date: < Real Name > < Real Address (Indian / Non Indian > To , Shri Mahesh Tiwari, ([email protected]) Joint Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room No. 528 A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 Honourable Shri Mahesh Tiwari, Sub :- Comments and Suggestions on DV Rules 2006 The undersigned would like to use the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions on the protection from Domestic Violence Rules 2006 [called “Rule” from hereinafter] framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, as has been invited by the Committee on Subordinate legislation in the Rajya Sabha. The Domestic Violence Act 2005 and Domestic Violence Rules 2006 are imbalanced, harsh and one-sided, with a massive scope of misuse of the Act by unscrupulous … [Read more...] about DV Rules – Email version 3
DV Rules – Email version 2
From, Date:- < > < Real Name > < Real Address (Indian / Non Indian > To, Shri Mahesh Tiwari, ([email protected]) Joint Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room No. 528 A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 Honourable Joint Director , Sub :- Recommendations on DV rules of 2006 I want to like to use the opportunity to provide comments and suggestions on the protection from Domestic Violence Rules 2006[called “Rule” from hereinafter] as has been invited by the Committee on Subordinate legislation in the Rajya Sabha. Domestic Violence can be initiated by a Man or a Woman or can be Mutual I wish to submit statistics from a prestigious and peer reviewed US study on Domestic Violence done by M A Strauss Titled “Dominance and symmetry in partner violence by male and … [Read more...] about DV Rules – Email version 2
DV rules – Email version 1
From , Date :- < Real Name > < Real Address (Indian / Non Indian > To, Shri Mahesh Tiwari, ([email protected]) Joint Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Room No. 528 A, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi-110001 Honorable Members of the Committee, Sub: Memorandum on DV Rules and Act In response to the Advertisement published in the Times of India on 29th March 2010, inviting for comments within one month of the publication of the advertisement, I wish to provide comments and suggestions on the protection from Domestic Violence Rules 2006 framed to implement the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Below are just some of the strategies that have been employed in India to disguise the truth and magnitude of Domestic Violence Claims 1. Make evidence-free … [Read more...] about DV rules – Email version 1
People get what they deserve
This news in Hindi says that a family was saved from breakup because though the wife and in-laws wanted to file false complaint of torture under 498a against husband and in-laws; an accidental voice recording showed that it was a con-game and so it boomeranged on wife and in-laws. So far so good! But the hilarious part is that the husband’s family still are willing to live with their lovely daughter in law! That’s why I love the saying: “God helps them who help themselves”… दहेज़ निवारण अधिनियम की भेंट चढ़ने से बच गया एक परिवार: वाराणसी, १३ अप्रैल २०१०इसे चमत्कार कह लीजिये या फिर कुछ और, मगर आज सोमवार को नगर का एक परिवार दहेज़ उत्पीडन अधिनियम की भेंट चढ़ने से बच गया. हुआ यूँ कि चित्रकूट के एक परिवार की लड़की नेहा की शादी लगभग दो साल पहले मंदुवादीह थाना अंतर्गत शिवदासपुर निवासी संजय से … [Read more...] about People get what they deserve