Here are links to some well written articles by Madhu Kishwar who is a woman but does not call herself a feminist, so we could trust her couldn't we?Destined to Fail: Inherent flaws in anti-dowry legislationDestined to Fail: Inherent flaws in anti-dowry legislation - PDF formatAnother article with similar theme but much more detailed:Violence against Women: Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women … [Read more...] about Articles on women, failure of dowry laws, misuse etc
Results of SIF survey in Bangalore shown on TV
Video 1 summary:Survey of 1100 husbands from Jan 2008 to Apr 2009 in Bangalore, India. 42.3% false Dowry 498A cases against IT people in Bangalore. Case of Bala Murugan, SIF PRO Virag on need for gender neutral laws.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRxeEtE9rVkVideo 2 summary:Shocking Statistics - 25 divorces being filed every day in Bangalore - mostly by women. Financial independence said to be main reason. SIF PRO Virag explains methodology of survey. SC lawyer Varun Goswami gives views on misuse of 498A. He says 90% of 498A settled before finalization of trial. Extortionary claims made to settle cases.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l5qGnXN0VUVideo 3 summary:SIF PRO Virag explains reason of 90% cases settlement. Points flaw in UN survey on Domestic Violence in India. Many … [Read more...] about Results of SIF survey in Bangalore shown on TV
Using RTI against police and law enforcement authorities
Here is example of using complaint to vigilance department for lack of proper process during police investigation:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveindianfamily/message/137577Here is another thread on SIF giving various people's success / result of complaining against police vigilance department:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveindianfamily/message/138866Template for getting RTI info from police about a particular crime. You can modify the below RTI to change it to crime reports on e.g.: Dowry complaints, 498A complaints, Chain snatching incidents etc.RTI Template to get information on missing children complaintsInformation on RTI for Hyderabad police:http://www.hyderabadpolice.gov.in/Main/RTI.htm … [Read more...] about Using RTI against police and law enforcement authorities
Tax Evasion Petition and RTI follow up
In case the woman's party claims to have given huge amount in dowry, and if they don't have income to support such amount of dowry, then you can file Tax Evasion Petition (TEP) followed by RTI on TEP to Income tax dept against FIL and dowry givers. Basic idea is to find out how they were able to give so much dowry if they do not have income. In case it comes out from RTI that they did not have so much income then their case will weaken considerably. If they still insist that they gave that much dowry, then they will have to explain to IT dept whey they did not disclose that income in those and previous years. IT rules are clear that if someone hides income to avoid income tax, they have to pay back income taxes along with interest for all the years and also penalty for evasion of income … [Read more...] about Tax Evasion Petition and RTI follow up
Templates of various RTI applications
Various good templates are available here: e.g.RTI Template for Complaint agaisnt FIL if he is a Govt. ServantRTI Template for obtaining assets of FIL if he is a Govt. ServantRTI Template for obtaining information from private companiesRTI Template for track record of FILRTI Template for retirement analysis of FILhttp://bok498a.blogspot.com/Information on RTI for Hyderabad police: http://www.hyderabadpolice.gov.in/Main/RTI.htmTemplate documents for tax evasion petition, RTI etc are available at:http://fightagainst498a.blogspot.com/Template to get info if someone in opponent party has evaded property tax. With this you can at least force them to pay up the property tax with interest for the previous years:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveindianfamily/message/141291 … [Read more...] about Templates of various RTI applications
Misc RTI usage
RTI process to find PNR of railways http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveindianfamily/message/136926 … [Read more...] about Misc RTI usage