Karan Thapar has succinctly put the problems of Women Reservation Bill (WRB) in its current form, in an article here. First, as a principle, reservations cause offence because they amount to discrimination. India accepts that the scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST), given their special history, deserve reservations. No such consensus exists for women. Second, on top of 22.5 per cent for SC/ST, 33 per cent for women (although some of it would overlap) would push up total reservations in the Lok Sabha to around 48 per cent. It means non-SC/ST men (78 per cent of the male population) can only contest 52 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats! Is this acceptable in a democracy? Third, the way these 33 per cent seats are to be reserved will undermine the key relationship in a … [Read more...] about Increase women representation, don’t create quotas
Killed men is no big deal, raped women is so bad!
Yes only feminazis can argue in that kind of ‘logic’. The societal structure of male disposability says that a male’s death is not to be worried about because: In case he was a criminal he only got what he deserved. It is no one’s consideration to figure out how he got to become a criminal in first place. In case he died in line of duty as police or soldier, then again he died for family, society, country and so on. So we can pay respect to the martyr and move on. It is not bad that a 100 men die, but a woman must not die. It is up to men to wake up to the stupid propaganda. http://guyinism.com/?p=575 my eye immediately focused in on a single-sentence paragraph in the middle: “In Iraq, women serving in the military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than … [Read more...] about Killed men is no big deal, raped women is so bad!
Tax evasion report has to be made public after investigation
Following is an important judgment by CIC which says that once the investigation on a tax evasion petition is over, it becomes public information and hence RTI filed to disclose that information cannot be rejected on grounds of that being personal information under Section 8(h) of Right to Information Act. Central Information Commission Appeal No.35/IC(A)/06 F. No.CIC/MA/A/2006/00108 Dated, the 8th May, 2006 Name of the Appellant: Sh. Bhagat Singh, House No.5879, Block No.4, Street No.5, Dev Nagar, Karol Bagh, New Delhi – 110 005. Name of the Public Authority : Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, 3rd floor, ARA Center, E-2 Jhandewalan Extension, New Delhi. DECISION Grounds of Appeal: … [Read more...] about Tax evasion report has to be made public after investigation
Mumbai HC: women relatives can be respondents under Domestic Violence Act
A 2008 judgment of Mumbai HC is given below providing scope for female relatives of husband/man to be respondents under 2(q) of PWDVA. However, it does not mean that all reliefs can also be claimed from female respondents as highlighted in judgment below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.590 OF 2008 Archana Hemant Naik ...Applicant vs. Urmilaben I. Naik and Anr. ...Respondents Ms Anjali Helekar for the applicant Mr.C.M.Kothari for respondent no.1 CORAM :A.S.OKA,J. DATE OF HEARING THE LAST ARGUMENT: JULY 3, 2009 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE JUDGMENT: AUGUST 25,2009 JUDGMENT : 1 The … [Read more...] about Mumbai HC: women relatives can be respondents under Domestic Violence Act
Do men see societal structures oppressing them?
There is a nice article here on discussion about structures in society and how feminism is able to exploit discussion around societal structures well to benefit their cause. Why are men unable to look at some of societal structures as being harmful to men or putting too much burden on them? I guess the reason is men are trained to be self-reliant and in protector and provider mindset most of the time. So read about some of the societal expectations about men (some of them true more in West) as given in the article. In the field of gender issues, this means that the only way to combat misandry and the prevailing perception that men are a privileged group that willfully oppresses women, is to describe how cultural and societal structures keep men stuck in their own kind of … [Read more...] about Do men see societal structures oppressing them?
CJI views on rape reflect failure of judiciary
Recent news of chief justice of India Mr Balakrishnan supporting choice of rape victim to marry the accused has shocked several among public. http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3687586 "Due regard must be given to their personal autonomy since in some cases the victim may choose to marry the perpetrator or choose to give birth to a child conceived through forced intercourse," Balakrishnan said. This kind of social engineering through judicial discretion is deplorable. It seems a possible reason for such views is that even Supreme Court is unable to find with any confidence the truth in rape allegations, what given the fact that a woman can always accuse later that she did not consent; or she was promised marriage etc; and that compounded with shoddy … [Read more...] about CJI views on rape reflect failure of judiciary