http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/1/201012232010122307550885181cf4f53/Corporates-run-for-cover-against-‘prowomen’-Bill.html
Corporates run for cover against ‘pro-women’ Bill
Men feel it is loaded against them as even the RTI Act cannot be used to seek information on false allegations and misuse. Also, punishment for false complaint is not ‘mandatory but discretionary’. Meanwhile, companies scurry to insure themselves against harassment complaints
The Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill 2010 is yet to become a law. But corporate houses in Bangalore are already running scared of it.
Women are indispensable at workplace, say corporates. Neither can they be segregated from male colleagues
Explaining the apprehension of the corporates, HR consultant Ashwin Sundar told Bangalore Mirror, “Companies fear that they will have to change the way they operate if such a law comes into force. So, they are securing themselves financially by taking out insurance cover against complaints of sexual harassment.”
A consultant of Marsh India Insurance Brokers said, “Almost every listed IT company in Bangalore has an Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) cover. EPLI also covers claims on sexual harassment. There has been a recent spurt in enquiries on EPLI. Once the new law is in place, it will increase awareness about this stand-alone insurance policy.
However, the limits of this insurance policy can only be gauged after the law comes into force, and claims are made.”
As of now, the average liability limit of an EPLI ranges between Rs 10 crore and Rs 15 crore, and the highest known is of Rs 50 crore. The insurance covers companies, their directors, officers and employees against complaints of wrongful act.
Wrongful act includes harassment, sexual or otherwise, and discrimination on the basis of gender, race or creed. Policy words may vary from company to company, and not all insurance companies offer the EPLI, another Marsh India consultant said.
PREMIUM NOT UNIFORM
Though there is a spurt in the demand for EPLI, insurance providers do not have specific premia. Even in the case of two companies opting for a similar liability limit the premium each will be paying might vary. Reason: Many issues are factored, such as the number of employees, their geographical spread and the business of the corporate entity. Firms which have offices and employ people in the West, as well as those which generally employ younger people, will pay a higher premium.
“Such claims are more rampant in the West, and it is perceived that younger people get involved in wrongful acts more,” said the vice-president (marketing) of a private insurance company.
A Marsh India consultant said, “As of now there is no thumb-rule for premium. It is expected that the new law on sexual harassment at workplace would bring in some clarity.”
UNFOUNDED FEARS
Corporate advocate S Mahesh said that there were fears that the new law would hamper the recruitment of women. “Some corporates are scared. From whatever they have gathered from news reports, they feel that the law is too strong for a conducive work atmosphere. There are talks like, Men will lose jobs even if they look at women. The perception out there is many corporates will think twice before hiring women,” he said.
Karnataka High Court advocate Susheela S dismissed the view. “It is a foolish apprehension among some corporate houses. Segregating men and women at workplace or completely ignoring women for jobs is highly impossible. Women are indispensable at work place in this age. Men should not be scared of this law as action can be taken only if harassment is proved,” she said.
MISUSE A POSSIBILITY
“In dowry cases, only married men are falsely accused. Here even unmarried men will suffer the same ordeal,” Kumar Jahgirdar, a city-based social activist for gender neutral laws, said.
“The Union law ministry should first ensure that there are enough fast-track courts to deal with such cases. For the pain undergone in the process of law can be worse than the punishment itself.”
Shiva Kumar, management consultant, Sandilla, said, “As of now, no one has asked us to stop scouting for women employees, though the Bill has led to a lot of discussion in the corporate world. Scenarios of separate wings for men and women cannot be contemplated. Women now are indispensable in the workforce. But there is fear about the misuse of the law.”
Jahgirdar has pretty much the same fears. “Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code is being misused rampantly in dowry-related cases. Husbands and their family members are falsely accused of cruelty. The new law has all the ingredients for similar misuse,” he said.
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»The Bill is not gender neutral. Those opposing it say that it violates Article 15 of the Constitution which prohibits gender discrimination. They argue that women can commit the same crime of sexual harassment against men
»Special provisions in the Bill (Section 14 and Section 15) says that the RTI Act cannot be used to seek information on false allegations and misuse. Only successful and genuine cases will be opened to the media. False cases will be kept out of public knowledge
»Section 8 (1) of the Bill provides for settlement of the matter between the complainant woman and the respondent through conciliation. It can be done on the woman’s request. But the settlement in other terms could only mean extortion, say naysayers. Monetary payments would lead to abuse as those in the committee would try to make money
»Section 12(1) of the Bill says that if a complaint turns out to be false, it would be left to the committee to recommend action against the woman complainant. This means that punishment for false complaint is not mandatory but discretionary. Members of the committee will include external NGOs, whose sole criterion is to be committed to the cause of the women. So, there may not be any punishment for false complaint
»The term ‘sexual harassment’ itself is not defined in the Bill.
Friday, December 24, 2010
The Husband Store....
The Husband Store....
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New Delhi, where any woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!!!
You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the Building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband…
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking..
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
For all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New Delhi, where any woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!!!
You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the Building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband…
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking..
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
For all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
The Husband Store....
The Husband Store....
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New Delhi, where any woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!!!
You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the Building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband…
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking..
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
For all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
A store that sells husbands has just opened in New Delhi, where any woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!!!
You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the Building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband…
On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.
The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.
The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking..
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.
She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!
For all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A booming Industry – The Notorious Section 498A
Written By :- Nivedita Choudhuri
http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336852&catid=39&Itemid=53
It was a mellow evening. I was chatting to a friend I had not seen for ages. He looked a bit disturbed, which was quite unusual for a person who is always full of beans. When I asked him what the matter was, he told me he had read something in the newspaper that morning that had made him uneasy. It was the tragic story of a 71-year-old man who had committed suicide after his daughter-in-law threatened to file police complaints against him and his son under Sec 498A IPC (commonly known as the dowry law).
My friend then told me about another article he had read on the rampant misuse of the dowry law in India. “It makes me wonder if 498A and its related operations should henceforth be referred to as 498A India Ltd,” he mused. “If the government wanted to list 498A India Ltd in any of the stock exchanges today, it would certainly be listed as a Navratna company.”
Asked to clarify, he reeled off statistics he had come across in the story. “Take for instance growth. 498A India Ltd has grown at a faster rate than any industry in India, be it IT or finance. This sector has grown by almost 120 per cent in 12 years and registered phenomenal returns though investment has been practically nil. From just over 28,000 cases in 1995, the number of cases grew to 63,000 in 2007.”
“The company’s organisational activities have touched the lives of almost 10,00,000 people since 1999,” he continued, referring to the hapless men and their parents, siblings and other relatives who have been put behind bars due to the frivolous complaints levelled against them by their wives, daughters-in-law and sisters-in-law. “The average amount needed to apply for bail is Rs 10,000 per person. The revenue generated by the government from the bail amount (simply multiply 10,00,000 by 10,000) would be phenomenal. Add to that the large sums devious wives extract from husbands merely by threatening to lodge Sec 498A against them. It’s a blooming industry.”
I nodded my head as I tried to calculate what the final amount would be, but gave up as there were far too many zeroes for me to handle. “Of course,” added my friend, “the bail amount is to be returned to the persons concerned at the end of the trial. But how many people actually get it back? After doing the rounds of courts to prove their innocence, are they in a fit state to run around once again to reclaim the bail amount? In India, around 30 per cent of bail applications are posted for the 498A accused. 498A India Ltd is a powerful weapon that forces the husband’s family to become the proverbial goose which is then forced to lay golden eggs for all the ‘shareholders’ of the company.”
I was now all ears. The statistics were mindboggling indeed. My friend continued. “The company 498A India Ltd has not changed its product in the last 25 years, but the use of the product has skyrocketed. No tests have been done by the company to study the effects of its products on the people against whom they are applied. The parties using the products get richer by a few crores and the parties on whom the products are used suffer irrespective of age, gender, caste, class or disability.
“The board of directors has total immunity from prosecution and 498A India Ltd prides itself in taking good care of its customers. Now, the products of 498A are so much in demand that more such companies – Domestic Violence Act India Ltd have been started. Looking at 498A India Ltd’s stupendous success, the shareholders – mainly wives – do not want to dilute or modify its products as that will result in diminished returns for the company and its shareholders.”
I was suitably impressed by the economics behind 498A. It was good to know that something was shining in India despite a recession existing elsewhere in the world.
http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=336852&catid=39&Itemid=53
It was a mellow evening. I was chatting to a friend I had not seen for ages. He looked a bit disturbed, which was quite unusual for a person who is always full of beans. When I asked him what the matter was, he told me he had read something in the newspaper that morning that had made him uneasy. It was the tragic story of a 71-year-old man who had committed suicide after his daughter-in-law threatened to file police complaints against him and his son under Sec 498A IPC (commonly known as the dowry law).
My friend then told me about another article he had read on the rampant misuse of the dowry law in India. “It makes me wonder if 498A and its related operations should henceforth be referred to as 498A India Ltd,” he mused. “If the government wanted to list 498A India Ltd in any of the stock exchanges today, it would certainly be listed as a Navratna company.”
Asked to clarify, he reeled off statistics he had come across in the story. “Take for instance growth. 498A India Ltd has grown at a faster rate than any industry in India, be it IT or finance. This sector has grown by almost 120 per cent in 12 years and registered phenomenal returns though investment has been practically nil. From just over 28,000 cases in 1995, the number of cases grew to 63,000 in 2007.”
“The company’s organisational activities have touched the lives of almost 10,00,000 people since 1999,” he continued, referring to the hapless men and their parents, siblings and other relatives who have been put behind bars due to the frivolous complaints levelled against them by their wives, daughters-in-law and sisters-in-law. “The average amount needed to apply for bail is Rs 10,000 per person. The revenue generated by the government from the bail amount (simply multiply 10,00,000 by 10,000) would be phenomenal. Add to that the large sums devious wives extract from husbands merely by threatening to lodge Sec 498A against them. It’s a blooming industry.”
I nodded my head as I tried to calculate what the final amount would be, but gave up as there were far too many zeroes for me to handle. “Of course,” added my friend, “the bail amount is to be returned to the persons concerned at the end of the trial. But how many people actually get it back? After doing the rounds of courts to prove their innocence, are they in a fit state to run around once again to reclaim the bail amount? In India, around 30 per cent of bail applications are posted for the 498A accused. 498A India Ltd is a powerful weapon that forces the husband’s family to become the proverbial goose which is then forced to lay golden eggs for all the ‘shareholders’ of the company.”
I was now all ears. The statistics were mindboggling indeed. My friend continued. “The company 498A India Ltd has not changed its product in the last 25 years, but the use of the product has skyrocketed. No tests have been done by the company to study the effects of its products on the people against whom they are applied. The parties using the products get richer by a few crores and the parties on whom the products are used suffer irrespective of age, gender, caste, class or disability.
“The board of directors has total immunity from prosecution and 498A India Ltd prides itself in taking good care of its customers. Now, the products of 498A are so much in demand that more such companies – Domestic Violence Act India Ltd have been started. Looking at 498A India Ltd’s stupendous success, the shareholders – mainly wives – do not want to dilute or modify its products as that will result in diminished returns for the company and its shareholders.”
I was suitably impressed by the economics behind 498A. It was good to know that something was shining in India despite a recession existing elsewhere in the world.
Dehradun: techie arrested for wife's murder
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dehradun-man-kills-wife-chops-body-into-pieces/137239-3.html?from=tn
Dehradun: In a gruesome incident, a software engineer allegedly killed his wife, cut the body into pieces and hid it in a deep freezer for nearly two months here, police said.
The incident came to light when brother of the 33-year-old victim Anupama Gulati on Sunday lodged a police complaint after he did not get satisfactorily reply from the engineer about his sister's whereabouts.
Acting on the complaint, police arrested Anupama's husband Rajesh (37), who hailed from Delhi, from his rented accommodation at Prakash Vihar area here on Sunday. During interrogation, he confessed to have murdered his wife on October 17, police said.
According to Dehra Dun SSP G S Martolia, Rajesh banged Anupama's head against a wall following a quarrel after which she fell unconscious. Later, he strangulated her in a fit of rage, cut the body into pieces and stashed them into a deep freezer.
In the meantime, Rajesh told his two twin kids - aged four years - that their mother had gone to Delhi. He also told Anupama's brother Sujan that his relations with her had improved. However, Sujan grew suspicious and came to Dehradun on Sunday to inquire about his sister.
The couple had settled down in Dehradun 18 months ago after returning from the United States.
Dehradun: In a gruesome incident, a software engineer allegedly killed his wife, cut the body into pieces and hid it in a deep freezer for nearly two months here, police said.
The incident came to light when brother of the 33-year-old victim Anupama Gulati on Sunday lodged a police complaint after he did not get satisfactorily reply from the engineer about his sister's whereabouts.
Acting on the complaint, police arrested Anupama's husband Rajesh (37), who hailed from Delhi, from his rented accommodation at Prakash Vihar area here on Sunday. During interrogation, he confessed to have murdered his wife on October 17, police said.
According to Dehra Dun SSP G S Martolia, Rajesh banged Anupama's head against a wall following a quarrel after which she fell unconscious. Later, he strangulated her in a fit of rage, cut the body into pieces and stashed them into a deep freezer.
In the meantime, Rajesh told his two twin kids - aged four years - that their mother had gone to Delhi. He also told Anupama's brother Sujan that his relations with her had improved. However, Sujan grew suspicious and came to Dehradun on Sunday to inquire about his sister.
The couple had settled down in Dehradun 18 months ago after returning from the United States.
Beware of marrying an Indian girl
HONEST, DOWN to earth, religious, very traditional these are the words that describe about 99 per cent of brides to be in matrimonial sites. These conjure an image of the Sati Savitri that the Indian women are in the eyes of any man or prospective groom. The media and the government also support this by projecting an image that the poor Indian women who are suffering from decades of male oppression need a helping hand in marriage.
Think again young men.
What the media or the government does not want you to know about are highlighted below. And these are nothing but the hidden bitter truth behind most Indian marriages .The bitter truth is that the Indian marriage these days reeks of bitter resentment, biased laws against the husband and extortionist wives.
1)Twice the number of Indian married men commit suicide every year as compared to women .The suicides of men are brushed under the carpet as due to financial reasons while that of women are investigated as dowry deaths and additional funds get allocated to fight the fictional dowry menace.
2)More than 126,000 men have been arrested in the last four years alone apart from lakhs of elderly citizens, young bright men and even children in the name of dowry harassment by the Indian Police at the behest of a simple complaint.
3)A simple report is enough to put the entire family of the husband behind bars under the draconian section 498A which has been hailed as the weapon of mass destruction by the modern empowered of India.
4)The Domestic Violence Act 2005, another law considers even talking loudly with the wife an act of violence and the husband and his family can be entangled in a false case under the Domestic Violence Act. Lakhs of husbands and their elderly parents have been thrown out of their own homes under this law, by the wives so that she and her family can occupy it.
5)The extortionist police along with the judiciary are misused by the unscrupulous wife and her family to extort money and torture the families of the husband. The law provides no punishment or deterrent against misusing the senseless laws and that emboldens criminal wives even further.
6)Even if you have not accepted or demanded a single paisa as dowry you can be booked under the anti dowry law. According to the centre for social research , 98 per cent of cases filed under the anti dowry law are filed with ulterior motives and are a great source of income for courts, police and lawyers and families of wives.
7)Young, highly educated and brilliant NRI boys who resist extortion efforts under section 498A have the dreaded Interpol Red Corner notices put up against their names thereby putting them in the same segment as dreaded criminals and international terrorists. This is done by the Indian police to ensure that these people when returning to India to meet their aged parents are arrested and tortured till they give in to the extortionist demands of the wives family.
8) There are no laws whatsoever to protect men in India. Indian men are considered to be the lying in all cases are not believed by the media, the government , the police or the judiciary .The Indian man cannot turn for help anywhere when he is accused falsely with a dowry harassment case or the Domestic violence Act.
Young Indian men living in India and abroad, you have worked really hard to reach where you are today and the country is proud of you for what you have achieved. Think twice before marrying these thousands of "honest, down to earth, religious, truthful “and "god-fearing” girls who are hiding in the innumerable Indian matrimonial sites. These are monsters in disguise and once they sign on the dotted line in a marriage solemnization certificate, will not think twice about misusing the biased and senseless Indian laws to destroy the lives of many a bright young Indian man.
http://www.merinews.com/article/beware-of-marrying-an-indian-girl/15714428.shtml
Think again young men.
What the media or the government does not want you to know about are highlighted below. And these are nothing but the hidden bitter truth behind most Indian marriages .The bitter truth is that the Indian marriage these days reeks of bitter resentment, biased laws against the husband and extortionist wives.
1)Twice the number of Indian married men commit suicide every year as compared to women .The suicides of men are brushed under the carpet as due to financial reasons while that of women are investigated as dowry deaths and additional funds get allocated to fight the fictional dowry menace.
2)More than 126,000 men have been arrested in the last four years alone apart from lakhs of elderly citizens, young bright men and even children in the name of dowry harassment by the Indian Police at the behest of a simple complaint.
3)A simple report is enough to put the entire family of the husband behind bars under the draconian section 498A which has been hailed as the weapon of mass destruction by the modern empowered of India.
4)The Domestic Violence Act 2005, another law considers even talking loudly with the wife an act of violence and the husband and his family can be entangled in a false case under the Domestic Violence Act. Lakhs of husbands and their elderly parents have been thrown out of their own homes under this law, by the wives so that she and her family can occupy it.
5)The extortionist police along with the judiciary are misused by the unscrupulous wife and her family to extort money and torture the families of the husband. The law provides no punishment or deterrent against misusing the senseless laws and that emboldens criminal wives even further.
6)Even if you have not accepted or demanded a single paisa as dowry you can be booked under the anti dowry law. According to the centre for social research , 98 per cent of cases filed under the anti dowry law are filed with ulterior motives and are a great source of income for courts, police and lawyers and families of wives.
7)Young, highly educated and brilliant NRI boys who resist extortion efforts under section 498A have the dreaded Interpol Red Corner notices put up against their names thereby putting them in the same segment as dreaded criminals and international terrorists. This is done by the Indian police to ensure that these people when returning to India to meet their aged parents are arrested and tortured till they give in to the extortionist demands of the wives family.
8) There are no laws whatsoever to protect men in India. Indian men are considered to be the lying in all cases are not believed by the media, the government , the police or the judiciary .The Indian man cannot turn for help anywhere when he is accused falsely with a dowry harassment case or the Domestic violence Act.
Young Indian men living in India and abroad, you have worked really hard to reach where you are today and the country is proud of you for what you have achieved. Think twice before marrying these thousands of "honest, down to earth, religious, truthful “and "god-fearing” girls who are hiding in the innumerable Indian matrimonial sites. These are monsters in disguise and once they sign on the dotted line in a marriage solemnization certificate, will not think twice about misusing the biased and senseless Indian laws to destroy the lives of many a bright young Indian man.
http://www.merinews.com/article/beware-of-marrying-an-indian-girl/15714428.shtml
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