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.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
10 Questions for International Men's Day
Dear Readers,
Women get equal education and more privileges than men. Then why are husbands legally forced to carry wives financially?
- If husband ask money from wife it is termed as dowry and has made a crime. Why is it called Alimony and has made a right, if wife does the same?
- Adultery is legal for wives; Why are men jailed for the same act?
- If mother take away kid, courts say kid needs mother. Why are fathers jailed for child abduction if he does the same?
- If women dress like hookers its liberation; If men show any sort of sexual interest why is it called sexual harassment?
- Why are men taxed more than women for the same pay?
- Why are men banned from contesting in panchayat/municipal elections in certain constituencies?
- Why are men denied protection under Domestic Violence Act and Sexual Harassment at workplace Bill?
- Why do crime reports publish full name and adress of the man but change the name if it is women?
- Why do women child and animals have ministries but not one for men?
Some other interesting news that you might have missed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Woman-hatched-plot-to-kill-in-laws-for-Rs-15-crore-flat/articleshow/6938172.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Men-demand-fair-play/articleshow/5248823.cms
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Cheers! Men too have their day- AIMWA
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Cheers-Men-too-have-their-day/articleshow/5245479.cms
BANGALORE: There are days to celebrate women, children, father, mother and a million other things. Until recently, the idea of raising a toast to men on a particular day was not high on anybody's agenda. That is, until former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev came up with the idea of celebrating 'being men' in 1999, an idea supported by the UN. Since then, International Men's Day is celebrated on November 19.
The All India Men's Welfare Association (AIMWA) it appears, has a series of grouses to be addressed by society at large: that men have always been portrayed as the tough sex, and so boys are trained to hide their emotions; men are treated as ATMs and 'sperm donors' and are thus exploited, the world persistently asks women what their problems are, but doesn't bother about men....
Ever since Independence, women have been mollycoddled by ministries and commissions, but none have been instituted for poor Adam. Statistics have it that a man commits suicide every nine minutes, double the ratio of women ending their lives, worldwide - which shows that they have reached the end of their tether. It is these issues that AIMWA will address, say men's activists.
Demand father's rights
It also has more serious issues on hand: the taxation disparity and unfavourable custodian rights of fathers. Vivek Deveshwar, counsellor and founder-member of AIWMA, said: "Most fathers are deprived of custody of their children and only mothers get the right. Even after that, mothers feel insecure and snatch visitation rights from men. Where is the justice? There is not even a quasi-constitutional body to hear our problems and protect us."
BANGALORE: There are days to celebrate women, children, father, mother and a million other things. Until recently, the idea of raising a toast to men on a particular day was not high on anybody's agenda. That is, until former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev came up with the idea of celebrating 'being men' in 1999, an idea supported by the UN. Since then, International Men's Day is celebrated on November 19.
The All India Men's Welfare Association (AIMWA) it appears, has a series of grouses to be addressed by society at large: that men have always been portrayed as the tough sex, and so boys are trained to hide their emotions; men are treated as ATMs and 'sperm donors' and are thus exploited, the world persistently asks women what their problems are, but doesn't bother about men....
Ever since Independence, women have been mollycoddled by ministries and commissions, but none have been instituted for poor Adam. Statistics have it that a man commits suicide every nine minutes, double the ratio of women ending their lives, worldwide - which shows that they have reached the end of their tether. It is these issues that AIMWA will address, say men's activists.
Demand father's rights
It also has more serious issues on hand: the taxation disparity and unfavourable custodian rights of fathers. Vivek Deveshwar, counsellor and founder-member of AIWMA, said: "Most fathers are deprived of custody of their children and only mothers get the right. Even after that, mothers feel insecure and snatch visitation rights from men. Where is the justice? There is not even a quasi-constitutional body to hear our problems and protect us."
Men demand fair play- Save Indian Family Foundation
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Men-demand-fair-play/articleshow/5248823.cms
CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of International Men's Day, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) and 'Parivar Raksha Samiti', an NGO that provides moral and legal support to men and their families who have suffered partner violence, organised an awareness programme at Press Club, Sector 27, on Thursday.
The NGO members have submitted a list of demands to the PM, the president, and the law ministry. Elaborating on the type of discrimination faced by men, Nitin Gupta, an activist of SIFF, said, "Men pay more taxes than women at the same salary level. There is no protection for them against sexual harassment at workplace. Also, no schemes are being furthered by either government or eminent social celebrities for boys the way these are done for girls. This has led to more boys dropping out of school."
The key areas of concern deliberated upon were – men's welfare, promotion of gender equality, abolishment of biased and in-human laws and modification in maintenance laws. The participants were told about the misuse of anti-dowry laws and other woman protection laws.
CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of International Men's Day, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) and 'Parivar Raksha Samiti', an NGO that provides moral and legal support to men and their families who have suffered partner violence, organised an awareness programme at Press Club, Sector 27, on Thursday.
The NGO members have submitted a list of demands to the PM, the president, and the law ministry. Elaborating on the type of discrimination faced by men, Nitin Gupta, an activist of SIFF, said, "Men pay more taxes than women at the same salary level. There is no protection for them against sexual harassment at workplace. Also, no schemes are being furthered by either government or eminent social celebrities for boys the way these are done for girls. This has led to more boys dropping out of school."
The key areas of concern deliberated upon were – men's welfare, promotion of gender equality, abolishment of biased and in-human laws and modification in maintenance laws. The participants were told about the misuse of anti-dowry laws and other woman protection laws.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Fate of 498A Woman - Must Read
http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/How-to-withdraw-498a-Without-consent-of-husband-26059.asp
I need your help.. I am married to someone for 3 years, in year 2008 I have filled section 498a on my husband and his parents and 2 brothers. Actually i got carried away with my parents and filled this false cases against them. and now i understand my mistake.. and came to know that my parent's are behind my husband's money. I have filled many other cases like DV and CRPC 125 and divorce also with HMA 24. BUT as he has some substantial proofs against me and my parents, i am not getting any money from him. actually he is very adamant kind of person.. he is very rich business men.
When my parents have asked for divorce with some 10 Lakhs rupees.. he replied that i will not give you divorce and make your hair white. so my parents have asked him to take me back in his house... he denied that also.. even after when I realised that i have filled false cases, I have requested him that I know i have filled false cases i apologies for the same, and it's your wish either to take me back or not.. if you want divorce i will not ask you for any kind of money also... but his answer is same......that you will stay alone for you life...
Now after difference with my own parents i am staying alone and working as secretary.. I am feeling very guilty and wants to take back all my cases..
I have lost DV and CRPC 125.. and i am going to take back my divorce also... BUT when I have contacted my lawyer, he said we can't take back section 498a.. as it's criminal case. and charge sheet has been filled by police in 2008 only.
Now being realised what mistake i have made, i don't want him to suffer any more.. either he takes me back or not? is there any way that i can close section 498a ( with 506(2), 323, 294 and 114) Don't know how come police have added all this..
work as secretary in private office. so can't afford much expensive lawyers.
Kindly help me, at least i will not fill guilty that i have unnecessary troubled my husband. there has to be some provision... because of this cases he is facing problems in going to abroad for his business, so i want him to be free as soon as possible.
I need your help.. I am married to someone for 3 years, in year 2008 I have filled section 498a on my husband and his parents and 2 brothers. Actually i got carried away with my parents and filled this false cases against them. and now i understand my mistake.. and came to know that my parent's are behind my husband's money. I have filled many other cases like DV and CRPC 125 and divorce also with HMA 24. BUT as he has some substantial proofs against me and my parents, i am not getting any money from him. actually he is very adamant kind of person.. he is very rich business men.
When my parents have asked for divorce with some 10 Lakhs rupees.. he replied that i will not give you divorce and make your hair white. so my parents have asked him to take me back in his house... he denied that also.. even after when I realised that i have filled false cases, I have requested him that I know i have filled false cases i apologies for the same, and it's your wish either to take me back or not.. if you want divorce i will not ask you for any kind of money also... but his answer is same......that you will stay alone for you life...
Now after difference with my own parents i am staying alone and working as secretary.. I am feeling very guilty and wants to take back all my cases..
I have lost DV and CRPC 125.. and i am going to take back my divorce also... BUT when I have contacted my lawyer, he said we can't take back section 498a.. as it's criminal case. and charge sheet has been filled by police in 2008 only.
Now being realised what mistake i have made, i don't want him to suffer any more.. either he takes me back or not? is there any way that i can close section 498a ( with 506(2), 323, 294 and 114) Don't know how come police have added all this..
work as secretary in private office. so can't afford much expensive lawyers.
Kindly help me, at least i will not fill guilty that i have unnecessary troubled my husband. there has to be some provision... because of this cases he is facing problems in going to abroad for his business, so i want him to be free as soon as possible.
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