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Impact of Divorce on Men: Discussion on Lok Sabha TV: by Ms.LOTTY

2010-01-22T16:48:00.001+12:00

Impact of Divorce on Men: Discussion on Lok Sabha TV: Ms.LOTTY

Part 1 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNGzdhwvbe4

Part 2 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLOovXAKbgc

Part 3 of 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yzNjaAfxJI

Part 4 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0wb4TIk4gM

Part 5 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf02FXl1klM

Part 6 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XULmZeSj09I

Ms. LOTTY and her whole team deserve special thanks to bring out such a totally ignored issue in fornt of Public as well as Goverment authority and once again proved the Pain of a Mother or sister is not Less when they loss thier son or brother and the same must be recornised to make a better society for our future child.

Effect of Divorce on Indian Men:

2010-01-20T22:14:00.000+12:00

The effects of divorce differ by situation and personal circumstance and may be different for men and women.

Most dangerous stage for men is, waiting for divorce (maximum crime of spouse murder/suicide occurred) than after divorce. as marriage disputes in India, irrespective the man is right or wrong ,they had been abused, blackmailed, treated as Free ATM machine in front of society/police/court every where. In India marriage disputes had been termed as crime for men, not for women. Awaiting for divorce and the suicide stastics of crime bure report reflects the same.

Married men average suicide in the rang of 56000 vs married women 29000.
Divorced men vs divorced women suicide: 580:590.

• Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
• • 2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.
• • 2007 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:57593 vs. Married Women Sucide:30064.

After divorce the men’s life became more comfortable or worse, it depends purely on how troublesome was his marriage, what type of Divorce litigations he faced.

Perception shift:

Till 1990 or up to 2000, the basic perceptions were, a divorced woman is means she is a liberated women and a divorced men means he is a wife beater/abuser, thanks to special law 498A in 1983.

But 2000 onwards the same got changed and the society slowly accepted that A divorced men also can be victims of Domestic violence in terms of finciancial abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse , physical abuse and the same reflects in the Suicide stastics of Men vs Women. As the divorce rate will increase more and more the same perception change will increase more, some one like it or hate it that is the fact of irony.

Going through a divorce is never easy for anybody; however, there are certain effects of a failed marriage that occurs more often with men, than with women. When a marriage is about to be dissolved, emotions often runs high, and a lot of important financial decisions have to be made.
This is almost always a recipe for disaster. As a general rule: Never mix emotions and finances, or emotions and legal matters.

Effect of Divorce on Indian Men:

1. Finciancial effect: Huge loss irrespective the men is right or wrong.
2. Government support: Due to no men welfare ministry and no shelter homes, no one cares for men.
3. Emotional effect: Depend on type of trouble he faced, type of marriage they have, time spend together, child involved or not and the last think the type of divorce man got.
4. Loss of child access: Major problem and maximum divorced men suicide related to that.
5. Social effect: It is not exactly loss, his the social and networking circle got changed, attract towards more unclear family instead of joint family.
6. Future effect: Suicide after divorce: since 2004 it is decreasing.
7. JOB satisfactions: Get better and able to concentrate more on Professional front.

Personnel life:

1. Enjoy their work place much better than previous.
2. Spend more money for their self use/fun/enjoy/travel/satisfactions of life.
3. Get less angry for small issue.
4. Became less expected in life.
5. 90% men got remarried with in less than 3 years.

With the present set up , when the country like USA , who had more than 50% divorce, their child taken the initiative for marriage more workable and the divorce rate is reducing, the country like India and Asian country divorce is increasing and that is the hard reality, as we always think the rivers other side is better than our side.

Here are some of the experiences of men and women in divorce.

Situation in USA:

http://www.mediate.com/articles/Psych.cfm

Fifty percent of all children are children of divorce. Twenty-eight percent of all children are born of never married parents. Divorce is expensive. Aid for Dependent Children (AFDC) resources are drained by the needs of divorced and single parent families; including the cost of collecting child support.

For women:

1. Women initiate divorce twice as often as men
2. 90% of divorced mothers have custody of their children (even if they did not receive it in court)
3. 60% of people under poverty guidelines are divorced women and children
4. Single mothers support up to four children on an average after-tax annual income of $12,200
5. 65% divorced mothers receive no child support (figure based on all children who could be eligible, including never-married parents, when fathers have custody, and parents without court orders); 75% receive court-ordered child support (and rising since inception of uniform child support guidelines, mandatory garnishment and license renewal suspension)
6. After divorce, women experience less stress and better adjustment in general than do men. The reasons for this are that (1) women are more likely to notice marital problems and to feel relief when such problems end, (2) women are more likely than men to rely on social support systems and help from others, and (3) women are more likely to experience an increase in self-esteem when they divorce and add new roles to their lives.
7. Women who work and place their children in child care experience a greater stigma than men in the same position. Men in the same position often attract support and compassion.

For men:

1. Men are usually confronted with greater emotional adjustment problems than women. The reasons for this are related to the loss of intimacy, the loss of social connection, reduced finances, and the common interruption of the parental role.
2. Men remarry more quickly than women.
3. As compared to “deadbeat dads,” men who have shared parenting (joint legal custody), ample time with their children, and an understanding of and direct responsibility for activities and expenses of children stay involved in their children’s lives and are in greater compliance with child support obligations. There is also a greater satisfaction with child support amount when negotiated in mediation. Budgets are prepared, and responsibility divided in a way that parents understand.
4. Men are initially more negative about divorce than women and devote more energy in attempting to salvage the marriage.

With the learning from USA social impact, our aim and action as a commando of SIF movement should be to avoid the nasty divorce and promote more shared parenting, as though the society had more or less accepted the divorced men and women in open heart, but still there is some discrimination towards the divorced child.

If divorce is unavoidable, try to make the legal and financial matters strictly apart from the emotional matters, even if it tears you up inside, the alternative is a prolonged, expensive battle, that in many cases will make long lasting emotional scars on both sides, and prevent chances of a future reconciliation.

Statistically up to 15% of all divorcees end up reconciling with their former spouses, this figure could be higher if the divorce was handled in a friendly or even in a business-like manner.
Most important think is need to make the Divorce related law, less personal money earning business and less attractive and gender neutral policy/law, or be ready to increase the divorce rate and it is good or bad only future child will give the answers.

“Divorce is not the solution to a troubled marriage; but Indian men have very less choice, as there is no men well fare ministry who can think about them.

Thanks to India’s more than half dozens anti-male law and multiple litigations like 498A,DVact,CRPC125,Section24, Section18, biased adultrity LAW and lot more are on the way very soon!!! ”

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India, made by congress Government.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of “Name-calling” is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

'Gillette is breaking families': Mid Day News

2009-12-16T20:09:00.002+12:00

'Gillette is breaking families': Mid Day News

A Hyderabad-based women's NGO joins hands with its male counterparts against the Shave India Campaign

Bollywood hotties Mugdha Godse, Neha Dhupia and Minissha Lamba are urging women to encourage their men to get rid of facial hair. But, here's good news for those men fed up with "derogatory" advertisements prodding them to shave. The fairer sex supports the stubble too.

After men-only NGOs raised their voice against the new campaign of Gillette, a multi-national brand of safety razors, which has launched a tirade against facial hair, a Hyderabad-based NGO, All India Forgotten Women's Association (AIFWA), has also join hands with its male counterparts.

Gillette, a brand owned by Procter and Gamble (P&G), launched a Women Against Lazy Stubble (WALS) advertisement featuring Bollywood hotties urging women to encourage their men to get rid of facial hair. Men grow stubble just out of their laziness, the campaign said.

According to the NGO, the advertisement is derogatory and has the tendency to create family disharmony.

"The Shave India Campaign is all about male bashing. Showing men in a poor light has become a corporate
gimmick," said Uma Challa, president, AIFWA.

The NGO has asked all memebers to shun Gillette products to mark its protest against the company. Besides, it has invited other like-minded people to join the cause and boycott the company till an apology is furnished.

"A man -- be it husband, father, brother or son -- play an important role in the family. And this is not because of their preference to shave or not to shave. Shaving has nothing to do with the relationship and being lazy," she said.

Challa also informed that her husband Kiranam Chatti, who is a scientist, also did not shave on December 7 that was observed by India Men Welfare Association (AIMWA) as National Stubble Day.

While AIFWA insisted upon the vital role of men in a family environment, it is also planning to make it a nationwide campaign. Its website while severely criticising P&G for the advertisement called the idea vile, anti-male, loony stunt. "If P&G doesn't hesitate to indulge in demeaning our men, they shouldn't expect women to refrain from demeaning P&G either," read the website.

"The advertisement says "Women on Warpath" against their lazy husband because they are not shaving everyday. It's a ridiculous even to think," said Uma.

This is not all. To protest the Gillette advertisement AIMWA has launched another campaign "Refund for Razors", where all the members will send their used Gillette razors to the company. "We are boycotting all Proctor & Gamble (P&G) products and our members are enthusiastically following it," said Virag Dhulia, founder member of AIMWA.

"With other social activists joining our campaign we have proved that the advertisement is against our basic motto of promoting harmony in a family. No corporate body can promote Indian women to go on a "warpath" just because their husbands are not shaving every day. Moreover, no one has the right to call us lazy over such thing," said Swarup Sarkar, coordinator, Save Family Foundation (SFF), who is spearheading the movement against Gillette's promotional feature.

Also read: SOS: Save our stubble

Uma Challa writes on her blog

I, as a human being, empathise with the plight of the modern day man, who is expected to be nothing less than perfect in order to be spared of ridicule or hatred in the society.

Present day women always have so many excuses for behaving the way they do, and are always talking about what they want. But now that male-bashing is promoted as a laudable pursuit by selfish companies like P&G and there is no price for being pig-headed and unfair, they really don't see anything wrong in dictating terms to men. Yes, guys, this is what the flakes want. The verdict is finally out.

Boycott Gillette Razor for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Fre

Boycott Gillette Razor for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM machine. This is the most dirtiest Ads I have seen, ” Terming men Lazy if they do not shave”, is nothing but is a clear example of Promotion of...

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'An MNC can't Make fun of masculinity': MiD-Day News

2009-12-14T19:32:00.000+12:00

'An MNC can't Make fun of masculinity': MiD-Day News

An ad campaign that prods men to shave has made members of a men-only NGO pull at their hair

'Mooch nahi to kuch nahi'. Indian men, traditionally, grow up believing moustache is the most potent symbol of masculinity. In fact, shaving off the moustache is considered inauspicious even by Hindus, especially in north India.

However, a new campaign by a multi-national brand of safety razors has launched a tirade against facial hair that "communicates a heroic image of the independent, willing and able to do manly things".

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Gillette, a brand owned by Procter and Gamble, launched a Women Against Lazy Stubble (WALS) advertisement featuring Bollywood hotties Mugdha Godse, Neha Dhupia and Minissha Lamba urging women to encourage their men to get rid of facial hair. Men grow stubble just out of their laziness, the campaign said.

Not everybody is amused. "The advertisement is derogatory and tantamount to domestic violence against men," said Swarup Sarkar, coordinator of the NGO Save Family Foundation (SFF), who is spearheading the movement against Gillette's promotional feature.

Another NGO affiliated to SFF, All India Men's Welfare Association (AIMWA), celebrated December 7 as the National Stubble Day and has sought a public apology from the company. "We want Gillette to withdraw the advertisement and furnish an apology in all national dailies. The advertisement is sexist in nature and calls men lazy for not shaving everyday," said Virag Dhulia, founding member of AIMWA from Bangalore.

AIMWA has also sought an apology from the brand ambassadors of the advertisement campaign, Bollywood stars Mugdha Godse, Minnisha Lamba and Neha Dhupia, for endorsing it. "A company has decided to humiliate men for not shaving everyday. Tomorrow it will be for some other reason. Such campaigns basically target individual choice and freedom. We need to uproot this menace," said Dhulia.

According to the data provided by SFF and AIMWA, more than 3000 men from all over the country have joined the protest campaign and followed the National Stubble Day. "The number is increasing by the day and we are informing our members across the world to lend their support to the protest," said Sarkar. "Corporates, by resorting to such stupid advertisements, are promoting disharmony in family life. They portray all men in a derogatory manner. Shaving should be a natural choice for men and it has nothing to do with them being lazy," he added.

Take your pick: The primitive man did not shave and what if Gillette brand ambassadors would have kept the stubble

Dhulia added the protest will continue till the advertisements are discontinued and the NGO might take legal recourse, if the company fails to address their demands. "The Gillette website promotes the campaign by using a tagline called Women on War Path. What kind of language is this? They are using words and phrases to pull down men," he said.

Target Practice
The message that Women Against Lazy Stubble intends to spread among men are:
Till men don't shave, they won't co-operate.
Now that the comfort of Gillette Mach 3 is affordable, there are no more excuses to not be shaving.
If men don't shave, they shouldn't expect women to groom themselves either.

3000
Number of men reportedly against the Gillette campaign

The others who erred
SFF and AIMWA have earlier raised their voices too against corporate houses for presenting men in a derogatory way. "Earlier Kitply, ICICI Lombard and Hindustan Lever had used bad language against men while promoting their products. In an advertisement used by ICICI Lombard, a wife was shown calling her husband a fool for not buying a particular insurance policy. The company discontinued the ad after we protested," said Swarup Sarkar of Save Family Foundation.

A similar complaint was registered against Hindustan Level for promoting Ponds cold cream where the advertisement suggested if a woman uses the cream it will not only help her get rid of facial spots but also domestic violence.

Evolution will do away with debate and stubble
Latest research has suggested that organs as well as physical features that humans don't put to use daily may go away in coming generations due to evolutionary pressure. Big daddy of evolutionary sciences Charles Darwin had argued that humans carry some organs (like the tail bone, ear pinna etc) that are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over the time with the growth of a species these were rendered useless.

Taking forward his theory, scientists in the UK had said that hair that was once necessary to keep humans warm in the early stages of evolution, will go away eventually as the species has now found alternative ways for that function. So, practically they predicted that future humans would be born without body hair. The debate over the stubble would perhaps die a natural death.

Boycott Gillette Razor for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Fre

2009-12-04T17:13:00.000+12:00

Boycott Gillette Razor for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM machine.

This is the most dirtiest Ads I have seen, " Terming men Lazy if they do not shave", is nothing but is a clear example of Promotion of Domestic violence against men in the form of " Economical Abuse", "Verbal abuse" and "Mental abuse".

Though I am a clean shaved regularly, but that does not mean , Gillette have the whole sale free licence to Promote the "Domestic violence against men and treat the Men as Free ATM machine."

If a person can't effort to buy the Gillette, that does mean they are lazy ? Are their women ready to pay up their Bill if some one can't effort to shave every day due to finical problem?

So we argue to all Indian men to Boycott the Gillette for their promotion of Domestic violence( economical, mental and verbal abuse) against men by their selfish Advertisement .
This is not new for such peoples in the corporate to abuse the men to promote their product as no one questions them for abuse the men , but no more, men have to wake up and give a clear message that such type of abuse of men will not be tolerated and their product will be boycotted.

Gullet Razor : Terming men as Lazy , if they are not Shaved every day,is a clear example of Promotion of Domestic Violence against men in the form of "Economical abuse", "mental abuse" and Verbal abuse".

Read Earlie's activity and all ads had been withdrawn :

List of the Boycot Product for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM machine:

ICICI Insurence : Openly term the Husband as Stupid by wife for not taking ICICI Insurence. It is a verbal and economical abuse agisnt Men. ( Ads withdran)
Ponds : Promote the women to lie and term Husbands as wife beaters and say will donate "UNIFAME" 2 rupees for every Purchase of Ponds Cream. Till date no money or donations they have done for Men well fare.Golden Pond's makes waves with ad ( Ads withdran)
Kitply Promote Domestic Violence: Wife Slap Husband ( Youtube Viedo).This is a very derogatory commercial that promotes physical, emotional and financial abuse against men. They may be considering it as some sort of a joke, but we would like to remind that violence is not funny be it against a man or a woman. ( Ads withdran)
Wheel: There is an ad that shows the women of "National no pasina commission" (hypothetical name) beating Men because the wives are not comfortable with the ordinary washing powder.This is a clear promotion of Domestic violence of Physical, emotional, economical and verbal abuse.
In case you find any activity which Promotes the Domestic Violence against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM Machine , request to inform us .
Men - victims of Domestic violence
Indian men, forget about you do adultrity or not it does not matter , irrespective the allegation is true or false , not only you , your mother, sister, age old father will be thrown out of your own house under DV act , just one line complain : Just she have to say , "I am anticipate of Domestic Violence" from my partner , let it be a friend , husband or any one and you are out of your own house and land up in Railway Platform.

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of "Name-calling" is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

Further Reference:

Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Demand Mass leave from all corporate and Business House on International Mens' Day.

2009-11-05T21:16:00.000+12:00

Demand Mass leave from all corporate and Business House on International Mens' Day.

India :

We all are profossonal and working for our corporate or business house ,but as discussed and wittness in our daily life, maximum Corporate House and Business Houses are always treat the Working Men in biased way in India, when any marrage disputes comes or any disputes with women, some men even loss thier jobs also in False and Fabricated Complains.

In this International Mens day on 19th Novemebr, call off mass Leave and letter to demand of men well fare ministry and Department immediately to address the Indian men facing today.

Those registered NGO are there, draft the same and demand leave on International mens day and make awareness for men’s suffering.

No, men should work on international men’ s day .

Apply for Leave applications by mentioning that you want to contrubute that day for “International Mens’ day” to show the respect towards the men’s suffering and sacrifice towards our society.

Even the Hard Core Women Minister, Ms. Renuka Chawdhary, also earler accepted in HT News ( 31st Oct,2007):

” Men can’t be treated as Problem. They have to be Part of Solutions.”

Still our Prime minister prefers to keep his silence and ignore the same need for common man of India. Once he mentioned he can’t sleep when a man in Austrila falsy arrested, but he get very sound sleep when lacks of Indian men arrested, humulated, lost thier job, lost thier life due to such Legal Terrorism in india in false and fabricated cases( see the crime bure report every year more than 56000 indian husbands ending their life in un-naterail death and all thier criminal wife moving freely in this society, no action had been taken), which is very much unfortuante.

Proposal to Indian Government to Form Ministry of Men’s Well Fare .

To:

Dr. Manmohan Singh,

Prime Minister of India,

South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi,110011

Sub:Proposal to Indian Government to Form Ministry of Men’s Well Fare .

On the celebration of 19th November – International Men’s Day

According to Labour and Employment Ministry, more women are getting employment even as men are being laid off. The data available for period from 2001 to 2005 says it straight. The number of employed people in both public and private sector came down by over 13 lakh in this period. But this fall was solely because of men losing their jobs. The number of employed men dropped by 14 lakh, from 228.4 lakh in 2001 to 214.4 lakh in 2005.

More than 82% Taxes earned by Indian Government from Indian men, but reality is in last 60 Years Budget, the Fund for “Men Well fare ” always is “Zero”, inspite every day more than 192 Men end their life compared to 112 Women as per Crime Bure Reports.

Objective and responsibility:

Stop the “Legal Terrorism” against Indian Men vides one-sided gender biased law like 498A/DV act/Maintenance Act125/Child Custody Act/Adultraty Act.

Joint Child custody or 33% reservation in child custody cases.
Stop abuse of Criminal Justice system. All Marriage related dispute to be resolved through Civil Law only, as Marriage is not a Crime in India.

Reduce the Men’s suicide rate, especially after marriage. In 2005 more than 52000 married men had been end their life compared to 28000 married women.

Protection for men against Domestic Violence in terms of economical abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse and sexual relationship abuse.
No alimoney/Child Custedy to the wives, who left the home at her own will/flimsy ground or filed fales 498A or DV act to settel the marrige dispute.

In all gender biased law the word “Men/Women” to be replaced by the word “Person” and “Wife/Husband” to be replaced by the word “Spouse”.

Stop Creation of “Father less Child Society”.

Stop harassment at work place. More than 160 millions Indian men are working in un-orginasied sectors, unhealthy-hazard work environments.

Reduce the Crime against men. In the year 2005, as per Crime Bure report, more than 22.5 lacks crime done against men only.
Prevention of Elder and Child abuse, as per WHO Report, Indian Elder Peoples abused by thier Daughter-in-law maximum by misuse of 498A .

Let Article 51A(e) of the Constitution of India be amended as:

51A. Fundamental duties. —It shall be the duty of every citizen of India—
(e) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst
all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of ‘women and men’;
(and ‘men’ at the end be added which does not exist at present)

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Further Reference: Read latest News :( Click Here)

Acid attack to kill husband: Times News May27,2008
Domestic violence: Men are victims, too: Rediff news
Spouse abuse: It’s the husband’s turn now: DNA News,September 20, 2007
Mid Day: Mujhe meri biwi se bachao by Anshuman
Men are being Harresed , says women pannel : Times of India front Page News
UNI News : Harassed men to celebrate first Barsi of Domestic Violence Act
Basic Foundation of Justice and LAW based on Assumption will lead more and more crime.
Why Indian Budget:2008-2009 Anti men and Anti Corporate ?
498a and DV Act, A Forced Justification
A Selfish and in-Human Women exposed in Court.
Protest against “Legal Terrorism” on 19th January,2008 at Bangalore.
Police drag 92-yr-old to court, rapped-India-The Times of India
Men say wifes use Indias prowomen laws to torment them By Amrit Dhillon, Delhi
New use of alimony; cheating the taxman- Hindustan Times
Prove home violence for relief: court DNA News
India needs effective laws to throw out Legal terrorism :by Merinews
Zindgi Live:IBN7:Guilty until proven innocent
HC: Wife can’t use failed marriage to harass in-laws
“Family against Women or 21st century Women against family?”
MP HC: DV Act Cannot Be Filed Against Female Relatives
View Point: Domestic Violence Act lacks perspective By Zamir Uddin , Central Chronicle News.
Harassed Husbands : News By Sahara Time on Oct,5,2007
SC snubs Centre for domestic abuse Act DNA News.
Men raise their voices against wives: News By Statesman , Oct1,2007
Have our Law Makers failed to save Families?

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Indian Husband or Free ATM Machine?

2009-08-27T16:28:00.000+12:00

Indian Husband or Free ATM Machine?

You must well aware how indian Judges and LAW makers, Treat the Indian Husbands worse than a animale in this country, if not read this News :
Punjab: Man wants to sell kidney to pay alimony: Times of India

CHANDIGARH: Unable to pay maintenance to his wife, a man has approached a court in Punjab to allow him to sell his one of his two kidneys so that he
could pay up.

The Ropar resident, who found the sum stipulated by the court way beyond his means, filed an application under section 125 of CrPC (order for maintenance of wives, children) in the court of the judicial magistrate on August 22, seeking permission to sell his kidney to pay Rs 8,000 as interim maintenance to his wife.

Narrating his ordeal in the application, he said the court had ordered him to pay his wife a monthly interim allowance of Rs 3,500 under CrPC and another interim maintenance of Rs 4,500 per month under the Domestic Violence Act. Denying any permanent means of livelihood, he said he found it difficult to sustain himself as his small monthly earnings made up for only Rs 3,600 per month.

Despite his meagre income, the man tried to pay maintenance to his wife regularly. But, under the circumstances, he is left with no option but to sell his body organs.

They will not show any humunity towards you , as per them , Indian Husbands are only a Free ATM machine. They will remind you the minimum wages act, but the same minimum wages act will not be applicable for wife at all.

Maintance in two differnet Law at a same time ( Crpc125 and Dv act) is total violation of Indian Constituion artilce 20, where it had clearly mentioned a person can’t be prosuced twice for the same offence, but who cares and when Judicery became blind of any country and violate the Nation’s own Constituions, even God also can’t help that Nations. Today a rapist, terroist get better Justice than Indian Husbands in this country.

Stop the Legal Terrorism by promoting Gender Biased LAW and Stop treating the Indian husbands as Free ATM Machine. First give your daughter/sister equal rights in your own home and make her established to take care herself, instead of treating the Husbands family as a Free ATM Machine.

Must read :
How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?

A must to do activity : Whenever your so called wife demand and claim that she do not have any place to stay and give interim maintiance or residence etc, immediately , ask the concern auntority to Put her in “Goverment Shelter Home” , get the Booklet form the WCD ministry .

One simple appeal : “The court may put her in any of the recognised shelter house maintained by govt.( the list of shelter homes are endless) as a interim relife and husband are ready to provide all the expenses of the Shelter Home till the time the fianl decision of the Case not decided.”

Must Read : Self Reliance V/s Alimony by Indian Husband

PRESS RELEASE:National Conference of the Save Indian Family Movement.

2009-08-19T17:04:00.000+12:00

PRESS RELEASE:National Conference of the Save Indian Family Movement.

Sub: Shimla Declaration of the National Conference of the Save Indian Family Movement.

Introduction:

Save Indian Family (SIF) movement is a non-funded, self-supported movement and has been formed with a multi-dimensional strategy to form at least 100 NGOs all over India working in the area of Men Welfare. On the 15th of August 2009, 100 leaders from at least 25 NGOs representing 40,000 members participated in a 2 day National Conference in Shimla with a resolution of not to celebrate the Independence Day on August 15 this year.

Brief Background:

Leaders of the SIF movement feel that India is not an independent and a democratic country because men in general and married men in particular are being discriminated against to the point that their constitutional rights are being infringed and challenged especially those granted under Articles 14,15,20 and 21 of the Indian Constitution – the mother of all Indian laws.

1. Article 21 of the Constitution provides for Right to Liberty, however today one unverified complaint of mental and/or physical harassment from the wife under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code lands a man and his old parents, pregnant sister and minor children behind bars and his Right to Liberty is challenged as neither is any investigation being done to verify the tenacity of the complaint nor evidence is collected to corroborate the allegations.

2. Article 20 of the Constitution says that no person shall be tried twice for the same offence, however, in marital matters the man and his family face multiple litigations/prosecutions/trials for the same alleged cause of action under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, Domestic Violence Act, Section 125 CrPC (maintenance), Section 24 of the Hindu marriage Act, Divorce case, child custody case etc. These multiple and parallel litigations for same alleged offence clearly and blatantly violates Article 20 of the Indian Constitution.

3. Article 15 of the Constitution says that for the weaker sections of the society including women and children, the Govt. shall provide for Special Provisions to work for their welfare. Nowhere does it give the Govt. the liberty to formulate special, redundant and gender biased laws against the natural principles of Cardinal Justice. However, the laws mentioned above have been formulated and this practice is in violation of the Article 15 of the Constitution of India.

4. Article 14 of the Constitution provides for Right to Equality before law. However, in Domestic Violence Act, firstly men are not provided protection against domestic abuse from their wives and in-laws and secondly the complainant woman’s sole testimony is considered as evidence of violation of protection order enough to convict the man. Both these practices do not place men and women at equal footing before the law as men face severe discrimination and their Constitutional right under Article 14 is challenged.

Under such a scenario, the men’s rights NGOs under the aegis of the SIF movement have lost the significance of celebrating Independence Day as they feel India is not a democratic country but a fascist country where arbitrary arresting a particular section of the society is considered as social service. SIF Leaders feel celebrating Independence in a country, where the Constitutional Rights of men are not respected, is like insulting freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandrashekhar Azad, etc.

Major Concerns:

Ø 123,000 innocent women (mothers, sisters and other female relatives of men) have been arrested in the four years period (2004 – 2007) whereas even the so called “Barbaric British Govt.” arrested only 40,000 women in 40 years.

Ø Every year on an average 55200 married men are committing suicides with the number shooting to 57593 for 2007 vis-à-vis 30000 married women as per National Crime Records Bureau. Whose life is in more danger? Is the pain of a mother/sister less when she loses a son/brother?

Ø 98% of dowry harassment cases filed against men have been found to be false and it is the wife’s family who has been extorting money from the man by treating them as FREE ATM MACHINE by threatening them with false allegations and dragging them into frivolous and malicious prosecution.

Ø In the five years span (2001 – 2006) an estimated 13,00,000 men have lost their jobs – a vast majority of them due to frivolous and arbitrary arrests – whereas 14,00,000 women have gained employment. Who needs empowerment, men or women?

Ø Men pay 82% of the taxes and more tax than women at the same salary level.

Action Points:

Ø SIF declares Section 498A of the IPC and Domestic Violence Act as Unconstitutional and demands a National Level Committee be setup which would include SIF Leaders as well to investigate into the constitutionality of these laws.

Ø Institute National Commission for men to study men’s issues and give recommendations to the Govt.

Ø Form Men’s Welfare Ministry to address men’s issues.

Ø Replace the word “Husband” and “Wife” with “Spouse” and “Man” and “Woman” with “Person”.

We conclude the Shimla Conference with this.

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | 7days | It's a dad, dad, dad ...

2009-08-03T16:16:00.001+12:00

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | 7days | It's a dad, dad, dad
Are you a single father? You can get in touch with kindred souls on social networking sites that are awash with single dads exchanging parenting tips, says Sonia Sarkar

FATHER DEAR: Single parent Kamal Bhalla makes sure that he gives quality time to his son Manik
Mahesh Patel has a problem. His 16-year-old daughter wants to go to a late-night party with her friends, but the Mumbai-based widower isn’t sure if it is the right age for her to be staying out late. He doesn’t want to stop her either, for she has seldom been out after her mother’s death nine months ago. “Can someone suggest what I should do now,” he asks.

Jay, a divorcé from Bangalore, proffers some advice. “I suggest you explain to your daughter why you don’t like her night out plans,” he tells Patel. “To make her feel better, you can take her out on a weekend.” Patel’s post, a week later, says: “Thanks for your advice. It did work. I took her to Mahabaleshwar. I am glad to see the smile back on her face.”

Mahesh and Jay have never met but for the past six months they have been exchanging parenting tips on the social networking site Fropper.com. What makes them tick is that they are both single fathers. More and more such men are bonding on the Internet and setting up platforms that deal with parenting and other issues.

“The best thing about being a part of this forum is to receive multiple solutions to one problem as each of the members has something new to offer,” says Patel, a member of the virtual club ‘Single Parents’ on Fropper.com.

Life turned upside down for this 48-year-old banker after he lost his wife in an accident. “My daughter and I spent the most difficult times after my wife’s death. It was easy to fall into the ‘poor me, I’m just a single dad’ attitude, and even friends and relatives promoted the stereotype. Depression was sinking in and I had no clue about how to get over it,” he says.

Then, while surfing the Internet one day Patel discovered the group on single fathers. “I joined in to explore. But now I am addicted to it. I am comfortable about discussing my problems with these strangers who might have faced similar problems, and seeking advice from them,” says Patel.

Fropper.com is not the only online platform for single fathers. Others, such as singleparenting.com and indiaparenting.com, have thrown up similar forums. But the most popular social networking site among single fathers seems to be Facebook. It has more than 60 groups that serve as exclusive windows for single fathers.

The names of the groups are self-explanatory: Single Fathers — A rare breed, Single Fathers — United, Responsible Single Fathers, Disgruntled Single Fathers, Single Fathers with Daughters, Single Fathers Deserve Respect, Single Fathers are True Soldiers. The message these groups want to convey to the rest of the world is loud and clear.

Take the group called Single Fathers Deserve Respect. A post on its wall says: “There is a special group of fathers in this world who care greatly about their children despite what the other ‘party’ says. They show it in their actions and the way they raise their children to be responsible, caring, and loving human beings.”

Single fathers, some members believe, are discriminated against. “People feel sorry for single women, but what about the fathers? People should recognise that single fathers try just as hard,” says an agitated member of ‘Single Father’.

Chandigarh-based Vikas Garg, one of the 138 members of the group, agrees. “As a widower, I have felt that we are at a disadvantage against our female counterparts. The general perception is, men don’t bother about their children. The truth is men suffer equally and they don’t have the luxury to share their emotions openly when they feel low,” says Garg, who lost his wife in an accident three years ago.

His 13-year-old son Karan urged him to become a member of a virtual group to help him cope with loneliness. Garg paid heed to his tech-savvy son, and opened up a separate group for single fathers on Orkut called Single Parents…Let’s Live Good.

The online forums are not all about serious issues. Sometimes, the fathers take pot shots at themselves — describing how they burn the rice or humorously recall experiences such as learning how to change their toddlers’ soiled nappies.

Single fathers confess that they are not as efficient as the moms, but they do try to do their best. Kamal Bhalla, a Delhi-based divorcé who has launched a group called For Single Fathers by a Single Father on Facebook says it has been extremely difficult for him to juggle his work and home since his divorce three years ago.

“I prepare breakfast and lunch every morning before going to office. I finish my work early to ensure that I am back home by 7 in the evening. Then I help my son do his homework and also prepare dinner for the two of us. My social life is nil but my consolation is that my child is with me,” says the proud father of a 12-year-old black belt karate champion.

He adds, “My son has 100 per cent attendance in school and he has also won awards for the most well-behaved boy in school last year and the most co-operative boy this year. It just shows that a child can prosper equally under the guidance of a single father. And this is the message I want to send out to all single fathers through these forums.”

Bhalla was lucky that he didn’t have to fight much to win the custody of his son as his wife wanted to keep their elder daughter with her. But quite a few of the men who are divorced or are fighting a legal battle for a child’s custody use the platforms to help each other in their efforts. Facebook groups such as Single Fathers — United: Advocacy Organisations and Single Fathers — Fathers’ Awareness of Right and Custody Equity are actively mobilising campaigns for fathers involved in messy court cases. Support has come from all quarters for Delhi-based Pradeep Bansal, who recently lost custody of his 12-year-old son after fighting a case for nine years.

“Though I have consulted the top lawyers of the country I have also been discussing this issue with members of this group. I have been flooded with ideas about how to strengthen my case and I am hopeful all these suggestions would help as it’s about time that we acknowledge fathers as parents too,” says the businessman, who has joined one of the advocacy groups for single fathers.

The social groups, experts believe, help single fathers garner support as well as gain confidence. “Single fathers in our society are quite stigmatised, and in most cases, they are being considered to be the cause of the break up or separation. Life is equally tough for widowers,” says Professor Ashum Gupta, head of the department of psychology, Delhi University. “In a close-minded and an unwelcoming society like ours, men are extremely apprehensive about whom to approach in case of problems related to parenting.”

Divorces are on the rise, which account for the growing number of single fathers. According to data compiled by the family courts and crime records bureau, Delhi has seen 9,000 new cases registered every year since 2000, as opposed to the 1990s when only 1,000 new cases were registered every year. Calcutta has seen a 200 per cent rise in divorce cases over the last decade.

“It is important for single fathers to socialise and express themselves through these channels. This will help them build up a strong network of single fathers and also gain social recognition as responsible single parents,” says Gupta. “This is also an assurance for them that they are not alone, and eventually it gives them the strength to fight against all odds.”

The members couldn’t agree more. As one forum member’s post puts it — “It’s the Dad’s way of saying: REMEMBER YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!”

(Some names have been changed to protect identities)

DNA test lands 'rape victim' in a spot - Goa - City - NEWS - The ...

2009-07-18T20:56:00.000+12:00

DNA test lands 'rape victim' in a spot - Goa - City - NEWS - The ...
DNA test lands 'rape victim' in a spot - Goa - City - NEWS - The ...

PANAJI: One year after a 26-year-old girl from Vasco alleged she was raped by a neighbour and that she had subsequently given birth to his child,

DNA tests

have revealed the accused did not father the child. The police now want to initiate action against the complainant for lodging a false complaint.

A letter dated June 30, 2009 sent to the girl by Vasco police states, “I am to inform you that your complaint has transpired to be false. It is being considered whether action should be taken against you for lodging of false complaint.”

Sources reveal the police have also written to the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Vasco, to close the case and have sought permission to prosecute the girl for filing a false complaint. Sources said, “It was decided to close the case and prosecute the girl for filing a false complaint as the report of the DNA test to determine whether the accused was the biological father of the baby born to the girl came negative.”

The girl has also received a letter from the Vasco JMFC informing her that a final report has been filed by the police and to appear before the court for grant of desummary (to close the case due to lack of evidence) or to file objections.

The girl’s advocate, Amey Prabhudessai, confirmed receipt of the letters. Police records reveal that in her complaint the girl said that the accused, Andrew D’Cunha, had called her to his house in his mother’s absence and had allegedly repeatedly raped her on April 7, 2007. A police complaint was lodged 11 months later on March 19, 2008 and a case of rape registered.

The girl had said that she hadn’t filed a complaint till then as the boy had allegedly threatened her. It was only on learning that she was pregnant in December 2007 and after a child was born that she approached the police with the complaint.

Initially, the police weren’t able to trace the accused, but in August 2008 he surrendered. Later, the girl, the child and the boy were subjected to DNA tests at GMC which revealed that D’Cunha was not the child’s biological father.

Still do not understand how a women can be raped by a man lone, without consent of the women. It is evident that a relationsh occured by consent and after some time the women cry for rape.
When a women rape a man, it is termed as great love, blod women and they had been given awards also.
It is time fo make the Rape law gender euall :

The Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said the government was considering changes in rape laws in accordance with the report of the Law Commission of India.

The government has also received suggestions from various groups, including the National Commission for Women, for changes in laws for rape and homosexual sex, he said

The Law Commission of India in its 172nd report has recommended changes for widening scope of section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and to make it gender neutral, the Minister said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, reports IANS.

The Commission has also recommended for insertion of a new Section 376 E in the IPC to deal with "unlawful sexual contact", Moily added.
Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Hard times for software guys

2009-07-17T23:49:00.000+12:00

Hard times for software guys
By: Chetan R Date: 2009-07-17 Place:Bangalore

About 40 per cent of harassed husbands in the city are techies, study finds

Techies earning fat salaries are the most harassed among Bangalore husbands.

A study carried out by Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), a city based NGO, reveals that software professionals make up about 40 per cent of the total number of harassed husbands.

Huge pay packets make techies soft targets, say members of the foundation who carried out the study over 15 months.

"The study is shocking," said Panduranga Katti, president of SIFF. "Software professionals getting huge benefits from companies is a known fact and wives are misusing this every day. In most cases, wives demand money and threaten to complain to the police."

The share

SIFF, which works to empower harassed husbands through its website and branches across the nation, studied about 1,100 cases in Bangalore from January 2008 to April 2009.

After the techies, came men with private businesses. They constituted 11.7 per cent of the cases. Husbands from administration and the military made up about 10 per cent of the cases.

Legal help for hassled hubbies

Men in government service, heavy engineering and management, and the finance sector made up 7.8, 7 and 6.3 per cent of the total cases respectively.

The study included professionals, who approached the NGO through the internet. While 73 per cent of the cases approached SIFF through its website http://www.indianfamily.org/, the rest approached them through friends.

Help

SIFF plans to empower harassed husbands by providing them with legal support based on court judgments.
"Besides legal help, we will empower husbands through sessions of basic strategies and tactics. This will be done step by step," said Virag Dhulia, member, SIFF.

What women want
This is how wives harass husbands, according to the study:
>>Demanding money and threatening to file police complaints
>>Wanting parents to be sent away from the house
>>Forcing the husband to buy property
>>Adultery

498 Case - 2 month old baby had to get AB - Mid Day

2009-06-22T18:10:00.000+12:00

498 Case - 2 month old baby had to get AB - Mid Day

This will not be a breaking News or NCW/WCD does not feel the child is a victim as the Child do not have the voting rights.

This clearly shows how bad such law and how easy to misuse the same and still LAW mkers and women orginasations says, misuse is not a ground for stop the loophole int he law.
On the other hand , judicery still silent and had not taken any action who had done this and promoted the legal terrorism.

This expose the whole activity og gamge and great combinations of Police, Laywers, Judges incapability , forget about the complint wrong doing and abuse of criminal Justice system, as it is not a crime for her, as our LAw makers had given them the whole sale free lincence to do that.

We can only say :If they does not know the law they must sit at home an listen to wife as told by his senior's Markendya Kutju.

Filling a criminal case like 498a/DV act etc became like ordering a Pizza or a Cup of tea.
Wonder when Indian men will wake up and stop this legal terrorism in india.

By: Kranti Vibhute Date: 2009-06-21 Place:Mumbai

Two-month-old Zoya gets dragged into a dowry harassment case filed by her father's first wife. Legal experts, child rights activists react in shock at her having to get anticipatory bail to avoid arrest

In a case straight out of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the Mumbai Sessions court last Wednesday (June 17, 2009) granted anticipatory bail for what must have been their youngest applicant ever a two-month-old baby: Zoya aka Mehak Shamshuddin Khan. Lucky for her, or Zoya could have ended up behind bars.

Mother Reshma Khan of two-month-old baby Zoya said the family was called for an inquiry to Nehru Nagar police station. She sat there with the baby in her arms for 10 hours without reprieve, from 1 pm till 10 pm. She even had to feed her baby in front of the police and visitors

Zoya, who has got bail on a surety amount of Rs 10,000, is a member of the Khan family from Kurla who have been accused by Shakila Khan (27) in a dowry harassment case and for a criminal breach of trust. The sessions judge S N Sardesai in his order granted bail for seven of the eight applicants who applied for the anticipatory bail.

Shakila lodged a complaint against Zoya's father and her divorced spouse Shamsuddin Khan at the Nehru Nagar police station and named the entire family in her letter, including Zoya, her biological mother (Shamsuddin's second wife), a neighbour and four relatives. Shakila accused them of harassing and demanding dowry of Rs one lakh and torturing her, the police said.

Khan's lawyers Anil Bhole and Lata Vhotkar said the police initially thought that the matter would be resolved between both parties amicably. "However, when Shakila submitted a complaint letter against Shamsuddin and his family in which his second wife Reshma's baby was also mentioned, he had to rush for anticipatory bail for all his family members," said Bhole.

The police registered the case on Wednesday evening against Khan and his family members, acting on Shakila's complaint letter submitted earlier.

"Shakila and Shamsuddin divorced two years ago and he has since remarried and had Zoya with his second wife," said Nasim Bano Khan, Shamsuddin's mother. The entire family, apart from Shamsuddin, was summoned to the Nehru Nagar police station on Friday for questioning. "We were at the police station from 1 pm to 10 pm. Who would have looked after my baby while we were being questioned by the policemen? Our baby is so small, so I have to still bring her along every time," said a distraught Reshma.

'It's unheard of. The people who mentioned the baby in the complaint must be crazy!'
Ram Jethmalani, senior criminal lawyer

'This is hilarious and unheard of.'
Rohini Salian, ex-chief public prosecutor
'I can't believe my ears, it's bizarre!'
Mohammed Afzal, activist

'It's amazing that such an order could be passed for a baby.'
Girija Vyas, chairperson, National Commission for Women

'I can't believe my ears'

Zoya's case has stirred up a strong response. Former law minister and senior counsel Ram Jethmalani said that it was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard of. "It's probably unheard of even in any other part of the world where a two-month-old baby has to apply for bail. The people who mentioned the baby in the complaint must be crazy!" Similar sentiments were echoed by former senior counsel Rohini Salian, "This is a hilarious and unheard-of episode," she said.

Others were more cutting. Criminal lawyer Dinesh Tiwari said that apart from being an unprecedented case, it was a failure on the part of the police and the judicial process. "There should have been some verification of the applicant. How can a complaint letter naming a two-month-old baby be blindly considered in this manner?" asked Tiwari. Consumer activist Mohammed Afzal said the case highlighted the need for proper judicial guidelines. "I can't believe my ears, it's absolutely bizarre," he said.

Others chalked it up to the lack of awareness. "It's really a laughing matter, but it highlights the ignorance that exists amongst the police and judicial force. It's amazing that such an order could be passed for a baby," said Dr Girija Vyas, chairperson, National Commission for Women.

"The commission will look into this particular case to give us insights into the issues of child jurisprudence, which we are currently examining," said Dr Shanta Sinha, chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

Sociologist Nandini Sardesai said that the move was probably an attempt on the victim's part to get her case noticed.

"To begin with, it's strange that dowry is an issue in a Muslim family, but it reflects the pernicious carryover of a Hindu custom to other communities for their own benefit. Cases of dowry harassment often go unnoticed and this inclusion of the baby was probably to gain some attention and to sensationalise her case.

As for the police, it's no surprise that they often don't know the legalities since they're either apathetic or ignorant."

The case so far
Police have filed a case against Shamshuddin Khan (divorced husband of Shakila), his second wife, daughter, mother, brother, two sisters and one neighbour for dowry harassment (section 498), criminal breach of trust (section 406) and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (section 34). Shamsuddin's bail application was rejected and he was arrested by the Nehru Nagar police station on Saturday.

Children faultless until seven
"The child is presumed to be innocent until the age of seven and it's presumed that until then the child does not understand the difference between good or bad, crime or no crime and there is no Mensrea (intention to commit an offence is absent). Thus the child cannot be punished nor can any case be registered against it. Once the child is seven or above, he is a juvenile and can be tried under the Juvenile Offenders Act by the juvenile courts. In this case since the baby in question is only two months, there is no need for seeking anticipatory bail, nor for the court to grant such bail," explains ex-mayor of Mumbai and advocate Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar.

For nearly nine hours, Zoya was in her mother's arms while police officials made inquires on Friday. "It was embarrassing to feed my baby in front of the police and while other visitors moved around us. While my statement was being recorded, Zoya continuously cried. That irritated the policemen, but they didn't understand how hard it was for me to take care of my two-month-baby and answer their questions," said Reshma.

When Prakash Kale, senior police inspector of Nehru Nagar station, was asked why the baby was dragged into the matter, he rubbished the claim, saying, "No complaint has been filed against the baby, but since her name was mentioned by the complainant (Shakila) in her letter, the entire family applied for anticipatory bail."

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For more reference :

After President of India , now Chief Justice of India admits to Misuse of Dowry Law.
Indian Husbands End thier life:It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man ?
Court orders FIR against Wife, her Parents for Giving Dowry
Details of Dowry Law Cases for the year 2007 (Source - NCRB)
All India Protest On Misuse Of Dowry law (IPC 498A) and DV Act '2005

The double-edged rape-ier: DNA News

2009-06-20T16:27:00.000+12:00

The double-edged rape-ier: DNA News

Case 1: A minor girl from Malad recently alleged that a gym instructor had raped her. But later, cops found no evidence to suggest that the youth had sexually abused the girl. The case is under investigation

Case 2: A bar dancer in Nerul accuses a policeman of raping her. Police say evidence suggests that the woman had a relationship with the accused and sex was probably consensual

Case 3: An executive in a Delhi PR company spent two months in Tihar jail for rape. Later, investigations established that he was having an affair with the woman for two years and she wanted him to marry her. When he refused, she filed rape charges which she later withdrew as 'false'

Case 4: During the 2004 World Social Forum, a South African judge of Indian origin, Sirajuddin Desai, was accused of rape by a fellow delegate from the same country. The sessions court later let him off after she withdrew her complaint and circumstantial evidence hinted at consensual sex

Case 5: In Bhayandar last year, a 17-year-old girl falsely accused her father of rape

In common parlance, it is called a false complaint. Legal eagles call it malicious prosecution.

While rape laws in the country are justifiably stringent, recently a few cases have indicated that the law can be misused, and has end up damaging lives in profound ways. So, if the girl is found to have filed a false complaint, what is the remedy available to the accused, who, ironically, then becomes the victim?

But do the police act?

The general perception is that the cops don't act. But lawyers say there is no reason why the police should not ruthlessly pursue cases, which have been proved to be false. The police are duty-bound to file a final report in every case, which falls into one of the three categories:

'A final': Says the case is true but undetected (the case is left dormant till evidence possibly emerges at a later date)

'B final':Says the complaint was false (it could be followed up by prosecution of the complainant)

'C final': Neither true nor false.

Yet, there are a few cases where a false complainant is brought to book. In one instance, dating back to the prohibition, a tenant who had falsely implicated his landlady for drunken misbehaviour found himself at the wrong end of the stick when the police detected his complaint to be bogus. He was prosecuted and convicted.

Former DGP S S Puri, a law expert as well, says false complaints are more an aberration than the norm. Police say most false complaints fall under a few laws meant for weaker sections of society like Section 498 A of the IPC (dowry cases), Protection of Civil Rights Act or the Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Crying rape is not that rare

While on one hand, rape remains a highly under-reported crime, on the other, there are instances of women seeking personal vendetta by crying rape. In the last year alone, there were two such instances reported in the city.But can a minor be sued by the police or by the aggrieved party?

Yes, say some lawyers. Section 82 of the IPC grants unconditional immunity to a child below seven years of age. However, the next section, 83, says, "An act of a child above seven and under 12 of immature understanding: nothing is an offence which is done by a child above seven years of age and under 12 who has not attained sufficient maturity of understanding to judge the nature and consequences of his conduct on that occasion."

This indicates that anybody above seven years, and with a sound mind, can be prosecuted for an offence. However, offenders under 18 years will be prosecuted by the juvenile justice board.

Advocate Shrikant Bhatt is of the view that anybody of whatever age can be prosecuted for filing a false complaint. "For IPC offenders, it doesn't matter if he or she is a minor or major," he says. He/she does not even get the protection of section 82 and section 83."

Public prosecutor Rohini Salian, who represents the police in courts, however, says minors can be sued only as a juvenile under the Juvenile Justice Act before the Juvenile Justice Board. "Most of these cases, if convicted, end up in a remand home," she says. "The conditions in remand homes are far from ideal for corrective therapy."

A better option therefore, says advocate Raju Moray, is to introduce the idea of community service for offenders as is done in the US.

Why arrest an accused unless there is prima facie evidence?

The arrest of the gym instructor has also raised a crucial point of law: is it necessary to arrest any person named in a cognisable complaint? Lawyers claim police jump the gun and promptly arrest an accused in cognisable offences. As a result of this trend, many resort to misuse.

"I know an elderly couple who has been blackmailed by their son and daughter-in-law to sell their house for fear of being arrested by the police in a false dowry case," says Moray.

Police admit to a certain degree of misuse. And the fact that police often act promptly on such complaints encourages their misuse, feel lawyers.

"It is not imperative for the police to arrest an accused on the basis of a complaint," says Bhatt. Section 157 of the IPC says if the police receive information about a cognisable offence, it "should proceed to the spot, investigate facts and circumstances of the case, and, if necessary, take measures for the discovery and arrest of the offender."

Cops, however, dispute this point. "We are damned if we do and damned if we don't," says a senior police officer. "Take this girl's case. Had we not arrested the gym instructor, there would have, probably, been a huge women's morcha to the police station."

Another police officer points out that in a complaint of rape it is important to arrest the accused. "How else can we conduct a medical examination or interrogate him?" Most importantly, SC judgments clearly prescribe arrest "in prima facie serious cases".

Section 177

A false complainant can be prosecuted for knowingly furnishing false information to a public servant "regarding the commission of an offence." The section provides for a two-year jail term or fine or both. However, the police cannot start investigations under without a magistrate's permission.

Section 182

The victim can also seek recourse to Section 182 of the IPC, which deals with giving false information to a public servant in order "to cause him to use his power to injure or annoy anybody". The sentence for this offence is maximum imprisonment of six months or fine or both.

Section 211

This section goes a step further and slaps a punishment of the same description on a false complainant that would be applicable on the accused had the charge been proved.

Section 376

Rape carries an imprisonment of not less than seven years extending up to life and a fine. This provision is invoked in a false charge of offence meant with the intent to injure in such a manner that gets criminal proceedings launched against that person. Proving the "intention" of the complainant holds the key.

Section 499

Apart from police action, the aggrieved party can also file a criminal case for defamation, under Section 499. The punishment in the latter case could go up to two years in jail, along with a fine.

Section 203

A multi-causes civil suit for damages under the head of defamation causing trauma, shock damage to a career is also possible. Another provision that could be invoked on a false complainant is Section 203, which deals with giving false information concerning an offence.

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Gender Biased LAW should immediately to be made crime based instead of any assumption that all women never lie and all the men born as Criminal. "MEN/WOMEN" word to be replaced by word "PER SON" and word wife/husband to be replaced with the word "SPOUSE"

For reference one must read :

Consensual sex is not rape: Supreme Court

One hand a women will be raped by a gang of people and then will be killed and police/media will continue to serch to find the real rapist years to years , on the other hand so called living greedy women will file false Rape cases , if they feel the man do not find suitable her for a real life partner due any resons.
So , in this country as a women you have all the wolesale free lincence to term any man a "Rapist" , let you rape the him, that does not matter!!!!

When a women rape a man it called Love as per LAW, Society and media..right?

Wonder why Rape law should not be made Gender Equll, if we fell women do not rape the man and instead of hide behind a gender baised law , let the so called radical women forces come forward to prove that they do not rape the man.

Can they have such honesty or it is White lie to protect thier own crime and refuse to accpet the LAW comissions long back recomdations to make the Rape LAW Gender Equall.

We know if the rape law made gender equll , every year at least 5 times more women will be convected than man, as per present defination of Rape and if we have Judges like this , who think sex with the promise of marriage is Rape in this country.

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Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Renuka loss is our gain : Swrarup Sarkar in Mid-day

2009-05-22T19:33:00.000+12:00

Renuka loss is our gain : Swrarup Sarkar in Mid-day

Ex-Union minister Renuka Chaudhary's election defeat is being celebrated by a group of men who have been demanding the abolition of the controversial Domestic Violence Act. They are happy that with Chaudhury's ouster as the women and child development minister, the act may be done away with..

Former Union minister Renuka Chaudhary lost the Lok Sabha elections from Khammam constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

The winner, Nama Nageshwara Rao of the Telugu Desam Party, is celebrating. But Swarup Sarkar of Delhi is celebrating more.

The law will stay: Renuka Chaudhary

The reason: Sarkar is the Delhi coordinator of Save Family Foundation (SFF), a group that has been demanding the abolition of the controversial Domestic Violence Act (DV Act) that they allege is pro-women and is often abused in cases of marital discord.

The group holds Chaudhary responsible for introducing and supporting the DV Act and Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

"Renuka is among the people who introduced the draconian Section 498-A of IPC and the Domestic Violence Act. These laws have become a tool to harass married men by giving unlimited benefits to wives," said Sarkar.

The SFF is celebrating the former woman and child development minister's defeat with crackers, sweets and congratulatory messages. "I received almost 50-60 messages on the day of counting.

People from all over the country were celebrating Renuka Chaudhary's loss. Later on, we forwarded the congratulatory emails to the official mail address of the Women and Child Development Ministry," said Sarkar.

Sarkar and SFF have been running a campaign against the DV Act and Section 498-A, demanding the creation of a Men Welfare Ministry on the lines of the one for women.

"Every year, lakhs of men throughout the country lose their reputation, job and almost everything because their wives lodge complaints against them under these laws.

Not just the men but their mothers, sisters and other family members are harassed under false complaints of dowry and ill treatment by in-laws," said Sarkar.

SFF and Sarkar had met Chaudhary before the elections regarding their demands but after being denied any help, the group started a campaign against the former minister through emails, SMSes and blogs.

The campaign also targeted Congress leader Margaret Alva, who the SFF claims, was the brain behind Section 498-A when it was introduced in 1983.

MiD DAY tried contacting both Chaudhary and Alva for their reactions. While Alva was not available on her landline phone numbers, Renuka in an irritated tone accepted that she knew about SFF.

"I know about their celebrations. It's a democratic country and let him celebrate. But I don't think it is worth celebrating," Chaudhary said.

When asked about the SFF's demand to abolish the DV Act and amend Section 498-A, she came up with a big no.

"The law cannot be changed. It is there to save women who are harassed by their in-laws. I don't think there is any strength in their demand," Chaudhary said.

What the laws say

Section 498-A, IPC, provides wives with the right to move court against any act of cruelty for dowry.

The DV Act covers not only wives and live-in-partners, but also sisters, mothers, mothers-in-law or any other female relative living with a violent man, who can be jailed for a year for beating, threatening and even shouting at them.

While the DV Act provides yet another provision for a woman with ulterior motives to initiate criminal proceedings against the husband, a major loophole in the Act is its Section 14(5).

The section reads that the respondents shall not be allowed to plead any counter justification for the alleged act of domestic violence, a clear flouting of Human Rights.
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For more reference You must read :

Bow down before your wife: SC tells husbands
Vote for any Party, but Not to Congress.
DNA: India: Dowry law applies before marriage: SC
After President of India , now Chief Justice of India admits to Misuse of Dowry Law.
Indian Husbands End thier life:It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man ?

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Bow down before your wife's 'diktat', SC tells husbands

2009-05-20T17:27:00.000+12:00

Bow down before your wife's 'diktat', SC tells husbands

NEW DELHI: If you want to buy matrimonial peace just do whatever your wife says!

This is not some piece of advice from a marriage counsellor, rather it is from the country's apex court.

A vacation bench of justices Markandeya Katju and Deepak Verma observed, "Bibi joh boltee hai woh sunno (listen to whatever your wife says), as otherwise it could land you in trouble. Because if you do not listen to her, you will suffer the consequences."

"Hum sab bhogi hai (we are all sufferers)," the bench said in a lighter vein.

The bench further said that a husband has to accept the suggestion of a wife irrespective of the fact whether it is sensible or not.

"If your wife asks you to put your face that side, put it that side. If she says, put it this side, then put it this side. Otherwise you will face trouble. Hum sub bhogi hai," the bench remarked again.

The interesting suggestions from the apex court evolved on Tuesday during a matrimonial case involving an Air Force official Deepak Kumar who complained that his estranged wife Manisha had ruined him and his family by implicating them in false criminal cases including sodomy.

The couple got married 17 years ago but matrimonial disputes surfaced between the two soon after marriage.

A district court in Chandigarh dismissed Deepak's plea for divorce as Manisha opposed it, but a single judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court granted decree of judicial separation.

On an appeal from Manisha, a division bench granted the decree of divorce as the marriage "had irretrievably broken down" besides directing Rs 10 lakh maintenance amount from Deepak to her.

Aggrieved by the high court's order Manisha filed the appeal in the apex court challenging the decree of divorce.

Deepak's counsel argued that Manisha even though had implicated her husband and his family in a host of criminal cases was yet opposing the divorce despite the marriage breaking down irretrievably.

The vacation bench however, posted the matter for further hearing to July last week as there was no urgency in dealing with the matter.

"You have waited for 17 years, so wait for a few more days," the bench said while switching over to the next item on the agenda.

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In this country even a animal have right to get Justice, Protection, well fare but not for Indian Husbands. Supreme court of India opnely said the hard reality, Indian Husbands are Just Like a "Free ATM Machine".
Now, the Question is are Indian Husbands ready to accept that hard reality and will wake up to Stop the Legal Terrorism against Indian Husbands or still prefer to sleep?
Indian Husbands End thier life:It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man ?
Honorable Supreme court of India along with all LAW makers , still not able to answer : Is the Pain of a Mother or Sister is less or Nil , when they lose their son or brother?

If not then why a wife should not be punished, when the evidence are beyond reasonable doubt the husband end his life due to harassment by wife?

We wonder Whose life is in More Danger in India: Men or Women?

1. Crime Bureau data 2005: Married Men Suicide : 52k vs Married Women Suicide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?

2. 2006 Crime Bureau Data: Married Men Suicide: 55452 vs. Married Women Suicide:29869.

3. 2007 Crime Bureau Data : Married Men Suicide: 57593 vs. Married Women Suicide:30064.

Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B (dowry death) to 304C (Sowry Death) and 498A (harassment to wife) to 498B (Sowry harassment by wife)?

In case when a wife end his life, irrespective of any reason , the husband and all his mother/sisters put behind the bar immediately , but when a Husband end their life, inspite of having the evidence , no one cares or media also do not find the same as news , forget about any Breaking News. We even witness the husbands and all his family members send behind the bar , even when the wife's family falsely claimed the wife is dead, where as the truth is the wife is alive and happily enjoying her life with another man.

Whereas , we have witness in this country , a women sleep with her boyfriend in Mumbai five star Hotel (few month back a Air Hostage women's suicide case) and the moment she suicide , all the News Channel claim the wife had been killed (where as the husband stay in Delhi) and it is to be termed as Dowry Death... wonder , where every suicide of a wife had converted to Dowry death and made more and more laws (as on date more than 6 laws to harass and treat the husbands family as Free ATM machine available in this country).

It is evident, more than 90% Indian Husband totally ignorant about the danger they are in and relax, till the time they hit by those dangerous weapon of Legal Terrorism in the form of one sided law like 498a/DV Act/Crpc125/child custody/adultery/maintenance.

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India, made by congress Government.

For a wife even adultery also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of “Name-calling” is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

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For further Reference:

Vote for any Party, but Not to Congress.
DNA: India: Dowry law applies before marriage: SC
After President of India , now Chief Justice of India admits to Misuse of Dowry Law.
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Loksabha TV: Misuse of Anti-Dowry Act: Videos

2009-05-08T18:35:00.000+12:00

Loksabha TV: Misuse of Anti-Dowry Act: Videos

This is a discussion aired in Loksabha TV in their program "Gender Discourse".

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

"Injustice some where is a Direct Threat of Justice Every Where."

Laws intended for protection of women are being rampantly misused and innocent family members are being jailed without investigation and are entangled in vexatious, lingering and wasteful litigation and harassment by police.

Participants:
Swarup Sarkar & Abhimanyu - Save Family Foundation, New Delhi
Meenakshi Lekhi- Advocate, Supreme Court
Rajana Kumari(on phone) - Director, CSR, New Delhi

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Criminla LAW is to punish the criminla, Criminla law should not be allowed to misuse to get easy money, maintnace, divorce or child custedy. Marrage is a civil activity and all the dispute realted to marrage to be resolved in civil law the way all over the world done and the assumption that all men born in criminla family and all wives born in Raja Harish Chadra family ( never lie), it is not only blunder, but hyprocosy and open gundagari to kill the natrual Justice system of india.
Justifying the misuse of 498a /DVact and doing the open extrotion of money/property, promotion of elder abuse, creating father less child soceity is nothing but "Unlash Legal Terrorism" as earlier said by Supreme court of India.
If LAW makers still not wake up and stop the loophole in the laws and made the same as Gender eaull , our Society to be ready to pay a huge price in the form of conversion of Human society to a animale society and maximum indian husband's will prefer to die as Debit man insted of credit man.
Stop Treating the Indian Husbands as "Free ATM machine" and replace the word Husband/wife to Spouse in all marrage realted law.
For more reference :

We wonder Whose life is in More Danger in India : Men or Women?
Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.
2007 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:57593 vs. Married Women Sucide:30064
Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B( dowry death) to 304C( Sowry Death) and 498A ( harrasement to wife) to 498B ( Sowry harrasement by wife)

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Review Gender Biased LAW to Promote Family Harmony and Stop Legal Terrorism

Review of the Domestic Violence Act and other related laws
Proposed Domestic Harmony Act , 2005 ( For review)
NCW’s recommendations to address “unnatural deaths” of married women are Unreasonable
Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
Woman throws acid on husband-Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India
NCW'S False/fabricated Claim exposed regarding 70% women denied maintance on alleged adultrity ground in CRPc125.
STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!
Recommendations on Modifications to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

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Link to 6 parts:
Part1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up92zIyNHTI
Part2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91o1RXajkC0
Part3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq3A0q_hM2g
Part4- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kauE-B_8gAk
Part5- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO_yRuV0dPo
Part6- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCRjdA4HKXY

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Sailor set to test political waters, raises dowry issue - Delhi: Times of India

2009-05-02T17:17:00.000+12:00

Sailor set to test political waters, raises dowry issue - Delhi: Times of India

NEW DELHI: Captain Sudhir Kumar is thrilled with the kind of support he has been getting, specially from women. Far from the regulated, almost regimental life he is used to, Kumar is sweating it out in the Delhi sun and getting a taste of Indian politics. He is contesting the general elections from the New Delhi constituency as candidate of the little known Bharat Punarnirman Dal (BPD) and is addressing issues that nobody seems to have paid much attention to till now safety at sea for Indian sailors is just one of them.

Kumar, presently working with the merchant navy, has been associated with BPD since its inception in 2006. The volunteers comprise ex-IITians, MBAs and engineers and the target audience is the middle class voter. That is precisely why Kumar chose to enter the battle from a strongly contested zone. "I represent the common man who is fed up with dirty politics. All my voters are decision makers. The New Delhi constituency has the maximum number of people who can make a difference to the legal and administerial way of functioning in the country,'' says Kumar.

The party, that is fielding 11 contestants all over the country, is strongly focussed on family affairs and Kumar is arguing hard against the present dowry laws. "I have been campaigning long hours and going for padyatras too. The response has been phenomenal, specially from women who have connected to the issues I have raised. No civil or uncivil country punishes 10-30 relatives for a crime that is no crime. A marital dispute is between the husband and wife and unless there are bigger issues attached to it, should be dealt with in a civil court and not a criminal court,'' says Kumar.

Kumar is on leave from his job at present, having come to Delhi only 20 days ago to start his campaigning. "I am an honest person and need a job to support my family,'' he laughs, adding that if he is elected, he would have no option but to quit. "I know the competition I am up against but it doesn't deter me at all. I would be happy if I am able to get my message across to the people and make some difference to their lives,'' he adds.

Because of his strong connections with Africa he has been posted there for several years Kumar is also advocating strong ties with the continent. "India is going to be facing a severe shortage of food grains in the next five years or so. Africa can be our food basket and we need to develop our relations with them,'' he says.

Far from the usual promises of roti, kapda aur makan, Kumar has an entirely new agenda up his sleeve which includes urban rebuilding of Delhi, domestic harmony, judicial reforms and freedom of media and private radio.

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For More Reference :
Vote for Sudhir in New Delhi SIF Commondo Memeber
As per Indian Crime Bure report, today more than 56000 Indian Husbands ending their life every year ( as per Crime Bure Report) due to congress anti-husbands, anti-family and anti-child biased and lopsided LAW like 498A/Domestic Violence act/CRPC125/Adultrity LAW/ 4 different maintance laws. The whole Husbands family had been converted as Free ATM machine and they had been treated worse than an animal in this country due all congress biased and lopsided law and policy.

Inspite of Supreme Court termed the Misuse of 498A as “Unlash Legal Terrorism” and Domestic Violence act as “most clumsy drafted LAW”, Congress government had not taken any corrective action and the whole husband’s family is suffering today.

And for Indian men, it does not matter, irrespective the allegation is true or false, not only you, your mother, sister, age old father will be thrown out of your own house under DV act, just one line complain by your wife.

On the other hand you have option also, vote for congress and ensure more and more suffering, as not only congress all other political party will consider increasing the suffering of Husbands and their family members termed in this country as Social service and Indian Husbands and their family members can’t ensure their defeat or reduce their vote share, so make more and more anti-husband, anti-family, anti-child and anti-men biased and lopsided law in this country.

Choice is with you, do remember even a small child also do not get the milk if he/she do not cry for that that.

Congress government had converted the Indian Criminal Justice system as a whole sale free money earning business though Legal Extortion from Husbands and their family members.
The New Delhi parliamentary constituency would include:
Karol Bagh (reserved),
New Delhi,
Rajinder Nagar,
Patel Nagar (reserved),
Moti Nagar,
Delhi Cantonment,
R.K.Puram,
Kasturba Nagar,
Greater Kailash
Malviya Nagar.

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DNA: India: Dowry law applies before marriage: SC

2009-05-01T21:24:00.000+12:00

DNA: India: Dowry law applies before marriage: SC

New Delhi: Would-be grooms and future in-laws will face the charge of demanding dowry if a proposed marriage fails to be solemnised because the girl's parents couldn't meet their demands, the Supreme Court of India has ruled.

Adding teeth to the anti-dowry legislation, the apex court said it's not necessary that the law applies only when the marriage has taken place, but that it becomes active the moment two parties start a dialogue for marriage.

"The definition of the expression 'dowry' in section 2 of the Dowry (Prohibition) Act cannot be confined merely to 'demand of money, property, or valuable security' made at or after the performance of marriage," a bench of justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok
Kumar Ganguly said.

The bench said "demand" of money, property, or valuable security made to the "[would-be] bride or her parents or other relatives by the bridegroom or his parents or other relatives or vice-versa would fall within the mischief of 'dowry' under the Act" even if the demand "is not properly referable to any legally recognised claim and is relatable only to the consideration of marriage".

The court held that "marriage in would include a proposed marriage", particularly when the "non-fulfilment of the demand of dowry leads to the ugly consequence of the marriage not taking place at all".

The ruling, which widens the scope of the dowry prohibition law, came in an appeal filed by a "husband", Koppisetti Subbarao alias Subramaniam, saying he couldn't be charged with cruelty for demanding dowry as he had never married the woman who made the charge.

The SC rejected Subbarao's plea that the "victim woman" should establish that she was his legally married wife. It wondered if "a person who enters into a marital arrangement (should) be allowed to take shelter behind a smokescreen.

"Such legalistic niceties would destroy the purpose of the anti-dowry law provisions (and) would encourage harassment" of a woman over money, the bench said.

The SC said it would be appropriate to construe the expression "husband" to cover a person who enters into a marital relationship and under "such proclaimed or feigned status" subjects the woman to "cruelty" under sections 304B or 498A IPC, "whatever be the legitimacy of the marriage itself".

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Those people had seen the dark side of biased 498a/Dv act allready know the pain of the same and well come this as a great move to make wake up the society and LAW makers. Offten we seen the unmarried guys overlook the danger of such law, where the assumption that the verbal alligations of a women to be treated as true , till the accused not proved his innocence, which is against any natural Criminla Justice System, but our Law makers overlooked the same long time and made more and more duplications of law , which converted the whole Criminal Justice system as free Money earning System through legal extrotion/ blackmailling.

A Great Judgement to expose the biased law and promotion of misuse , which the same Supreme court earlier said , it "Unlash Legal Terrorism" and Goverment must take some step to prevent it.
As Goverment had not taken any action to stop such Legal Terrorism and no preventive actions to remove the Cancer of Misus of Dowry law, where the verbal statement of a women to be Presumed as True ( as no women lie as all women born in Raja Harish Chandra family) , this is work wonder fully and those advocate or doing the dram in last 60 years in the name of anti-dowry law, will be wake up.
What you have to do , find a women let it be 18 years or 80 years , you are eligable to file a 498A or 304B to any Tom/Dick/Hary along with her sister/mother/grand mothers also.

The case should not stop there itslef, it will be followed by Maintance and allomeny act also alongwith crpc125/Section24/Domestic Violence act/ Adultrity act also ( Adultrity is a crime for Husabnd, not for wife). Though you have not married , but you will be termed as Husband and you have to face all the cases waht a Husband face.

As we continously demanding , replace the word Husband/wife to Spouse and Men/women word with Person to avoid any descriminations , we stick with that and also well come the proposal of Supreme court of India to replacing the word " Husband" to "Person" and let all the unmarried guy also face the reality of Such Legal Terrorism of India in the form of 498A/304B so called dowry death.

Any law on assumption based and with the pricipal the verbal statement of a complin to be presumed to be as True , will ensure more and more misue of law and extroion business , as unfortunately god had not created a single women , who do not lie in this world.
So , now the Supreme court had sifted the responsibility to LAW makers , you had make the loopsided law and we will not take any corrective actions, let millions of innocent people suffered in misue of such law.
You made this law, you answer the people , if they suffer.

Law makers should understand : " Injustice some where is a Direct Threat to Every where."

For more reference :
Review Gender Bias LAW

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Harassed hubbies out to ruin renuka & congress' chances:DNA News

2009-04-15T23:15:00.000+12:00

Harassed hubbies out to ruin renuka & congress' chances:DNA News

Vineeta pandey. new delhi: Page:13: Date:15/04/2009

Harassed husbands, upset over "rampant misuse" of women-oriented laws like the domestic violence act (dv act) and the dowry prohibition laws, want to vote the congress out of power.

Their main grudge is against women and child development minister renuka chowdhury, who was instrumental in bringing in the dv act. "she was actively pursuing the sexual harassment at workplace bill. why get only laws to protect women when men too are victims of domestic violence and sexual harassment? our demand is to make laws gender-neutral. however, when we suggested means to prevent misuse of the laws, chowdhury was rude to us and did not incorporate our views," said swarup sarkar of save indian family foundation (siff).

Sarkar claims that in the last five years over 56,000 men committed suicide due to marital disputes but the government remains insensitive.
more than a dozen men's organisations like the siff, protect indian family, gender human rights society, my nation foundation, having membership running into lakhs, are aggressively campaigning against the congress.

"We launched our campaign on march 26. thereafter, a lot of parties approached us supporting our campaign. we are campaigning to expose the congress's anti-husband and anti-family policies. over one lakh families were destroyed during its reign, as disgruntled women used these laws to falsely implicate their husbands and in-laws," sarkar said.

A campaign that began through emails, sms and blogs is slowly building into a mass movement, with many rival parties secretly pledging them support. for instance in bangalore, bjp workers are helping them by printing one lakh pamphlets. in some other areas, their activists are given a platform to air their views.

At places the harassed hubbies are tying up with various parties, even contesting, or using their platforms to cut into congress votes. many members are also contesting as independents.

Sudhir anand, a merchant navy consultant, is in the fray from new delhi. "i may go independent or with the bharat punarniman dal (of iitians) or the youth for equality," said anand. similarly, there are candidates from kanpur, bangalore, chennai, nagpur and mumbai.

Even in renuka chowdhury's khamman constituency, the hubbies are aggressively supporting a rebel congress candidate.

Winning may be a distant dream, but the husbands hope to swing at least 2-3% votes against the congress.

"We want to convey a message to all political parties that if you do such a thing, you may lose elections," sarkar said.

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Vote for any Party, but Not to Congress.

Indian Husbands End thier life:It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man ?

2009-04-14T22:52:00.000+12:00

Indian Husbands End thier life:It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man ?

“She and her parents asked me to furnish Rs 10 lakh as early as possible. But at that time, I was not in a position to produce the sum. Since I was attached to my son, they prevented me from meeting my son. My wife then made false allegations against me and filed a complaint in the police station under section 498 A. The police without trying to ascertain the truth took me away to the police station. On that day, I died literally. Ever since then I was dying day in and day out for two reasons. One, I was kept away from my son and two; I was harassed by my wife. I was suffering both mentally and physically. It became routine for me to beg for my son. But no one understood me. Finally, I fell at her feet and begged to see my son. But to no avail. I then approached the courts. But they quite simply dragged the case. Everything was mechanical there." - this may be one of a Indian Husband's own confession before end his life had been recorded in his own mobile , the unanswered questions .

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No. this Video will never be a Breaking News in India as it is from a Man and that also from a Husband!!!

The Husband Killers will move freely in the Society they way more than 56000 husband killers/year are moving freely in this country and every day the same are increasing.

Where as we all can witness the Breaking News in Indian Television as Ms. Fizza tried Suicide or any Women suicide in Mumbai Five Star Hotel also and media trial convert all the cases as Dowry death or Dowry Harassment case without Single evidence, except the Verbal allegations.

Not only on the one hand, the judges/media/society/LAW makers sympathize about only a small verbal allegation "violence against women", make cooked up study reports , on the other hand women's organizations earned a huge money by making each and every "Domestic Dispute" to a Violence or dowry death story and fooled the Judges/media/LAW makers in the very temple of justice itself, but every year more than 56000 married man ending their life , which is 10 times more than terrorist killed in this country , but no one feels the same should be make a concern for this country.

Seems killing the Husbands to be termed as Social Service in this country and creating a Father less child society is the only solution to reduce all the violence and crime in the society.

In this country a person have right to meet his child even after convicted in Terrorist law, murder law, rape law, but a Husbands do not have any right to meet his child, if his wife do not agree and all the Judges do not forget to treat them as Free ATM machine in the name of child maintenance, but miserably failed to ensure the husband at least get some visiting right of child.

That is the Great LAW of this country and our Judges and LAW makers along with maximum Media Houses believe, Indian wives are 'abala nari" and all born in Raja Harish Chandra Family (never lie) and all the Husbands born in Criminal family.

Do you know who had given the whole sale free licensees to your wife to refuse to visit your own child once in a week at least? – Congress.
Do you know who had given whole sale free License to your wife to beat, abuse, refuse food to your child and you can’t even ask her a single question, as it will be termed as verbal abuse? – Congress.
Do you know if your wife demand 1000 rupees for her kitty party and you give 800, it is a crime by you as per law and who made such law? – Congress.
We asked to all Law makers and even honorable Judges of Supreme court , who one hand they describe the misuse of LAW as "Unleashing of Legal Terrorism" and government should take the necessary step to stop that , but they themselves silently enjoy the suffering of Indian Husbands and failed to make any corrective action or asked a small question to the LAW makers, why more and more duplication of LAW made in this country and violated the Indian Constitutions article 14, 21 and misused the special provision of article 15 by all Political party, specially congress in the name of Caste, religion, weaker sex , women etc but forget everyone is equal in front of law and a person is innocent till proven guilty, but it does not apply when a wife complain against Husband , the moment a wife will complain, the husband to be treated as Free ATM machine, let the allegations is false or true.

Honorable Supreme court of India along with all LAW makers , still not able to answer : Is the Pain of a Mother or Sister is less or Nil , when they lose their son or brother?

If not then why a wife should not be punished, when the evidence are beyond reasonable doubt the husband end his life due to harassment by wife?

We wonder Whose life is in More Danger in India: Men or Women?

1. Crime Bureau data 2005: Married Men Suicide : 52k vs Married Women Suicide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?

2. 2006 Crime Bureau Data: Married Men Suicide: 55452 vs. Married Women Suicide:29869.

3. 2007 Crime Bureau Data : Married Men Suicide: 57593 vs. Married Women Suicide:30064.

Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B (dowry death) to 304C (Sowry Death) and 498A (harassment to wife) to 498B (Sowry harassment by wife)?

In case when a wife end his life, irrespective of any reason , the husband and all his mother/sisters put behind the bar immediately , but when a Husband end their life, inspite of having the evidence , no one cares or media also do not find the same as news , forget about any Breaking News. We even witness the husbands and all his family members send behind the bar , even when the wife's family falsely claimed the wife is dead, where as the truth is the wife is alive and happily enjoying her life with another man.

Whereas , we have witness in this country , a women sleep with her boyfriend in Mumbai five star Hotel (few month back a Air Hostage women's suicide case) and the moment she suicide , all the News Channel claim the wife had been killed (where as the husband stay in Delhi) and it is to be termed as Dowry Death... wonder , where every suicide of a wife had converted to Dowry death and made more and more laws (as on date more than 6 laws to harass and treat the husbands family as Free ATM machine available in this country).

It is evident, more than 90% Indian Husband totally ignorant about the danger they are in and relax, till the time they hit by those dangerous weapon of Legal Terrorism in the form of one sided law like 498a/DV Act/Crpc125/child custody/adultery/maintenance.

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India, made by congress Government.

For a wife even adultery also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of “Name-calling” is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

From the court record it is evident, maximum wives who are well educated, working and healthy to earn themselves rush to the court and want money from the husband, but do not forget to file another criminal case (like 498A DV act), mentioning that their husband ill-treat them for money, but they themselves openly demanding money as a legal extortion and blackmailing in front of Police/Media/Court and that is not a crime in India. Further to note, if a wife earns the money and husband due to some any reason not able to earn the money, even if he is ill or any other condition, he is not eligible for any maintenance from the working women, irrespective he had earned lacks of rupees and given to his wife earlier.

So the question arises: Is Indian Husband is a Free ATM Machine for Indian wives?

As per Congress Government the answer is: Yes, result make more and more duplications of LAW and policy , by violating the basic principal of Justice System and forget every person is equal in front of LAW and a person is innocent till he/she proven to be guilty.

We had repeatedly requested and given all the examples suffering of Indian husbands and demanded all Gender Biased LAW should immediately to be made crime based instead of any assumption that all women never lie and all the men born as Criminal. "MEN/WOMEN" word to be replaced by word "PER SON" and word wife/husband to be replaced with the word "SPOUSE".

But it all goes in deaf ears of Congress Government.

So, dear Indian Husbands and their family members , you have a great option in your hand , vote for congress and ensure more and more suffering of Indian Husbands , as they all born in criminal family and all Husband killers to be awarded by " Bharat Ratna: , as not only congress all other political party also should consider increasing the suffering of Husbands and their family members termed in this country as Social service and Indian Husbands and their family members can’t ensure their defeat or reduce their vote share, so make more and more anti-husband, anti-family, anti-child and anti-men biased and lopsided law in this country.

History witness , a Terrorist activity can't give any freedom to any one, it kills only innocent , the same is evidence in India also , in the name of Protection to wife/women or reduce the Domestic violence against women, our LAW Makers made more and more duplications of law, killed the basic foundation of Criminal Justice System and "Unlash open Legal Terrorism", which only kills the innocent and the real objective and freedom still far away and can never be achieved and cry will be continue, Indian women are suffering and need more and more anti-men, anti-family and anti-child law and some are under way in the name of Sexual Harassment law, Child abuse law, every where the basic principal will be do the extortion of money/property from a man and the same will not be termed as crime, as all the women born in this country in Raja Harish Chandra Family ( Never Lie)!!!!!!!!

'It Was A Crime That I Was Born As Man'?

Indian Husbands End their life: (Click for Video live evidence of a Indian Husband ).

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Sahara Samay News: No Vote For Congress- SIF Nagpur Memebrs

2009-04-06T18:26:00.000+12:00

Sahara Samay News: No Vote For Congress- SIF Nagpur Memebrs

A Must to See Viedo for all Indian Husbands and thier Family Memebrs.

Divorce Congress- Cry harassed Husbands: By Naziya Alvi , HT News, Page-3, 4th April'2009

2009-04-04T17:03:00.000+12:00

Divorce Congress- Cry harassed Husbands: By Naziya Alvi , HT News, Page-3, 4th April'2009

Dear Ms. Naziya and the Editor of Hindustan Times,

We appricate your artilce and to understand our concern that the Pain of a Mother or Sister is not less when they loss thier Son or Brother.
But unfortunately LAW makers and Political Party like Congress do not understand the same and inspit eof Supreme courts Judgement they have not taken any corrective action , result more and more Husbands family are suffering and we are moving towards a animale society where huge Father less child are on the way.
This is a small effort form our side to give a message that Stop Promoting the Legal Terrorims and making multiple law and harrase the common citizen of India and we hope more and more people will awake up this time and ensure a better society for all and Promote the Domestic Harmoney Act as Proposed by Us.

Divorce Congress- Cry harassed Husbands: By Naziya Alvi , HT News, Page-3, 4th April'2009

IF YOU are a husband or going to tie the knot soon, do not vote for Divorce Congress, comes the advice from Save Indian Family Foundation.

It is a group purportedly formed by husbands harassed by `pro-women laws', like those against dowry and domestic violence.

The Foundation even plans to field a candidate. Their slogan — Justice for Husbands.

The group accuses the Congress party of creating a rift between husbands and wives to increase its vote bank. "Congress plays vote bank politics by dividing husbands and wives.

In its regime, 1 lakh husbands were harassed by wives," said Swarup Sarkar, Secretary of the Foundation, who claimed he got this data "through RTI".

Sarkar and his foundation have already kicked off a full-fledged campaign, sending SMSes, emails, distributing pamphlets and pasting posters across the country to appeal to husbands to not vote for the party .

"Do you know if your wife demand 1000 rupees for her kitty party and you give 800, it is a crime by you (sic) as per law and who made such law? Congress," reads one of their pamphlets.

But the Foundation has just one fear — according to its own research, 70 per cent of the harassed men are associated with the party they are raising the war cry against. "But I think it's out of personal compulsion," said Sarkar.

The Foundation was set up on March 10, 2004 by the likes of Sarkar to give moral and legal support to husbands and their families who are allegedly harassed by daughters-in-law.

The Foundation alleges the government has overlooked its demand for a check on the misuse of dowry and domestic violence laws. Sarkar also claimed that over 56,000 suicide cases involving married men were because of harassment by wives.

Vote for any Party, but Not to Congress.

Today more than 56000 Indian Husbands ending their life every year due to congress anti-husbands, anti-family and anti-child biased and lopsided LAW like 498A/Domestic Violence act/CRPC125/Adultrity LAW/ 4 different maintance laws. The whole Husbands family had been converted as Free ATM machine and they had been treated worse than an animal in this country due all congress biased and lopsided law and policy.

Inspite of Supreme Court termed the Misuse of 498A as “Unlash Legal Terrorism” and Domestic Violence act as “most clumsy drafted LAW”, Congress government had not taken any corrective action and the whole husband’s family is suffering today.

Vote for any Party, but Not to Congress.

2009-03-26T16:49:00.002+12:00

Dear all Indian Husbands and their Family Members,

Vote for any party, but not to congress.

Today more than 56000 Indian Husbands ending their life every year due to congress anti-husbands, anti-family and anti-child biased and lopsided LAW like 498A/Domestic Violence act/CRPC125/Adultrity LAW/ 4 different maintance laws. The whole Husbands family had been converted as Free ATM machine and they had been treated worse than an animal in this country due all congress biased and lopsided law and policy.

Inspite of Supreme Court termed the Misuse of 498A as “Unlash Legal Terrorism” and Domestic Violence act as “most clumsy drafted LAW”, Congress government had not taken any corrective action and the whole husband’s family is suffering today.

And for Indian men, it does not matter, irrespective the allegation is true or false, not only you, your mother, sister, age old father will be thrown out of your own house under DV act, just one line complain by your wife.

Just the women have to say , “I am anticipate of Domestic Violence” from my partner (Men) , let it be a friend or any one and you are out of your own house and land up in Railway Platform, your all bank account also will be freeze.

Now it is you have to prove her allegations is wrong in the court and she do not need to prove any think except her verbal allegations, as our Congress Government think all the wives / Daughter-in-law born in Raja Harish Chandra Family , they can’t lie.

Do you know who had given the wholesale free License to your wife to do the adultrity and the same is not crime for her? – Congress.
Do you know who had given the whole sale free license to your wife to do the abuse your age old parents and sisters and the same is not crime? – Congress.
Do you know who had given the whole sale free license to your wife to through out you and your age old parents from their own home by your wife? – Congress.
Do you know who had given the whole sale free license to your wife to kill your un-born child and the same is not crime? – Congress.
Do you know who had given the whole sale free licensees to your wife to refuse to visit your own child once in a week at least? – Congress.
Do you know even a terrorist have right to stay in his own home, but a Indian husbands do not have any right to stay in his own home , if wife demand the same under DV act and who had made that ? – Congress.
Do you know who had given whole sale free License to your wife to beat, abuse, refuse food to your child and you can’t even ask her a single question, as it will be termed as verbal abuse? – Congress.
Do you know if your wife demand 1000 rupees for her kitty party and you give 800, it is a crime by you as per law and who made such law? – Congress.

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India, made by congress Government.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of “Name-calling” is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

From the court record it is evident, maximum wives who are well educated, working and healthy to earn themselves rush to the court and want money form the husband, but do not forget to file another criminal case (like 498A DV act), mentioning that their husband ill-treat them for money, but they themselves openly demanding money as a legal extortion and blackmailing in front of Police/Media/Court and that is not a crime in India.

Further to note, if a wife earns the money and husband due to some any reason not able to earn the money, even if he is ill or any other condition, he is not eligible for any maintenance from the working women, irrespective he had earned lacks of rupees and given to his wife earlier.

So the question arises: Is Indian Husband is a Free ATM Machine for Indian wives? As per Congress the answer is: Yes.

It is here to mention that, presently a wife can claim maintenance from 4 different Law, like section24, Crpc125, section 18 and Domestic Violence act. This totally abuse of Indian Judiciary System, as for the same purpose, 3 to 4 different case filed in different court or in different state and this not only wastage of Judiciary man Power, it is violation of Indian constitution, as it clearly mentioned, for the same offence a person can’t be punished more than once. Then why 4 different maintenance cases against a Husband, if at all considered the Husband done any offence?

 Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
  2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.
  2007 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:57593 vs. Married Women Sucide:30064.
  Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B( dowry death) to 304C( Sowry Death) and 498A ( harrasement to wife) to 498B ( Sowry harrasement by wife) ?

We had repeatedly requested and given all the examples suffering of Indian husbands and demanded all Gender Biased LAW should immediately to be made crime based instead of any assumption that all women never lie and all the men born as Criminal. "MEN/WOMEN" word to be replaced by word "PER SON" and word wife/husband to be replaced with the word "SPOUSE".

But it all goes in deaf ears of Congress Government and in return the WCD minister says:

· It’s turn to suffer the Indian men, as women suffered for long. (Like as Muslim Kings had destroyed a lot of temple, so let demolish the entire Mosque in India).

· Don’t trust Your Men, trust Condom, and in the name of reduce the AIDS. (Forget that the AIDS increased by multiple partner sex and condom used for multiple pattern sex, not for single pattern sex, which we term as married couple)

· It’s Diwaly Gift to Indian women. (With in two weeks, four women send behind the bar under first DV act case in Pune and one age old women left her own house as her daughter-in-law walk in her house with her all friends and parents)

On the other hand you have option also, vote for congress and ensure more and more suffering, as not only congress all other political party will consider increasing the suffering of Husbands and their family members termed in this country as Social service and Indian Husbands and their family members can’t ensure their defeat or reduce their vote share, so make more and more anti-husband, anti-family, anti-child and anti-men biased and lopsided law in this country.

Choice is with you, do remember even a small child also do not get the milk if he/she do not cry for that that.

Congress government had converted the Indian Criminal Justice system as a whole sale free money earning business though Legal Extortion from Husbands and their family members.

Vote for any party, but not to congress and give a clear message that anti-husband, anti-men, anti-family and anti-child law and policy will not be accepted in this country by political party.

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Sub: Rebel trouble for Renuka Chowdhury The Hindu News

2009-03-25T18:54:00.001+12:00

Sub: Rebel trouble for Renuka Chowdhury: The Hindu News

What more we can expect from a such male- hater WCD minister , which she opnely shown in all News Media in day to day activity.

And do not forget it is the same WCD minister who had said : "It is turn to men to suffer", " trust condom, no not trust men" and a long list and now it looks the same coming as true ......!!!!

Fortunatley of unfortunately She had made several hate speech and 153(A) case court asked to register, slapped Police and attack police stations , but media friends never ever ask his arrest ( where as was desprate to save her ) of stop her to contest in Elections.

We also do not want she should run away this time form contesting election and enter in Parlament through Rajya Shaba, as millions of mother and sisters are ready to reach in her constitutency, to teach her waht her parents had not teach , as she said openly in media, she will teach waht our mothers had not teach us.

Hope all are seems to be termed as social service by her in this country and she can get any media support by her WCD ads money , where as she can't spend the money which was alloted for her ministery.

For more details visit :

Wherever the husband refused to be treated as free ATM machine, by our great LAW like DV act and 498A, they termed as Criminal and open Legal terrorism start. In some cases the wife stay in USA/Dubai and send their Domestic Violence Complain through mail/post, whose Husbands are living in India and our Judges happily taken the same as acceptance, as any one can file the domestic violence against husband’s family on behalf of a women, and immediately pass the interim order, that he should not go to media to say the truth, ask to deposited the Passport, interim maintenance in the range of 10K, 15k let her stay at USA or Dubai, it does not matter.

The harassment does not end here, he have fight now three maintenance case for the same purpose along with DV act, section24, section125 (some time in three different state) and our Judges happily pass the judgments as per their view, without considering that it is the wastage of valuable time of Judiciary, for a same purpose three different case filed, where as millions of cases are awaiting for getting justice.

Number of cases when the husbands got the child visiting right or child custody, immediately the Domestic Violence act came as gift and the creation of “father less child ” society awarded and our media friends openly announced, a child reunited with mother, but forget to mention that a child became “father less”.

It is the another truth that her associates and our so called WCD minister openly says after passing the biased Domestic Violence Act:

· It’s turn to suffer the Indian men, as women suffered for long . (Like as Muslim Kings had destroyed a lot of temple, so let demolish the entire Mosque in India).

· Don’t trust Your Men, trust Condom, and in the name of reduce the AIDS. (Forget that the AIDS increased by multiple partner sex and condom used for multiple pattern sex, not for single pattern sex, which we term as married couple)

· It’s Diwaly Gift to Indian women. (With in two weeks, four women send behind the bar under first DV act case in Pune and one age old women left her own house as her daughter-in-law walk in her house with her all friends and parents)

View Point: Domestic Violence Act lacks perspective By Zamir Uddin , Central Chronicle News.

“In short, the DVA-2005 in its enthusiastic thoughtlessness has throttled all avenues of reconciliation, has weakened the foundations of the institution of marriage, and vitiated conjugal life by developing a false sense of ego and a fictional helplessness among women. When it comes to man-woman relationship let us listen to the traditional but sane voice of John Milton, the English poet and moralist. Milton says that man represents reason and woman passion. As long as reason dominates passion, there is cosmos, but the moment passion dominates reason, chaos ensues. Let us view marital life from this viewpoint for marriage is not a bed of roses but a domestic battlefield. Unless husband and wife bring immense goodwill and sacrifice to bear upon their marital fortunes, their situation is desperate. The DVA need to be replaced by some more benign, sensible, gender-neutral legislation that may ensure women their rightful, honorable place at home and abroad, at the same time not forgetting the rights of men.”

On the other hand our LAW maker forget to recognized Spouse abuse: It's the husband's turn now: DNA News,September 20, 2007 .

Rebel trouble for Renuka Chowdhury

Staff Reporter
Former Zilla Parishad chief blames her for denial of party ticket
KHAMMAM: Former Chairman of Khammam Zilla Parishad and Congress leader, Chanda Lingaiah has said he would contest for the Khammam parliamentary constituency.

He informed the media persons that he got offer from important political parties.

But "I am not interested in contesting on the ticket of any other political party.

I wanted to be in the fray as the Congress party candidate. Since it did not happen, I have made up my mind to contest as the Congress rebel."

He in fact planned for contesting from the Pinapaka (ST) constituency on the Congress party ticket.

He blamed Renuka Chowdhury, Union Minister of State for Woman and Child Development for denial of party ticket.

"I had served the Congress party for 30-long years by giving up a top ranking government job. I had been loyal to the Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy in the State and Sambhani Chandrasekhar in the district" he said.

But neither of the two could come to his rescue.

He said he would seek the support Tudum Debba, Adivasi Samkshema Parishad and organisations representing weaker sections including Dandora and Malamahanadu and make it a battle of haves and have nots.

"I am born and brought up in Khammam and I have every right to seek nomination from the constituency", he said.

In the meantime, Congress party workers from Madiga community locked the district Congress office demanding Madhira seat for the community.

They threatened to launch protest if the party leadership failed to concede the demand.

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

‘Can’t cheat as well as teach husband a lesson’- Hindustan Times

2009-03-02T17:10:00.000+12:00

‘Can’t cheat as well as teach husband a lesson’- Hindustan Times

An adulterous wife cannot seek relief against her husband under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, a city court has ruled.

Metropolitan Magistrate Surya Malik Grover said: “To enjoy the benefits of the provision (Prevention of Domestic Violence Act), the lady must come to the court with clean hands, as she should not be guilty of adultery…”

The court said, “the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act was enacted to provide speedy and expedient remedy to protect hapless victims of pervasive acts of violence occurring within family, and not to give the woman complete immunity from getting away with any kind of misdeed.”

The case:

After 18 years of marriage, Sheila had filed a case against her husband Mohit (both names changed), accusing him of persistently demanding dowry and subjecting her to mental and physical torture.

She had prayed to the court to remove her husband from their shared house in the posh Greater Kailash locality in South Delhi.

The husband, however, refuted her allegations pointing out that she had not complained about this before in their 18-year marriage.

Mohit’s lawyer Vijay Kumar Aggarwal argued that “Sheila made false complaints to cover up her extra-marital affair, and in the garb of Domestic Violence Act she wanted to take possession of the house.”

Court’s view:

The court took note of the fact that in their long marriage, there was not a single police complaint or any other material on record to suggest that Sheila had suffered physical or verbal abuse at the hands of Mohit.

The court observed that trouble brewed after Sheila befriended Amit (name changed), and Mohit suspected they were having an affair.

“The suspicion of the husband is not based on a figment of imagination, as insisted by the complainant, but rather upon material proof in the form of love letters and photographs,” said the judge.

Sheila “fabricated the entire story of violence against her. Even her complaint lodged in a dowry case was cancelled, as the police did not find any substance in it,” said Mohit’s lawyer.

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This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of “Name-calling” is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

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Further Reference:

Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?
Review of the Domestic Violence Act and other related laws

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Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Gender budgeting: Renuka loses out- Hindustan Times

2009-02-19T21:31:00.001+12:00

Gender budgeting: Renuka loses out- Hindustan Times

Great News for Renuka Lovers. She had enough time to promote and fund for : "Do not trust men, trust condom" or ask women to Join "PUB Bhoro campain" , but have little time to do the Job asigned to her. Still we common people fooled and never wake up.

Women and Child Welfare Minister Renuka Chowdhury may be the government's face when it comes to women issues, but she fares poorly in spending money meant for them.

Her Cabinet colleagues have done better on account of gender budgeting, according to the numbers in the interim budget, unveiled on Monday.

While overall spending on fully women-centric programmes is estimated to total Rs 14,875 crore in 2008-09, about 30 per cent more than what was budgeted, the women and child welfare ministry is expected to spend about half the money that was allocated for the year. This year, the ministry is expected to spend only Rs 267 crore of the Rs 466.50 crore that was earmarked for fully women-focused schemes.

What is worrying is that the Swamyamsiddha scheme is expected to use only a quarter, or Rs 50 crore, of the Rs 200 crore that was budgeted for it. The scheme funds and aids women self-help groups and entrepreneurs. "Under its second phase, a countrywide programme covering all blocks was to be launched," said Yamini Mishra of the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability.

Ministry officials were not available for comments.

The government's gender budget statement — an exercise that the women and child welfare ministry has been pushing for — shows that other ministries have done better. The social justice and empowerment ministry is expected to spend Rs 646.17 crore on women schemes, almost double the amount it was allocated.

Further :

"Family against Women or 21st century Women against family?"

Number of cases when the husbands got the child visiting right or child custody, immediately the Domestic Violence act came as gift and the creation of "father less child " society awarded and our media friends openly announced, a child reunited with mother, but forget to mention that a child became "father less".

It is the another truth that her associates and our so called WCD minister openly says after passing the biased Domestic Violence Act:

· It's turn to suffer the Indian men, as women suffered for long. (Like as Muslim Kings had destroyed a lot of temple, so let demolish the entire Mosque in India).

· Don't trust Your Men, trust Condom, and in the name of reduce the AIDS. (Forget that the AIDS increased by multiple partner sex and condom used for multiple pattern sex, not for single pattern sex, which we term as married couple)

· It's Diwaly Gift to Indian women. (With in two weeks, four women send behind the bar under first DV act case in Pune and one age old women left her own house as her daughter-in-law walk in her house with her all friends and parents)

After President of India , now Chief Justice of India admits to Misuse of Dowry Law.

2009-02-02T17:20:00.000+12:00

After President of India , now Chief Justice of India admits to Misuse of Dowry Law.

But the NCW as usual are shame less and always give a new excuse to save gurd those people who misues the law to do the Legal Extrotion , which even Supreme court of India termed as Legal Terrorism.

"Faced with adverse comments from the CJI, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas said that it was lack of awareness that led to false cases under 498A. "I would not like to use the term misuse. There is lack of awareness amongst people that is exploited by lawyers and police. We feel there is no need to review the law,'' Vyas said. "

CJI Balakrishnan admits to misuse of dowry laws

NEW DELHI: Dealing a blow to women's rights activists who have been stringently defending the Section 498A provision of the Indian Penal Code, Chief

Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said that in some cases this section — that deals with matrimonial cruelty — was being `grossly misused'.

Elaborating on false cases being filed in recent times, the CJI said that relatives not involved with a matrimonial dispute were unfairly implicated. "In some cases, 498A is grossly misused,'' he said. Balakrishnan was speaking at a seminar, `Marriage laws -- issues and challenges', organised by the National Commission for Women.

The IPC section allows for immediate arrest of the husband and in-laws by the police on the basis of a woman's complaint and has been controversial. Several pro-male organisations have been protesting against the section saying that the law is being misused by women for selfish gains and should include a penalty provision against its misuse. But women activists have been lobbying for no change in the law.

Faced with adverse comments from the CJI, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Girija Vyas said that it was lack of awareness that led to false cases under 498A. "I would not like to use the term misuse. There is lack of awareness amongst people that is exploited by lawyers and police. We feel there is no need to review the law,'' Vyas said.

CJI Balakrishnan added that it was because of cases of misuse that the recent amendments in the Criminal Procedure Code had been enacted by Parliament. He, however, added that while the amendments were acceptable they should have been discussed threadbare in Parliament before being passed. "The amendments are good. They have given relief to those arrested on false accusations. The police has to give reasons before they arrest anyone. Unfortunately, Parliament passed the legislation without discussion,'' Balakrishnan added.

Commenting on the CrPC amendments, Vyas said that there had been demands from NGOs that the law be reviewed and the Commission was examining the matter

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It is not surprise at all , as we wittness every time the NCW had taken the oath that all the offence by women and crime done by them to be termed as Socail service , let it be adultrity, cheating, extortion, killing the unborn child, abuse the age lod parents, grab senior citizens hard earned money and property and no one in this country even dare to rise a small voice against them.

It is also evident that more than 90% misue of 498A/DV act/Crpc 125 had been done by NCW associated orginasations and by thier recomended Laywers. Their one principal of Justice system, treat the Indian Husabnds as Free ATM machine and enjoy the lavish life style wthout any hard work. They forget the basic of Criminla Justice system is to Punish the criminla, not to earn the money.If NCW are so confident those women misue the 498A/DV/CRPC125/adultirty , why they are so scared to make the same as gender equll , let who ever do the worng should be punished , men or women?

It is the fact they know very well, if those law made gender eaull, 15 times more greedy/husband killers/adultrous women will be convicted in the Law and all the cooked up stastics made up them in last 60 years will be revesed with in a year.

Crime Bure data, 2005 All India: Did You Know?
In the Year 2005, the Crime Against Men, More than Twenty-two Lacks sixty Four Thousands ( 92.88%) vs One Lack fifty-five thousands against women( 6.38%)?
http://ncrb.nic.in/crime2005/cii-2005/Table%201.1.pdf
Comp. Sue Moto By Police(FIR Registered): 24,37,973/-
Crime Against Women : 1,55,553/-
Crime against Child : 17,975/-
Crime against Men : 22 ,64 , 445/-
In the Year 2005 the Crime Against Men, More than Twenty-two Lacks sixty Four Thousands vs One Lack fifty-five thousands against women?

% Wise All India Crime Against Men, Woemn and Child as Under :
Crime Against Women : 6.38%
Crime Against Child : 0.73%
Crime Against Men : 92.88%
We wonder Whose life is in More Danger in India : Men or Women?
Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.
2007 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:57593 vs. Married Women Sucide:30064.
Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B( dowry death) to 304C( Sowry Death) and 498A ( harrasement to wife) to 498B ( Sowry harrasement by wife)

Save family Foundations repetedely exposed, cuationed about NCW's biased, one sided, inhuman activity in this country supported by thier associated orginasations , some of them even Broken the Delhi Judges Chair and all are moving Freely in this country , which even Chief Justice of India failed to Punish them till date. Thier all dirty activity and desprate attempet to convert this Human Society to a animale society and in turn create a huge fahter less society had been repetedely highlighted behond resonable dought , but it seems our Goverment and some sections of Media prefer to keep thier silence for thier own self intereste.

Where there is open evidence had been provided through Sting operations, court Judgments the law 498a misused only to do the extrotion of Money/property/hide thier own crime, still NCW try to justify the same as ignorence of LAW as those women file the false/fabricated 498A/DV act/CRPC125 are small child and do not have any brain at all, where as it is fact more than 95% of them are having a minimum degree of Graduation.

On the other hand ,toworrow some one rape a women and say , it was ignorence of law, will NCW stand in the same stand and try to Justify those so called rapist, that yes people do the rape for ingnorence of law?

Where as it is a true fact , more than 70% people get trapped in Rape law , as they think before marrage physical relationship with consent of women is not a rape, but they do not know, if the women ask you to marry and you refuse , she can trap you in Rape law. The women even do not need to come to court also for giving any evidence, she can jst sit at home and you have to run form piller to post and the same also done without any debate in Parlament , where as this amended of CRPC to reduce the misuse of arrest of innocent people had been debated since 4 years and several time some greedy Lyawers Group at Delhi done strike, damaged court's valuable even two years back itslef and some them thad been punihsed by court and those Judge had punihsed them , had faced false/fabricated Sexual harrasement cases , offcourse the same had been dismissed earlier.

So, the CRPC amended to control the pwoer of arrest to save the common people had been debated sicnce 4 years and even , if any Law had not been debated in the Parlament and passed , it is the New Rape LAW compensations and procedures, it is 498A, it is DV act , it is CRPC125, not the CRPC related to power of arrest by police in addition to that it is the implementaions of Supreme Courts own Judgement of 1994.

Consensual sex is not rape: Supreme Court , still you will find every day several cases had been registered , as the guy refuse the women after consensual sex.

In this country the verbal statement of a women can term you rapist , irrespective you have seen her face ever or not and the women will get upto 2 lacks ruppes as incentive for filling the FIR , let it be false or true, that is great law of India and that is the real ignorence of People. For money people even ready to kill each other , but NCW and our LAW makers think for money women will not file false rape case , as all Women born in Raja Hrsih Chadra family ( never Lie). The most important think , after the trial if you find the women had filed false/fabricated rape case on you , still she is not lilable to return the money to goverment. Great use of your hard earned Tax paid to Goverments.

So, we find only one solution of all this problem and if you really want to reduce the crime against women stastics and stop the legal terrorism of this country :

Ban NCW and their associates – for promotion of Legal Terrorism in India.

For Further reference :

Indian President Ms. Patil warns against gender law misuse: The Telegraph News
Is dowry law serving its purpose? By Sumit Bhattacharjee: The Hindu

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Men In Terror Of Wives: Telkha News

2009-01-31T21:04:00.000+12:00

Men In Terror Of Wives: Telkha News

The law that protects women from dowry harassment and domestic violence is often being abused by them, reports SHOBHITA NAITHANI

Victimised men? Save Family Foundation protests the misuse of dowry harassment laws
Photo: VIJAY PANDEY

AT A POPULARDelhi park, a gathering of men swells as the sun is about to set. Brochures and banners are everywhere; the air is filled with slogans and a certain steadfast earnestness that at first brings to mind the words ‘male ego’. Claiming that they are tired of being at the receiving end of marital oppression, this flock of ‘harassed’ husbands is planning their next protest. Their demand: revise Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which relates to dowry harassment. “There are many women who are harassed and are being killed for dowry. But there are an equal number of men who are beleaguered by their wives and in-laws,” says Swarup Sarkar of the Save Family Foundation, an NGO working for the cause of men. “We have had our family members, women included, arrested on false charges. The law has to be made gender-neutral.”

According to Section 498A, “Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. The offence is cognisable, non-compoundable and non-bailable.”

WHAT IS THE LAW

Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code defines the offence of matrimonial cruelty

Offenders are liable for imprisonment and a fine

The offence is non bailable, non-compoundable and cognisable on a complaint made to the police officer by the victim or by relatives

Official allegation of‘misuse’ of the section were made by the Malimath Committee and the Shinghal Report

Most in the gathering are reticent but the stories gradually tumble out. A Delhi police officer plays a mobile phone video recording of his wife — also a cop, assigned to the Crimes Against Women Cell (CAWC), which has charge of dowry cases — threatening to make him “dance in and around court”. Today, the man does precisely that as he fights a dowry harassment case. A father narrates how arguments with his wife over the health of their ailing son landed him on a charge. Another man explains how his wife’s family accused him of demanding dowry two years after he and his wife had split.

The case, however, of Amit Kumar (names changed) holds hope for the falsely implicated. Three-and-a-half years into their marriage, as Amit and his wife Sapna sat at a relative’s house to take a last shot at mending their damaged relationship, three armed policemen walked in and whisked Amit and his 68-year-old father off to the lockup. Sapna had alleged that Kumar and his parents had demanded Rs 5 lakh from her. “In the First Information Report (FIR), Sapna also alleged that when she didn’t comply with our demands, we went on February 14, 2001, to her parents’ house in Jhansi and browbeat them into giving us the money,” recalls Amit. At court hearings, Amit, who at that time was on deputation to the US from his Kuwait-based chemical company, was able to pick out the holes in Sapna’s claim. On February 14, the couple was at the American Embassy in New Delhi, being interviewed for Sapna’s US visa and Amit’s father had gone to the bank to get a draft made for the same. “How could we have then reached Jhansi (about eight hours from Delhi) the same day?” he asks.

The stress of the legal proceedings led Amit’s work performance to plummet; he lost his job and returned to India to hop jobs for the next three years. He continued, though, to fight to prove that the charge against him and his parents was bogus. In January 2007, the lower court in Uttar Pradesh quashed all charges. But deliverance came only after Amit, now 39, had paid Rs 3 lakh to the girl’s family as a settlement amount.

Thirty-five-year-old Raj Kaushal had a similar experience. Raj, a senior manager with a telecom company, married his colleague Neelam in 2000. The couple left for Germany soon after their wedding. Almost immediately, spats over a common income savings account became frequent. Things stabilised after an independent account was made for Neelam, but soured again when Raj decided to return to India in November 2002. Neelam was reluctant; the arguments returned. “She clearly didn’t want to live with my parents but I couldn’t have deserted them,” says Raj. Neelam finally walked out on the marriage. Shortly thereafter, a CAWC notice landed on Raj’s doorstep and in August 2004, the Kaushals were charged under Section 498A. “In hindsight,” Raj says, “she must have gone through as much pain or maybe even more pain than I did, but she could have ended this cordially. Slapping a false case, from which there is no way out for at least the next five years, was totally uncalled for.” In April 2006, his brother-in-law and parents were acquitted for lack of evidence. Relief for Raj came in April 2008, after the couple’s divorce came through.

Not guilty Relief came to Raj Kaushal in April 2008 after he won a four-year-long legal battle
Photo: TRILOCHAN S KALRA

The clamour for the amendment of Section 498A began in May 2003, after a judgment of the Delhi High Court made note of the abuse of the law and suggested that offences under it be made bailable. Supreme Court lawyer Pinky Anand concurs, observing how, in our enthusiasm to correct an antiwoman bias, we brought in a law slanted against husbands and their families.

Taking a cue from the Delhi HC judgement, YS Dadwal, the Chief Police Commissioner of Delhi, issued a circular in June 2008 stating that no arrests would be made in cases of alleged dowry harassment without prior investigation. According to the circular, only the main accused would be arrested, instead of the earlier practice of booking all the kin of the accused.

HOWEVER, SUDHA Sundararaman, General Secretary of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, believes the problem is not with the law but its implementation. “This is a question of power. Any person, it can be the man or the woman, who has access to power and money can twist the law in their favour. And the police functions on behalf of the better party,” she says, pointing out that a large number of women, who are actually victims, are still not able to access justice.

Women’s organisations take issue with the very premises on which NGOs such as the Save Family Foundation advocate the cause of men. “The way they operate is highly patriarchal and conservative,” points out Sundararaman, “Action should be taken on a case-tocase basis rather than doing away with a law that has some teeth.”

As tempers flare for and against amending the law, the only immediateterm solution to this complicated concern seems to lie in the fact that, for now, all parties agree in blaming the lawyers, the administration and the police for advising them wrongly. Let’s begin from there.

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From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 5, Dated Feb 07, 2009

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We wonder whose life is in More Danger in India: Men or Women.

· Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
· 2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.

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Review Gender Biased LAW to Promote Family Harmony and Stop Legal Terrorism

Review of the Domestic Violence Act and other related laws
Proposed Domestic Harmony Act , 2005 ( For review)
NCW’s recommendations to address “unnatural deaths” of married women are Unreasonable
Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
Woman throws acid on husband-Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India
NCW'S False/fabricated Claim exposed regarding 70% women denied maintance on alleged adultrity ground in CRPc125.
STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!
Recommendations on Modifications to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
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Court asks woman to pay maintenance to estranged husband

2009-01-31T21:00:00.000+12:00

Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Court asks woman to pay maintenance to estranged husband
Wife to compensate husband

New Delhi, Jan 27: A working woman's bid to get maintenance from her estranged and ailing husband in a matrimonial case has boomeranged in a Delhi court which not only dismissed the plea but also asked her to bear his expenses.

"From the documents, it is clear that the petitioner is a lady of means and earns handsomely. So her application under section 24 (demanding maintenance from husband) of the Hindu Marriage Act is dismissed," Additional District Judge Umed Singh Grewal, in an unusual order, said.

On the contrary, the court allowed the plea of the estranged husband that, in fact, he was entitled for maintenance and as he was ill and unable to sustain himself.

"The wife is directed to pay Rs 500 per month as maintenance amount to the husband from the date of filing of application... she is also directed to pay Rs 3,500 to the man as litigation expense so that he may engage an advocate," the court said.

The order came on two cross-applications filed by the estranged spouses in a divorce petition seeking interim maintenance from each other.

The wife, a resident of Najafgarh here, had contended that she was a housewife and had no source of income to maintain their four school-going kids.

On the other hand, her husband was a man of means and used to earn Rs 15,000 per month by running a shop in weekly 'bazar' in the area, she said.

However, the court held that she failed to substantiate her claims. The man had countered the claims with documentary evidence and placed on record Income Tax returns of his wife and proved she was earning Rs 9,000 per month.

"It is clear from the tax return for the year 2006-2007 that the woman earns Rs 9,000 per month. The respondent (husband) has placed on record the photograph of 'Puja Kids Care' nursery school being run by the petitioner (woman). He has also placed on records her special Police Officer card," the court noted.

The man also proved that his wife and one of the children were using mobile phones, the court said.

The maintenance applications were filed by them in the petition filed by the woman for grant of decree of divorce to her on the ground of cruelties meted out to her.

Meanwhile, the court dismissed two applications seeking medical examination of the woman and DNA test of one of their kids to ascertain their parentage.

"The forum cannot be used to collect evidence in support of any party," it said.

Bureau Report

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How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?
First think we have to accept as soon as you got a 498A type wife, they are not going to spare you and will definitely try their best possible way to harrese you by more and more cases, putting extra burden on you in terms of finciancialy.

The basic principal to come out such situation is to prepare your self to die as a Debit man rather than a Credit man.

You must well aware how indian Judges and LAW makers, Treat the Indian Husbands worse than a animale in this country , they will not show any humunity towards you , as per them , Indian Husbands are only a Free ATM machine. They will remind you the minimum wages act, but the same minimum wages act will not be applicable for wife at all.

As a caution must read :

Being jobless no ground to deny maintenance to wife: Court

A must to do activity : Whenever your so called wife demand and claim that she do not have any place to stay and give interim maintiance or residence etc, immediately , ask the concern auntority to Put her in "Goverment Shelter Home" , get the Booklet form the WCD ministry .

One simple appeal : "The court may put her in any of the recognised shelter house maintained by govt.( the list of shelter homes are endless) as a interim relife and husband are ready to provide all the expenses of the Shelter Home till the time the fianl decision of the Case not decided."
Must Read : Self Reliance V/s Alimony by Indian Husband
At last we SFF memebrs found some sensiable Judge , who think , it is not fair to treat the Indian Husbands as Free ATM Machine. Let all prepare to die as Debit man instead of Credit man, as Per Indian LAW , earning good sallary is crime and you may land up in Jail. Our LAW makers are sleeping and promoting the Legal Terrorism at thier will and we common people have to pay the Price.
Court asks woman to pay maintenance to estranged husband

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Indian Men are you ready to avoid a Terrorist Attack?

2008-11-29T18:19:00.000+12:00

Indian Men are you ready to avoid a Terrorist Attack?
"Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are" Says Noah Porter.

As a Volunteer and Moderator of SIF ( Save Indian Family ) , every day I used to habituated to hear the Same Cry , Pain , Frustration of thousands Age Old parents , Pregent Sister , handicapped Husbands , when this Terrorism ( Legal and Human) in India will Stop??

Recently though the Supreme Court of India Cautioned to take the necessary precaution and seal the hope hole in 498A and anti-dowry LAW to stop such Legal terrorism , our LAW maker does not brother to respect the same , where as they are ready with another tools in the Name of Domestic Violence Act instead of a Domestic harmony Act , where a Husband and there all family members will be thrown out of House in the name of so called Verbal abuse , mental harassment , economical abuse and adulterate relationship ( no need any evidence , only her or her family members own statement is sufficient ) , where as for the same offence from the wife and their family members side , forget any punishment , there is no provision of a small warning for them , they have given them a whole sale free license for Verbal abuse , mental harassment , economical abuse and adulterate relationship .

Now the question is we ready to avoid a Terrorist attack in the form Legal or Human Terrorism?

Last one 3-year my experience is a Big "No".

SIF/SFF having the largest Network of NGOs and more than 100 Help lines all over the India, decided to utilize their all resources to expose the Terrorist let it be human or legal.

1.The SFF group comprises the most educated, qualified and talented (intelligentsia) people in different fields like Management Gurus, IT, Telecom, Banking, Service Industry, Bureaucrats, Media Personalities, Automobile and FMCG including NRI population and these are the people who have decided to come on the ground and fight for the justice.
2.The present size of the group stands at 1,00,000 active members across the globe (active = in constant touch).
3.We have grown from 3 persons in 2005 to currently 1,00,000 members due to dedicated, consistent, committed and hardworking volunteers. The community is growing even faster.
4.The group operates more than 100 active blogs (with regular updates), 16 websites, 26 NGOs and has a strong Internet campaigning group.
5.The group is connected through a centralized SMS and mail system – to mobilize the group within minutes across the country and globe.
6.It is a diversified group with regional sentiments/leaders and yet with a common objective to promote Gender Equal Laws and Policies.

I also appeal to all other NGOs instead of depending on Government or Politicians, take a small step to identify the Terrorist in your society, who may be your next door friend or in the same office, just keep a watch and help the ATS to expose them.

Recently when I meat a Commando who had on field experience 6 years in Punjab and presently last 5 years posted in Kashmir to fight against Terrorism, who share his experience with me, Which leads me to say all the nation how you can take a preventive action to avoid a terrorist attack, instead of crying after the terrorist completed their Job and killing a lot of Innocent People. It is up to you to decided, want to take preventive action or Cry after a terrorist attack.

1.Make Public Awareness for the Terrorist Activity, there is no logic, there is no aim, only aim to earn the money in dishonest way and create fear among the public by those radical Terrorist organizations.

2.Whenever you find Some Strange Attitude by some one, immediately inform to Police or necessary authority.
3.Save guard your valuable Items and family members in some Safe places to reduce the damage in a Terrorist attack.
4.When a Terrorist really attack , do not afraid , face them bravely and say ok You may seceded to kill me , but I will not allow to Kill you further Innocent by you or your associates.
5.Same thing when finally the 498A or DV Act or a Human Terrorist attack you, say the same and make a action Plan and prepare your self for a Long battle . Never allow them to take any undue advantages as a cake way.

Now you will be in two situations, the terrorist may say good bye to you and leave your Place or will Say sorry, I have changed and want to live with you as an Honest Citizen.

Ball is in your Court, if the terrorist say Good Bye, say them Good Bye as per your terms and condition

Or

To make them a Honest Citizen , ask them to accept the crime in front of Judge and make all the legal Documents and unconditional commitment that they will not do such type of Terrorism in future irrespective of any situation .

When you see your Next home is burning and you prefer to sleep, be ready it is next your home will be under fire.

Wake up all SIF/SFF members and help to Stop this Terrorist activity of India and expose them in Public, irrespective of any Caste, religion or Sex.

Terrorist do not have any Caste/religion or sex, they are Terrorist and they do not deserve to live in a Civilized Society.

Mr. Shanmugam Manjunath and International Mens Day!

2008-11-20T18:11:00.001+12:00

Mr. Shanmugam Manjunath and International Mens Day!
It was International Mens day of 2005 when Mr. Shanmugam Manjunath sacrificed his life for this country.

Let us know who Manjunath was?

Manjunath was just like you and me. He was son, brother and a professional like you and me. Manjunath was a popular student, noted for his passion for music, sincerity and integrity.

He completed his engineering from JSS Engineering College, Mysore, and an MBA from IIM, Lucknow (2003 batch alumnus). As a manager with the Indian Oil Corporation, he ordered the shutdown of an IOC petrol pump in Lakhimpur Kheri (UP)—where he was posted—for allegedly selling adulterated fuel. Over the past three months, Manjunath had shut down two IOC dealer petrol pumps in Lakhimpur for selling adulterated fuel.

November 19, 2005 – the fateful night…

On November 19, 2005, evening, Manjunath was beaten up and then riddled with at least six bullets. His body was found in the backseat of his own car. Manju was shot and killed in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, by a dealer of Indian Oil Corporation - the company he worked for. His only “fault” was that he did his duty: he would not accept bribes for turning a blind eye to the adulteration of fuel being carried out by the dealer.

Government Inaction forced his friends to take charge of situation!
Seeing the inaction of government, his true friends came forward and registered a trust by name of “The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust” was registered on Feb 23rd, 2006. It is an international IIM alumni initiative; and works to improve governance in Indian public life.

His friends worked relentlessly to ensure quick justice in the case and the trial was completed in a record nine months. All eight accused were found guilty. The main accused - the petrol pump owner - was given the death penalty. The others were given life imprisonment.

His friends who formed “The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust” got in touch with noted a NGO Parivartan (www.parivartan.com), whose founder and IIT-Kharagpur alumnus Mr. Arvind Kejriwal won the 2006 Magsasay award (emerging leader category) to launch first National RTI Helpline number. This first national RTI helpline number was launched on November 19, 2006 (International Mens Day), the first death anniversary of Manju. Unfortunately, after good work for 1 year; the first helpline number is closed due to poor response.

His friends @ “The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust” have instituted the Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award to honor and encourage person/s or institutions like Manju; who are working to uphold the values of truth and honesty in Indian corporate, government or public life. The award carries a citation and a cash prize of Rs. One Lakh. The first award was presented to Prof. R.P Singh, (then) Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University, for his sterling work in cleaning up the University. It was presented on 24th March 2007, by N.R Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor, Infosys Ltd.

What Government of India did for Manjunath and people like him!

Literary government of India has done nothing for Manjunath and people like him. It would have not been possible to give justice to Manju if his friends not taken charge of situation at that time. We have seen hue and cry of Indian government and machinery on recent rape allegations (nobody knows whether these allegations are true or false) at Goa but doing nothing for men who die for this country.

We are sure no one has forgotten Mr. Satyendra Dubey (IIT-Kanpur), who was also killed like Manju for his fight against corruption. We are surprised to know that even today (more than 3 years passed) the accused are not arrested. We can understand how it will be possible to arrest real killers if whole police is busy in ensuring arrest of more than 1, 20, 000 women ( mother/sisters) in false and fabricated Dowry realted cases ( 498A/Dv Act) to break thier previous 5 year plan.

Indian Government is always busy in providing concession to radical Groups ( Male haters) backed bills/legislations and not recognizing the conditions in which men work in India. It is men who does all the dangerous work and put their life at risk for family and country. Indian Government simply wants men to pay taxes and keep mum. They want men not to express their feeling and ask for welfare.

Manju has got nothing for his fight against corruption. It would a true tribute for Manju and to the people like him if government of India recognizes “International Mens Day” and announce ministry for men welfare as a real tribute to Manju.

If not government of India then Save Family Foundation @ Delhi salute, give tribute and dedicate International Mens day to Manju, as it was November 19 only when you sacrificed your life for the country that have a ministry for animals but not for the men like you.

Save Family Foundation @ Delhi also understands that the Loss of this son (Manju) to his mother is not any less than a mother who loss her daughter.

We dedicate International Mens day to you, Manju!

Men want their day, talk equality- Hindustan Times

2008-11-19T17:04:00.001+12:00

Men want their day, talk equality- Hindustan Times

International Men's Day, though yet to get official recognition from the United Nations, is slowly getting more votaries in its favour in India.

Sports icon and Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra feels it's a good idea, "not just to have another Day but if it is to deal with specific problems of men. Why not?"

Everybody has issues; men too have issues that are specific to them and we must be "sensitive to those", he added.

Celebrated on different days in different parts of the world, it was the then Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev who first called for an international day to celebrate men in 1999 at the UN in Vienna.

In India, NGOs like Save Indian Family Foundation that advocate the cause of men — on a range of issues like false dowry claims, domestic violence, sexual harassment and torture — want to build international consensus for November 19 to be International Men's Day.

Fashion designer Rohit Bal is all for it. "Men always get a raw deal, particularly in times of segregation and divorce. Custody of children go to women. I think, in any country, both sexes need to be treated equally." He added: "This is not a demographic problem but a human problem. We should definitely have an International Men's Day."

Fashion designer Jattinn Kochhar said: "The Indian government should establish an International Men's Day though the day and date could be decided. I will give it full support."

"On the one hand, we talk of women's empowerment which is very good. But then a small percentage of men get slaughtered as the government, police and law are with women," he added.

This year, the day coincides with International Philosophy Day. Head of the department of philosophy at Hindu College, Devasia M. Antony, said: "An interesting but (un)welcome coincidence, one may think so! A glance at philosophical writings show most philosophers were and are men. A case of clear gender bias indeed! One hopes the emergence of more women philosophers would radically alter the way philosophy is taught and practised."

UN Information Centre director Shalini Dewan said: "As far as the UN is concerned, men were not the discriminated gender."

For more reference serch in Googel:

International Men's Day – 19 November, 2008

Cops book wife for man's suicide: Times of India , Nagpur

2008-11-06T17:51:00.000+12:00

Cops book wife for man's suicide: Times of India , Nagpur

Cops book wife for man's suicide: Times of India , Nagpur
When any married women sucide, immediately the police as well as media run after the husbands family ( term them criminlas, Danav, a lot of adjectives without any evidence) and put them behind the bar in dowry death case and denied the bail years togethers, let the sucide note there or not.
Where as when married Men (Husband) Sucide , inspite of the cleare evidence of Sucide note, Police need 5 days to register the case, why this double standard?
Is the Pain of a Mother or sisters are less when they loss thier son or brothers?

May be our Media Friends prefer to keep thier silence , our LAW makers Prefer to keep blind eye or our NCW head feel killing the Husbands as Social service in this country, but our commondos of Save family Foundations will fight for thier last blood to get Justice and Husbands Killers will not be allowed to get scot Free, this the oath for each and every SIF memebrs.
Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.
Will Our LAW Maker change the LAW 304B( dowry death) to 304C( Sowry Death) and 498A ( harrasement to wife) to 498B ( Sowry harrasement by wife)

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Reference : Cops book wife for man's suicide: Times of India , Nagpur

NAGPUR: Five days after Vitthal Dodke, a resident of the Ayodhya Nagar, committed suicide, Sakkardara police have registered offences against six
persons, including his wife, for allegedly abetting the man to end his life. Police have already dispatched units to arrest the accused, but till Wednesday evening, none had been taken into custody.

Behind the scenes, one may say that it was due to the efforts put in by members of the Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), an organisation consisting mostly of men tortured by their wives, which did the trick. Otherwise, the police had not registered offence against anyone despite the fact that Dodke had mentioned in his suicide note that his wife had driven him to commit suicide.
Offences under section 306 of the IPC have been registered against six accused identified as Dodke's wife Saroj, her family members Ashok Kshirsagar, Prakash Kshirsagar, their father Natthuji Kshirsagar and his wife, as well as one Ramkrishna Pimpalkar. The offences were registered late on Wednesday evening.

However, despite this, members of the SIFF, led by Rajesh Wakharia, organised a demonstration outside the Sakkardara police station on Wednesday morning, to protest the inordinate delay by the cops to register offence against the accused. The situation was diffused after the policemen informed them that they had already sent squads to bring in the accused.

Dodke had committed suicide by hanging himself at his home. His body had been discovered at on October 31. During primary investigations, police recovered a suicide note in which Dodke had said that his wife was pressurising him to have his parental house transferred in her name, and had been threatening to lodge false complaints at the local police station and have him and his family arrested if he did not comply with her demands.

Incidentally, this is the third case in a year in the city of a woman being booked by the police for allegedly driving her husband to suicide. In a similar incident in Ajni a few months ago, a city corporator and her family had been booked by the police after being accused of abetting her husband to commit suicide.

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Stop Killing of Indian Husbands and Stop Treating Indian Husbands family as FREE ATM Machine.

Crime is a crime and the PUnishment should be irrespective of any sex, caste or Religion.

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2nd Anniversary of Domestic Violence Act:Black Day

2008-10-22T23:58:00.000+12:00

2nd Anniversary of Domestic Violence Act:Black Day

Meet my old Mother. A victim of 498A and Domestic Violence Act.

She is just one of the 120,645 women arrested in last 4 years only under Women Protection Laws without any credible evidence, investigation or trial.

Do you know that in 2006, 55425 married men committed suicide compared to 29869 married women?
Do you know that 98% Men have faced Domestic Violence at least once in 3 years
(Study conducted by SFF and My Nation)
Do you know that trauma suffered by victims of false/fabricated cases is 10 times more than DV Victims?
Do penalizing innocent women & men under false cases bring justice to genuinely abused women?
In order to address these burning questions, Save Family Foundation and associated NGOs invites you to join us against protest on misuse of women protection laws and demand gender neutrality of DV Act on the :

2nd Anniversary of Domestic Violence Act (Black Day)
at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi on 26/10/08 from 11 to 1 PM

Fight against misuse of Women Protection Laws and conspiracy to destroy the Family System of India. Let us prevent India becoming a Father Less Society.

Contact :

9810611534 (Swarup), 9810452017 (Anupama), 9971117829 (Sandeep), 9818332305 (Neeraj), 9871134040 (Preeti), 9818509406 (Wasif), 9810407895 (Vijay), 9811052770 (Niladri)

Supported by :

Save Family Foundation (Regd.), Gender Human Rights Society (Regd.), All India Forgotten Women (Regd.), CRISP (Regd.), My Nation, Save Indian Family Foundation (Regd.)

“Parivar Bachao Desh Bachao, Save the Indian Family”

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Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, commonly known as the Domestic Violence (DV) Act took effect on 26th October 2006. On the occasion of the second anniversary of this highly inhuman and discriminatory law, "Save Family Foundation" and its sibling organizations call upon the entire nation to observe "BLACK DAY" and show solidarity by joining our "Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 26th October 2008 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm."

From the outset, the DV Act has been touted as one of the most progressive legislations passed to empower women in India and to protect them from domestic abuse. The dark secret, unknown to many, is that this law is a clone of Western laws (like the American VAWA) which have not only been utterly unsuccessful in curbing domestic violence against women, but, on the contrary, have become socially harmful legislations that facilitate violence against men, violate basic human rights of men, women and children and promote family destruction. What is worse is that this lethal weapon of social destruction was secretly imported to India, without any debate or discussion on its relevance or pros and cons to the Indian society prior to its enactment.

The DV Act, through its various provisions, not only violates the Constitution of India but also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other International Conventions.

The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the DV Act begins with the acknowledgment that “Domestic Violence is undoubtedly a human rights issue and serious deterrent to development”, while citing the Vienna Accord of 1994 and the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of 1995. However, the Act consciously ignores a well-established fact that domestic violence is not gender-specific, and that, studies all over the world show that men and women are equally likely to indulge in intimate partner violence.

The DV Act is based on the untenable assumption that victims of domestic violence are always women and that the perpetrator is always a man; while statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau show that in the years 2005 and 2006 alone, nearly twice as many married men (52,483 in year 2005 and 55,452 in year 2006), compared to married women (28,186 in year 2005 and 29,869 in year 2006), committed suicide unable to withstand verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse and legal harassment.

The Universal Declaration of Human rights states that “men and women,…, are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.” It declares that “all are equal before the law, and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law”. Article 14 of the Indian Constitution declares that “The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India.” The DV Act, however, blatantly denies protection to men against any form of domestic abuse.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims that “everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.” However, the DV Act presumes that the accused man is guilty until proven innocent, thus violating the presumption of innocence and the principles of fair trial guaranteed under Articles 20 and 21 of the Constitution of India, in addition to defying the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The DV Act also prescribes many rules of evidence, procedure and trial which are shockingly arbitrary, unreasonable, irrational and discriminatory. The following are a few examples.

The DV Act assumes that women are always honest victims, and, hence, requiring proof of their claims is unnecessary. Under this Act, the sole testimony of the so-called aggrieved person is enough for the court to conclude that an offence has been committed. This baseless assumption turns the Act into a weapon in the hands of abusive women to perpetrate violence against men and also misuse the law.

Section 10 of the Act makes a provision for service providers which amounts to delegation of essential judicial as well as investigatory functions to them. Such a provision is completely preposterous and hitherto unknown to law.

Rule 14 of the DV Act prohibits any defense to be taken by the accused husband or his relatives and the entire procedure prescribed to the so-called counselors is unilateral, one-sided and loaded in favor of the complainant. This provision is in direct violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Section 20 of the DV Act provides monetary compensation for victims of domestic violence. This Section empowers a Magistrate to order the accused to pay monetary relief consistent with the standard of living to which the complainant claims to be accustomed (irrespective of the earning capacity of the accused). In addition, if the accused person fails to make the payment, the Magistrate can direct the employer or debtor of the accused to directly pay the complainant or deposit the same amount with the court. Commonsense dictates that a victim of domestic violence should be removed from the abusive situation and be sheltered from further violence. By making lucrative provisions for monetary compensation, the law provides enormous scope for misuse by unscrupulous women.

The DV Act contains provisions which are essentially duplications of several other laws and confers the same protections and rights to women that have been already provided by other existing legislations. For example, a wife who has been allegedly subjected to cruelty by her husband and in-laws is protected both under Indian Penal Code Section 498A, and also under the DV Act. This violates Article 20(2) of the Constitution, which states that “No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.” The DV Act also makes provisions for a woman to claim maintenance from the “abusive” husband, while two other legal provisions, CrPC Section125 and the Hindu Marriage Act Section 24, simultaneously allow a wife to claim maintenance from the husband.

Apart from being blatantly anti-male, the DV Act is also anti-family, as it violates the social and legal sanctity of marriage. According to the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, a Hindu wife shall not be entitled for separate residence or maintenance if she is commits adultery or gets converted to another religion, but the DV Act actually empowers a wife to violate marital norms with impunity and also claim residence and maintenance in spite of being unfaithful or converting to another religion. The DV Act also endeavors to grant live-in partners/concubines the same legal status as a legally wedded wife. In many instances, the protections and privileges (maintenance, residence rights, etc.) granted to the live-in-partner/concubine, violate the rights of a legally wedded wife. Such provisions are not only revolting but also destructive to the institutions of marriage and family. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society, and is entitled to protection by society and the State.” The DV Act, on the contrary, promotes matrimonial disharmony and destruction of family.

In addition to violating family rights, the DV Act also violates a child’s right to the love and affection of both parents. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the DV Act refers to the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 1989, which mandates that States shall ensure among other things that in all cases the interest of children is paramount. For reaching a just opinion about the interest of children, it is imperative that a just and fair enquiry be held by the court to assess the competing claims of both parents about the suitability of guardianship. However, Section 23(2) of the DV Act allows for passing of ex-parte orders to take away the custody of a child from the father on the sole basis of the self-serving affidavits of a complainant woman. Thus, the DV Act promotes a fatherless society.

One of the most preposterous aspects of the DV Act is that it violates even the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the very International Convention that the law is based on. The DV Act openly promotes discrimination against women relatives of an accused man. The Statement of Objects and Reasons categorically states that “whereas the Bill enables the wife or the female living in a relationship in the nature of marriage to file a complaint under the proposed enactment against any relative of the husband or the male partner, it does not enable any female relative of the husband or the male partner to file a complaint against the wife or female partner.”

Thus, the Act ignores the several instances where a daughter-in-law commits domestic violence against her mother-in-law, sister-in-law or any other females related by marriage. Interestingly enough, the DV Act also favors divorced women and former girlfriends over a legally wedded wife. It supports the encroachment of property by a girlfriend (former or present) at the expense of the right to residence of a man, his legally wedded wife and any other dependent female members of a family. So, in the name of protecting a section of women who may be making true or false allegations, the law penalizes innocent women who are related to an accused man. So much for Elimination of ALL forms of Discrimination Against Women!!!

While the DV Act came under severe criticism from several judicial authorities, legal experts, NGOs and concerned citizens, the Government has not made any efforts to amend the provisions of the law in the interest of fairness, justice, family harmony and social stability. The Ministry of Women and Child Development conducted a Round Table Conference in New Delhi, on 25th June, 2008, claiming to give an opportunity to “men’s organizations” to present their recommendations and suggestions regarding laws pertaining to women. Save Indian Family Foundation and its sibling organizations, which work towards family harmony and true gender equality, were deliberately left out until several appeals were sent to include our representatives in the discussions. The Conference, however, turned out to be only an eye-wash, as the Ministry, eventually, denied the need for amendments in these laws including the DV Act.

In light of all the above facts, and in an attempt to highlight the serious social damage caused by the DV Act, Save Indian Family Foundation and its sibling organizations call upon the entire nation to observe the second anniversary of the DV Act as a BLACK DAY in the history of India. We specifically request all the print and electronic media to show solidarity by joining us in our Dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on 26th October 2008 between 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

On this occasion, we also demand that the following amendments be made to the DV Act to prevent further damage to marital harmony and social stability in India:
1) DV Act should be made gender-neutral and equal protection should be provided to men and women against physical, emotional, verbal and economic abuse.
2) DV Act, like every other law, must be based on the presumption of innocence until guilt is proved. In addition, the DV Act must follow the principle of according a fair trial to the accused.
3) Service providers should not be delegated with judicial and investigatory functions. In addition, service providers and counselors must be persons or organizations who have a track record of working for family harmony, true gender equality, and possess a balanced and educated approach towards serious issues like domestic violence.
4) In order to protect victims of domestic violence from further abuse, they should be removed from the abusive situation and relocated to shelters. Making provisions for monetary compensation to the complainant promotes misuse of the law by unscrupulous individuals. Denying the accused persons of residential rights on their own property violates the human rights of the accused. In addition, a genuine victim who is not removed from the site of abuse is more likely to fall prey to violence again and again.
5) A complainant should not be allowed to claim maintenance under DV Act, as there are two other existing provisions, CrPC Section 125 and Hindu Marriage Act Section 24, which simultaneously allow a dependent woman to seek maintenance.
6) DV Act should not be allowed to contain any of the same protections and provisions granted under any other laws without first repealing those other laws and rendering them ineffective. For example, since the DV Act provides protection to women against cruelty by the husband and his relatives, IPC Section 498A should be repealed with immediate effect.
7) DV Act attempts to legalize live-in relationships, thereby violating laws against polygamy and also disregarding the rights of a legally wedded wife. A live-in relationship, unlike marriage, is not a legally binding contract. Women and men who enter live-in relationships are implicitly accepting the risk of a break-up, whatever the reasons for the break-up may be. Forcing legal interference into a relationship that is legally invalid is simply ridiculous. Therefore, live-in relationships must be removed from the purview of the DV Act.
8) Child custody decisions should be made by a court based on a fair hearing of competing claims of both parents, and unless there is compelling evidence to believe that either one or both parent(s) is/are harmful to the child’s physical and emotional health and well-being, joint custody should be granted to the mother and the father.
9) Persons filing false cases to settle personal scores should be severely punished for misusing the judicial process and blocking the path of justice for genuine victims.

In short, the DV Act should be replaced by a more benign, sensible, gender-neutral legislation that ensures women and men their rightful, honorable place within and outside the home, in order to promote domestic harmony, reduce litigations and prevent legal terrorism and extortion through misuse of the law.

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We wonder whose life is in More Danger in India: Men or Women.

· Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
· 2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.

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Review Gender Biased LAW to Promote Family Harmony and Stop Legal Terrorism

Proposed Domestic Harmony Act , 2005 ( For review)
NCW’s recommendations to address “unnatural deaths” of married women are Unreasonable
Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
Woman throws acid on husband-Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India
NCW'S False/fabricated Claim exposed regarding 70% women denied maintance on alleged adultrity ground in CRPc125.
STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!
Recommendations on Modifications to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Where judges save marriages-Delhi-Cities-The Times of India

2008-10-06T18:17:00.000+12:00

Where judges save marriages-Delhi-Cities-The Times of India

"Save Family Foundations and thier associated like minded non-funded NGO all over India, always demended/campain and make thier best effort to create the awareness in the people/society that marrage dispute can't be resolved by any criminla act and strict implementations of "Family court" without laywers involvements and stop treating the Husbands family as a Free ATM machine.
But LAW like 498A/DVact/CRPC125 killing every day the instituion of marrage. Such law allready proved not to worth at any level , expect to extorte the money and increse the hate against each other and the third party take the advantages.
A must read : The benefit of the anti dowry law section 498A by Arnab Ganguly
Hope our devoted so called women orginasations and LAW makers will learn that doing the "Legal Terrorism" and creating more and more duplications of LAW, can't give justice to any vicitms, it only kills the innocent people and increse the father less child society."
The campin was started by Save family foundations' volenters 3 -years back , seems at least able to open the eyes of some people, but we have to go long way, as still the in the Mediation court itself , we observed , judges prefers to treat the Husabnd's family as Free ATM machine , which had to be stopped, then only the real justice will be prevailed and the hidden agenda of those crooked, greedy women orginasations to do the Legal Terrorism will be controled and hope we all should learn that more empasish to be given: "It is not saving a marrage, it is saving a family."
Where judges save marriages-Delhi-Cities-The Times of India
With an alarming increase in the number of couples heading for divorce in the Capital, judges have now stood up to save the sanctity of marriage. Fro
m advising the couple to give their marriage a second chance to making them understand the practicality of life, the judges are doing everything that can change the mind of the couple heading for separation.

The concept of mediation centres is rapidly gaining popularity, and with a success rate of 63%, this new role of the gravel-hammering judges has earned them accolades from everywhere. According to recent court figures, more than 1,36,000 marriages take place every year while some 8,000-9,000 divorce cases are filed each year. In fact, an average of 10 cases are filed per day in just one court.

However, the new Additional Dispute Resolution (ADR) method has given the judiciary a more humane approach in resolving the matter. Sample this: A couple which had filed for a divorce recently went back to give their marriage a second chance after attending sessions in the mediation centres. "The main problem with the couple was a communication gap as both were working. So, when they approached us, all we told them was to talk, be more expressive and resolve their issues over a cup of coffee. It worked for them and within 5 sittings, they decided to give it another shot," said a mediator judge who refused to be named.

Earlier, this wasn't the role of mediation centres. The case was generally forwarded to the civil courts if the couple was not ready to reconcile. However, the new ADR method involves an enhanced role of the judge. The centres have taken the help of ADJs to do the job of the mediators. In the mediation centre at Gole market, which comes under Delhi Legal Services Authority, there are five district and sessions judges, who meet couples everyday between 8am to 7pm. Similar mediation centres can be found in Tis Hazari and Karkardoma. "The role of the judge in these mediation centres is not only to mediate between the couples but also to understand the dispute between the two parties and come up with an amicable solution," Sanjay Sharma, the project officer of DLSA, told TOI.

"Mediation in the context of matrimonial disputes is different in form and content from commercial and property disputes. So we give advice on things like motivation, sentiments, social compulsions, personal liabilities, and responsibility to solve the matter," said a mediator judge on the condition of anonymity.

The latest figures at the Tis Hazari mediation centre are encouraging. The success rate of settled cases in Tis Hazari is as high as 63% while at Karkardoma it's close to 60%.

"Out of 7,473 cases handled by the mediation centre in the past three years, 7,264 have been disposed off by now. About 4,605 cases have been settled successfully," informed Kapoor, the judge in charge of the mediation centre in Tis Hazari courts.

"Our main job is not to tell them what to do, but to mediate between the two parties. We motivate these couples to sort out their differences and the judges here try to talk to them about issues like personal liabilities and responsibilities to solve the matter," Kapoor added.

The judges at the mediation centres believe that the mindsets of the people have changed over the years. While earlier getting a divorce was considered the last resort for a couple, now they consider it their first option.

Mediator to the rescue

Anita Dhingra (name changed) never thought that her marriage of six years would come crashing down after her husband got a job transfer to another city. Anita, a working professional, did not want to leave her job so both decided to work in different cities for a while, hoping to find a solution soon. "It never worked out. Instead, we grew apart and problems started arising. I was accused of not being mature and understanding. There was too much stress," she said. In November 2007, the couple decided to split and filed for a divorce.

Their counsels suggested sessions in the mediation centre. Both agreed and as they say the rest is history. "We both were pretty apprehensive about going for sessions in the mediation center but we went ahead. The first few sessions were a waste as we just blamed each other for every thing and refused to reconcile. But then, our mediator asked us to reason out the differences and suggested certain ways to mend our differences," she said.

The first suggestion was to interact. The mediator advised the couple to take a cool-off period and think about the positive side of the relationship. "Although, the mediator never enforced anything on us, her advice came in handy and our differences started to dissolve," Dhingra said.

After the 10th session, the couple decided to give their marriage another try. Cut to September 2008, and the couple is living happily in the capital with Anita's husband taking up another job here.

This is not the only case where the help of a mediation centre has come to the rescue. There have also been number of cases where the couple still head for a divorce but on "cordial terms". One of the mediators in Tis Hazari courts explains, "Most of the time the couple comes with a decision. So we try that no matter what the decision they take in the end, it has to be on cordial terms." The mediator added that many couples who still went ahead with the divorce are now good friends. "It's healthy for everyone. Especially, if they have kids," she said.

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Misuse of IPC 498A: helpline launched in city (Vizag): The Hindu

2008-10-04T18:25:00.001+12:00

Misuse of IPC 498A: helpline launched in city (Vizag): The Hindu
Staff Reporter

The Act can be termed ‘legal terrorism’, says SIIF

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Over 55,000 married men commit suicide, says its local representative B.K.Agarwal

NGOs plan peace march on November 19 in connection with International Men’s Day

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— Photo: C.V.Subrahmanyam

From (right) Krishna Prasad, Anil, B.K. Agarwal and D.S. Rao at a press meet on misuse of 498 A in Visakhapatnam on Friday.

VISAKHAPATNAM: To tackle the alleged misuse of Sec. 498A by a section of the society, a few like-minded NGOs like Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) and Bharat Bachao Sangatan have come together to extend the services of a helpline in the city.

At a press conference here on Friday, the local representative of SIFF B.K. Agarwal said that the phone number would be 9246623460.

Talking about the misuse, Anil of SIFF from Bangalore, said that the Act was grossly biased towards the women and it can be termed as ‘legal terrorism’.

Non-bailable warrants

“As per the provision under IPC 498A, the police can arrest any person be it the husband, in-laws or distant relatives, whoever is mentioned in the complaint filed by the married woman, without a warrant, under the pretext of dowry harassment. The Act prescribes for non-bailable warrants, it is non-compoundable and is treated as a cognisable offence. It has been made compoundable only in Andhra Pradesh,” he said.

Dowry harassment

Supporting their claim with statistics, D.S. Rao of Bharat Bachao Sangatan said that in the year 2006, the total number of cases booked for dowry harassment under the 498A section were 63,128, of which only 2 per cent were proved to be guilty and were convicted.

Suicides

“While the section provides for conviction if proved guilty, there is no provision for convicting the women, even if the case is found to be false,” he said.

Krishna Prasad of SIFF pointed out that giving dowry is also considered to be a crime, but so far, no cases have been booked under this provision.

“The misuse of the law is on the rise in the urban areas, especially in the IT sector,” he said.

Counselling

Mr. Agarwal pointed out that according to the National Crime Records Bureau, on an average over 55,000 married men commit suicides compared to 28,000 women in a year, and over 1,15,000 women of different age groups were arrested arbitrarily without trial or investigation under Section 498A in the last four years.

“Under this law, one is held guilty even before the pronouncement.

The helpline has been initiated to help people understand the law and fight its ill effects.

We would counsel the affected families, give a survival kit that states how to get over the problem immediately and provide moral and legal support,” he said.

All the members from the NGOs were of the opinion that law is helping extortionists in shape of legal fraternity, police, mafia network and women with the motive of extorting money from the in-laws.

The NGOs had collectively held a national level conference in Goa recently, and plan to organise a peace march or stage dharna here on November 19, in connection with the International Men’s Day.

They demand that the section be made bailable, non-cognisable and be made gender neutral.

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We wonder whose life is in More Danger in India: Men or Women.

· Crime Bure data 2005 : Married Men Sucide : 52k vs Married Women Sucide 28K.Still there is no LAW to Protect Men why?
· 2006 Crime Bure Data : Married Men Sucide:55452 vs. Married Women Sucide:29869.

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Review Gender Biased LAW to Promote Family Harmony and Stop Legal Terrorism

Proposed Domestic Harmony Act , 2005 ( For review)
NCW’s recommendations to address “unnatural deaths” of married women are Unreasonable
Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
Woman throws acid on husband-Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India
NCW'S False/fabricated Claim exposed regarding 70% women denied maintance on alleged adultrity ground in CRPc125.
STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!
Recommendations on Modifications to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

'Sexual harassment bill must deal with false complaints ...

2008-10-01T21:30:00.000+12:00

'Sexual harassment bill must deal with false complaints ...
Biased Harassment law made ready to destroy the Work Place harmony.
Nail down men who harass women in work places, but protect those who are victims of false complaints and wrong evidence.

The law ministry is of the view that the Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry's draft Bill on Sexual Harassment in Work Place should have provisions to check false and malicious complaints.

The WCD ministry is planning to introduce the proposed law in the October-November session of Parliament. But a ministry official said on condition of anonymity, "There is a fear that the law may be misused to settle personal scores in offices. So, it should have stronger safeguards against misuse."

The draft, sent to the Law ministry for vetting, provides for action against lodging false complaints or recording wrong evidence according to individual organisations' service rules.

But the Law ministry said since taking action according to service rules is a long-drawn-out process, the law should provide for stringent punishment — even penal action — for false allegations.

Ashish Mukhi, president of the Delhi chapter of Save Indian Family, an NGO, said the provision protecting men's rights should be so strong that it acts as a real deterrent.

"We have seen in dowry-related cases, the deterrent has not helped because the accused can taken action against a false complaint only after the case is settled. And that takes years," he said.

But, Ranjana Kumari of another NGO, Women Power Connect, said a stronger provision protecting the men would "kill" the law. She said, "If such protection is provided to men, no woman will come forward to report sexual harassment."

Even though the WCD Ministry does not have well-collated data on sexual harassment reported from various government offices, Kiran Chadda, a joint secretary in the ministry, said, "We receive 15-20 complaints every month. But we forward the complaints to respective departments."

Since sexual harassment complaints sometimes make no headway due to non-cooperation from the accused, the Law ministry wants the law to clearly state that action be initiated against the accused if he refuses to cooperate with the inquiry committee.

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Biased Harassment law made ready to destroy the Work Place harmony.

A proposed law to protect women from sexual harassment at the workplace may also punish women employees who are found by an office panel to have misused the legislation.

Though it is a welcome move to recognise the possibility of misuse the law and the effect of the same as first time in Indian history, but the Government failed to understand that the harassment at Work Place is not a Gender Specific issue. The way Women claim had been harassed in work place, men also get harassed or forced to work in adverse condition at least more than 10 times than a women employee.

The Work Place Harassment LAW should be gender Equal, if women do not harass the men, why they are so much afraid to accept the same?

Their approach and oppositation itself confirms beyond reasonable dought that women harass others more than the men and that is the specific reason they want a whole sale free license to abuse the men in the form of LAW and save guard their own wrong doing in work place.

Those so called women organizations are opposed this clause (Misuser will be punished) is clearly exposed that they want a LAW which can be misused easily and should be a easy tool to extort the money and promote the Legal Terrorism. They want whole sale free Licensee to Misuse the law and the misuser of the LAW should go Scot free, is not only unfortunate, but also established that their aim and objective is not to stop the harassment at Work Place, their aim to earn the money by making a law which can be sued as a whole sale free License to blackmail and extort the money.

Further the Law maker expert for making duplication of law and promote the misuse of the law , just for example, if you go through the Crime Bure report, it is the existing "Molestation" LAW have the maximum Convection , which is more than 50% compared than any other IPC Law exists. Means the allegation on that cases are maximum is found true and less misused the same law, as in the law itself is not biased or in assumption based.

More than that, it does not provide the whole sale free license to earn the money by making false and fabricated case. LAW should be to punish the criminals or if at all any fine to be inserted, the same should not go to the hand of the Complainant at any cost; it should go to the Government revenue only.

Like in case of Traffic Violation rule, the fine clause is there, but it is not that the Traffic Police will get the money in his/her favor. Just for a moment think if the law is like that , whenever any Traffic Police Fine some one, the same money should go to the Traffic Police, you can understand what will be the situation form your common sense itself.

Though "Save Family Foundation" already cautioned and proposed the Women and child Ministry earlier , to make the Work Place Harassment Law instead of gender Biased so called Women Sexual Harassment Law , which will only kill the Work Place harmony and More and more fight for earning the money by dishonest way , which in turn will reduce the Job opportunity of Women only in Long run and if at all any Law to be made first the same to be implemented in the Parliament first for 2 years , instead of directly making the Trail to the common citizen as in the Corporate world , we have already make the un-written rule more then 50% women employee, but Parliament failed to make it at least 33% of women MP/MLA.

STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!

Once again argue to LAW ministers and WCD Minister as well as to all well/honest Citizen of India to raise their Voice against such Biased LAW:

· Replace the so called Women sexual Harassment Bill to gender Natural Work Place Harassment Bill. (If we assume women do not harass the men and the LAW is full proof, why all women organizations are afraid to accept the same).

· No monetary compensations to the complainant directly from the accused; the Fine amount should go the Government Revenue only.

· No, duplication of LAW or Clause.

· LAW should be reviewed by the Retired Judges, instead of Practicing Lawyers.

Final LAW should be first implemented to Parliament and Ministry office for 2 Years as a satisfactory Trail, and then only it should be applied to common people.

Law Should be Crime based, not on the assumption based and the same to be used as to punish the Criminals, it should not be a Whole Sale Free License as Money earning tools for a Specific gender.

At the end let it be Domestic Violence or Work Place Harassment Law , our so called women organizations should understand the Pain of a Mother or Sisters is not less , when they loss their innocent son or brothers than when a father or Brother loss his innocent daughter or sisters.

"In short, the LAW needs to be replaced by some more benign, sensible, gender-neutral legislation that may ensure women their rightful, honorable place at home and abroad, at the same time not forgetting the rights of men."

For further reference Read: · STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!

National Meet of SIF activist on 27th-28th Sept at Goa to Stop the Legal Terrorism of India.

2008-09-24T19:25:00.000+12:00

National Meet of SIF activist on 27th-28th Sept at Goa to Stop the Legal Terrorism of India.
Activists of the Save Indian Family campaign are meeting from all over India in Goa this weekend (27-28th Sept) to intensify agitation for amendment of dowry laws and domestic violence laws. Their demands are that dowry laws be made bailable and non-cognizable and domestic violence laws to be made gender neutral in larger interest of the society.
The spate of actions taken by the radical feminists in sidelining the moderates and wreaking havoc on innocent people in the name of Women Empowerment has already done a lot of damage to the Women Empowerment movement and its credibility. Save Indian Family Foundation does not want further deterioration of the society and hence hopes that the Govt. will do well by taking the above demands into consideration and not buckle under the pressure of radical feminists. It is high time that the media takes cudgels in presenting to the Society the bitter truth about radical feminists who are calling the shots.
It is to be noted that the Govt. made several laws to tackle dowry menace. It all started in 1961, with the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. Then Section 498A, Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) in 1983 and the very recent Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, passed in 2006. Quintessentially all of the above three try to achieve the same objective and unfortunately enough none is successful so far as now, these radical feminists want some more laws as they continue to ignore the extravagant marriages and inaction of dowry prohibition officers in curbing the dowry menace.
It is to be noted that Women's organizations have got and are still getting millions of dollars from the Govt. and from International agencies to implement stringent anti-male, laws ultra-vires the Indian Constitution for fighting against dowry. And now that they have got used to it, if the dowry menace is eliminated with proper implementation of the existing laws, then they will not get the funds and attention. So, they go soft on dowry exchange during marriages and yet cry for more laws so that men and their families can be harassed and money can be extorted from them.
It is worthwhile to be noted here that nowadays, women do not hesitate in filing 4-5 civil and criminal lawsuits for the same allegations on their husbands, blatantly and out rightly violating Article 20 of the Indian Constitution which clearly says that no person can be tried / punished twice for the same offense. The cases filed include lawsuits under Dowry Prohibition Act, then another under section 498A of the IPC. Then one more under Domestic Violence Act and one more under maintenance and so on and so forth.
But now Indian men have learned to fight and are giving stiff resistance to such wild practices and will continue to do so till the laws are not amended and the perpetrators of this misuse, aptly termed by the Honorable Supreme Court of India as Legal Terrorism, are not brought to task. It is interesting to note that in India, terrorists and hooligans are roaming freely and the Govt. does not want to bring back TADA / POTA but the same Govt. continues with arbitrary arrests of the 1,20,000 women in last 4 years without any trial or investigation and the same is also justified by radical feminist organizations. Such practices can only be ridiculed at best and termed as grave mockery by the Govt. taking potshots at the people's patience.
Save Indian Family Foundation regrets to mention that in spite of nationwide awareness campaigns launched by it since the last three years and bringing this to the notice of the Govt. about the rampant misuse, still if the Govt. continues to ignore, the people will have no choice but to take the law in their own hands losing complete faith on the law of the land.
It is so pathetic that the Govt. is funding radical feminist organizations, which are no way different from any radical fundamentalist organizations so far as their intolerance is concerned as it is evident from the silence of these radicals on the arrests of 1,20,000 women.

It is also a sad reality that the government is completely ignoring the suicides of Indian men to the tune of close to 80,000 a year with married men forming a sizeable chunk of it to the tune of 56,000 (on average) a year.

We wonder whose life is in more danger in the country: Men or Women.

· As per the National Crime Records Bureau data of 2005:

o Married Men Suicides = 52000 vs. Married Women Suicides = 28000.

· As per the National Crime Records Bureau data of 2006:

o Married Men Suicides = 55452 vs. Married Women Suicides = 29869

· For a wife, even adultery is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a husband even an allegation of "Name-calling" is a crime and not only the man, but his mother/sister/age-old father can also be put behind the bars for this 'crime' under IPC 498A or DV act.

The Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Dr. Girija Vyas had enough time to take steps to eradicate the social evil called dowry exchange. Although the NCW has proposed multiple laws but sadly enough none are ever implemented in true spirit. If the dowry practice still exists, then it is a complete failure of the NCW and Girija Vyas and for that Save Indian Family Foundation demands resignation of Dr. Vyas and closure of the NCW.

More recently we had a very unfortunate judgment from the Honorable Supreme Court as well, wherein the Supreme Court granted apology to a husband who accepted taking dowry. When the law has clearly laid down that both giving and taking dowry is a crime, why were the criminals not punished and let go off with an apology? Does this not mean that the law of the land has no meaning and has been only enacted to terrorize innocent citizens and extort their hard earned money from them?

With an ending note Save Indian Family Foundation likes to remind the civil society as well of its duty to raise voice against the injustice going on under the barb and paradoxical veil of Women Empowerment and to the Govt. to make family an issue in the coming elections. And that these laws need to be replaced by some more benign, sensible, gender-neutral legislation that may ensure women their rightful, honorable place at home and abroad, while at the same time not forgetting the rights of the men.

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Review Gender Biased LAW to Promote Family Harmony and Stop Legal Terrorism

Proposed Domestic Harmony Act , 2005 ( For review)
NCW's recommendations to address "unnatural deaths" of married women are Unreasonable
Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
Woman throws acid on husband-Kolkata -Cities-The Times of India
NCW'S False/fabricated Claim exposed regarding 70% women denied maintance on alleged adultrity ground in CRPc125.
STOP Women Sexual Harassment!!

No maintenance for wives with high income: HC-India-The Times of India

2008-09-22T20:27:00.000+12:00

No maintenance for wives with high income: HC-India-The Times of India
NEW DELHI: A woman with sufficient income to support herself may not need a court order for receiving maintenance from her estranged husband, the Delhi High Court has said.

The court's observations came while setting aside a family court's order to grant maintenance in a matrimonial dispute to a woman who was earning a salary of Rs 80,000 per month.

"Where a wife has no income or is without any support for maintaining herself, the court has to pass an order considering the income and living status of the husband. However, where the wife and husband both are earning and having good salary, an order is not required," Justice S N Dhingra said.

On July 25 a city court had directed Satish Kumar (name changed), the woman's husband, to give Rs 7,500 per month to his wife Sunita (name changed) as maintenance following their matrimonial discord.

Setting aside the family court's order, Justice Dhingra allowed a petition filed by Satish contending that the family court had wrongly granted maintenance to his wife despite the fact that her income was sufficient for self-maintenance and she did not have any other responsibility.

The court accepted the wife's salary slip of February 2007, according to which her gross salary was Rs 80,000 per month and said "a person who is earning this much of salary can very well maintain herself with such a standard which may be envy of many and under no stretch of imagination it can be said that the income earned by her was not enough to maintain herself."

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Such type of abuse of Indian Legal Process and extrotion of money form husbands family had became a reguller features in our Legal System and our LAW makers prefers to keep the blind eye. Result we wittness the Legal Terrorism openly in fornt of Police/Judge/media/office and the extrotion at top of the hill and our NCW desprate to even add the same in the name of Live-in-relationship also.
From the court record it is evident, maximum women who are well educated, working and healthy to earn themselves rush to the court and want money form the husband, but do not forget to file another criminal case (like 498A DV act), mentioning that their husband ill-treat them for money, but they themselves openly demanding money as a legal extortion and that is not a crime in India. Further to note, if a women earn the money and husband due to some any reason not able to earn the money, even if he is ill or any other condition, he is not eligible for any maintenance form the working women, irrespective he had earned lacks of rupees and given to his wife.

So the question arises: Is Indian Husband is a Free ATM Machine for Indian wives?

It is here to mentioned that, presently a women can claim maintenance form three different Law, like section24, Crpc125 and Domestic Violence act. This totally abuse of Indian Judiciary System, as for the same purpose, three different case filed and this not only wastage of Judiciary man Power, it is violation of Indian constitution, as it clearly mentioned, for the same offence a person can't be punished more than once. Then why 3 different maintenance cases against a Husband, if at all considered the Husband done any offence?

So, save family foundation, strongly oppose such "dadagri of NCW" by Ms.Girija Vyas and request our Lawmaker to act immediately amend the CRPC 125 as under:

The word men/women to be replaced by the word Person and husband/wife to be replaced by the word Spouse.
A well-educated person should earn their live hood by their hard work instead of treating others as a Free ATM machine.
The word "living-in-adultiry" to be replaced by the word "living or lived in adultrity" during the relationship of both the partner, should not be entitled for any maintenance from each other, as it is a criminal breach of trust and cheating.
If any one filed the maintenance under crpc 125, the person should not be entitled to file or claim any other maintenance case under section24 or DV act.
The maximum Limit of Monthly Maintance to be fixed as per Common people's Living Standard only, instead of No limit.
This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of "Name-calling" is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

Indian men are still sleeping and not able to understand the dirty game plan of those Radical orginasations for thier own personnel benifit ( divorced and live-in-realtionship women) misusing the provision of Indian Constituion to such a extant the Gender War is coming . Allready the Instituion of Marrage had been killed, harmoney at work place disturbed now the time to destory your own basic right to live and liberty also.
Indian Men just a Free ATM machine nothing else!!!!
We immediate demand to Indian Goverment for formation of "Men well fare ministry" to stop such dadagri of NCW and stop treating the Men as Free ATM Machine and immediately sack the present NCW chair person , who is misusing her power to just full fill her own personnle benifit.

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For more reference :
How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?

DNA - India - Government reviews dowry, domestic violence laws ...

2008-09-20T20:45:00.000+12:00

DNA - India - Government reviews dowry, domestic violence laws ...
Rampant misuse by women to settle scores with in-laws forces corrective measures in the legislations

NEW DELHI: The growing misuse of dowry harassment and domestic violence prevention laws has forced the government to contemplate making changes in them.

The Indian Penal Code's (IPC) section 498A is a cognisable, non-compoundable and non-bailable offence which was drafted to protect married women from cruelty subjected to her by her husband or in-laws mainly for the purpose of dowry. But disgruntled women have rampantly used this section as one of the foremost legal weapons to settle scores in bad marriages.

Hence, to prevent its misuse, the ministry of women and child development consulted a panel of lawyers on Thursday to explore possibilities of making it a bailable offence and removing names of parents and sisters of the husband from its purview. Efforts are on to make the domestic violence law gender-neutral.

"Section 498A should be used sparingly. But now, it has become a trend to convert every quarrel between a husband and wife to a dowry harassment case," said Meenakshi Lekhi, a supreme court lawyer.

Women and child development minister Renuka Chowdhury said rampant misuse of these laws is making them less effective.

Interestingly, a large number of complaints have come from women themselves, mainly mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. According to National Crime Records Bureau figures quoted by NGOs working on marital harmony, about 1.2 lakh women have been falsely implicated under section 498A.

The Delhi and Chennai high courts have recently issued directives to their respective state governments on ways to prevent the misuse of section 498A. In these states, no case under section 498A can be registered or arrests made without proper investigations and prior approval of the deputy commissioner of police or additional deputy commissioner of police.

Arrests can be made only after the investigations are complete and there are sufficient charges against the accused husband.

The courts have also set directives asking lawyers to refrain from putting wild allegations while drafting complaints.

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The Government needs to act NOW Save Family Foundation urges the Government of India to make the following amendments to the law and ensure that ordinary citizens of India are spared from needless harassment:
1.Section 498A of IPC should be made bailable.

Section 498A, being non-bailable, allows punishing the accused by imprisonment even before guilt is established. This goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. Abused women need protection, but placing unconditional faith in the statements of a woman and confining the accused husband and his family in police or judicial custody, until bail is granted by a court, is not the way to accord protection to women.

2.Section 498A of IPC should be made non-cognizable.

Innocent citizens are being arrested everyday based on mere complaints without requiring evidence or investigation. Even children and senior citizens are not being spared. IPC 498A, being a cognizable offence, violates a citizen’s right to due process.

3.IPC 498A and Domestic Violence Law should be made gender neutral.

Domestic abuse is not gender specific. The assumption that victims of physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse are always women is wrong. According the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "all are equal before the law, and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law". Hence, men should also be accorded protection from physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse by women.

4. Persons who misuse IPC 498A and Domestic Violence Law should be penalized.

Misuse of the process of law not only costs the public exchequer dearly, but also destroys the personal lives of many innocent citizens. Misuse of law should be treated as a serious crime, and persons who use women-protection laws as weapons for settling personal scores in marital disputes should be severely punished.
Gender Biased LAW should immediately be made crime based instead of any assumption that all women never lie and all the men are born as Criminals. "MEN/WOMEN" word to be replaced by word "PERSON" and word wife/husband to be replaced with the word "SPOUSE"

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For Further Reference:
Review of the Domestic Violence Act and other related laws
SC ruling on suicide by married women : Do you Know?
Bid to stop dowry law misuse- Hindustan Times
Ban NCW and their associates – for promotion of Legal Terrorism in India.

Domestic violence Act: No retrospective effect-Goa-Cities-The ...

2008-09-20T20:44:00.000+12:00

Domestic violence Act: No retrospective effect-Goa-Cities-The ...
PANAJI: If domestic violence has occurred before the Domestic Violence Act was notified, then any such incident cannot come under purview of the Act.

Judicial magistrate First Class, Mapusa made this observation while hearing a case filed by one Sangeeta Sharma, who asked for permanent custody of her child and sought maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which came into effect on October 26, 2006.

Sangeeta had alleged that she was being mentally and physically harassed by her husband Hemant Kumar Sharma and father-in-law Jagdish Sharma. She also alleged that her father-in-law slapped her and asked her to sign a paper which said that she being a career-oriented woman wanted to give away the custody of the child to her husband and father-in-law.

JMFC judge while dismissing the petition filed by the woman observed, "The Act doesn't specifically say to have retrospective effect, therefore, under section 12 the protection officer can't take into consideration any incident that is said to have taken place on July 8, 2006 (before the Act came into effect). Thus, the incident doesn't come within the purview of the Domestic Violence Act."

Hemant is a medical representative and is currently working in Bangalore, while Sangeeta is staying in Goa along with their child in Mapusa. The couple had married on January 29, 2001 and have a 16-month old child.

Further, the court observed that after going through the evidence it is obvious that the applicant wants to grab the flat purchased by her father-in-law. "The entire purpose of filing the petition under Domestic Violence Act was to grab the flat for herself," the Court added.

The Act is to provide for more effective protection of rights of women, who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family, which is guaranteed under the Constitution. Primarily meant to provide protection to the wife or the female live-in partner from violence at the hands of the husband or a male live-in partner or his relatives, the law also extends protection to women who are sisters, widows or mothers.

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Review of the Domestic Violence Act and other related laws
We, on behalf of Save Family Foundation, Delhi, write to you to expeditiously amend the lopsided PWDVA which was passed on the basis of assumption and biased view along with under tremendous pressure from a small minority of vocal and radical Groups elements of our country, who want that each and every home a litigation should start ( Promotion of Legal Terrorism) and a Huge money had been invested for that purpose, which is evident from their huge cry that why only approx.10000 Domestic Violence case filed in one year, it evident that those groups work like a Business Group who had invested huge money with the expectation the expected Profit and Business Turnover and for that they are desperate to ensure that there should not be any single home to be spared where Litigation not started.

Hence our sincere request to you to take immediate action, if we really want a Happy Family life in India and our Future Child will not spend their Child hood under Father Less Society:

Replace the word “Husband and Wife” with “Spouse”.
Replace the word “Men and Women” with “Person”.
Government should make the provision for Shelter Home and other facility to the victim of Domestic Violence, as an interim relief.
Establish the Family Court without Lawyers and the Domestic Disputes to be resolved in Family Court only.
In case found the complainant had not come to file the case in Clean Hand and misused the LAW along with Judiciary / administrative authority, they should be punished and the fine amount should go to Government as revenue.
Duplication/ multiple maintenance case to be stopped. This is total abuse of not only the natural Justice Systems and Duplication of LAW, this is the main motivation for filling false and fabricated case to extort the money from Husbands family.
There should not be any direct Compensation to the Complainant, if the offence proved beyond reasonable dought the offender should be Punished or fined and in such fine amount should go to the Government Revenue only. The same should be used for the well fare of real victim of Domestic Violence as a collectively. There should not be any difference or discrimination of Rich or poor people and different facility. All should be treated as same standard.
Those cases already 498A/Divorce/CRPC125 or any other cases had been filed and couple are not staying together and their case already pending in court , should not be allowed to file another DV case ( This is total Violation of Indian Constitution of article 20 , where a accused can’t be punished twice for the same offence)
· WCD (Ministry of Women and Child Development) review committees consist of all women committees with radical and extreme views. We seek that representatives of NGO's like Save Family Foundation and their associates should be included in this committee. This is to ensure that there is balance and sanity in the review of the law.

· Service providers in DV (Domestic Violence) LAW should be neutral persons and made accountable for their actions to ensure justice for the greater good of society. Restricting service providers to women’s group’s activists and organizations is like asking the wolf to guard the sheep. These groups are not above temptation to extortion, blackmail and corruption. Besides, who will monitor their actions and penalize them for abuses? Judges and officials should be neutral. They should be insulated from pressure and intimidation under the garb of gender sensitization.

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For further Reference :
About DV Act 2006
How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?

DNA - India - Child care leave sparks debate - Daily News & Analysis

2008-09-20T20:42:00.000+12:00

DNA - India - Child care leave sparks debate - Daily News & Analysis
Should only women bring up kids? What about single fathers?

NEW DELHI; The Centre may have seen it as a progressive move but not everyone agrees. The decision to give women in government service paid child care leave (CCL) for two years has set off a debate. Critics argue that it may lead to gender bias and negatively impact women's career prospects.

The department of personnel and training (DoPT) under the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions through a circular on September 11, 2008, has clarified that this leave is for the entire service period. CCL can be availed of over more than one spell, and is over and above the regular leave an employee is entitled to. It will not affect seniority and regular promotions.

In addition, maternity leave has been enhanced from 135 days (four-and-a-half months) to 180 days (6 months).

The government argues that the decision will help women balance home and office responsibilities. Critics, however, contend that it could trigger resentment among men who comprise more than 70% of the central government workforce.

More importantly, the move could harm the chances of women getting challenging responsibilities because of long absence from work.

For instance, Reva Nayyar, former secretary in the woman and child development (MWCD) ministry, lost the race for Cabinet secretary reportedly because of the long leave she had taken to bring up her children. The number of workdays was counted while determining seniority.

Another view was that the decision would only burden women more with child care while the men would not get a chance to change from the traditional role of breadwinner to babysitter.

Already there is a growing feeling of discrimination among men, particularly single fathers who also have child care responsibilities. Men complain that nowadays they share equal responsibility and by giving all the benefits to the women the government is going against its own policy of challenging the mindset that child care is solely the woman's responsibility.

"Even men should be given some extra leave like this so that they can share the responsibility of childcare. Otherwise, you are simply dumping the responsibility of childcare on women. Why should she be the only person responsible for teaching, for examination or taking care during illness, if the father is also willing to perform similar duties? Fifteen days of paternity leave is not enough. A more gendered approach is required and CCL should be extended to both parents with either of them taking the leave to share childcare responsibilities," says women rights activist Ranjana Kumari, director, Centre for Social Research.

"The government forgot about the single fathers. With the numbers of divorce cases increasing and more and more fathers getting custody of their children, it is equally important for them to spend time with their little ones. There should be special provision for single fathers," says Kumar Jagirdhar, president of Bangalore-based Child Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP). Jagirdar is ex-husband of cricket Anil Kumble's wife Chetna and is fighting a legal battle for custody of his daughter.

In addition there are extra benefits for women with disabilities. They will be paid Rs1,000 over and above their gross salary for a period of two years as a special allowance for childcare. The allowance will be paid from the time of the child's birth till the child is two year old and will be given for two children. This money will increase by 25% every time the dearness allowance is enhanced by 50%.

The concept of CCL, as followed in Japan and The Netherlands, has been introduced for the first time in India on the recommendations of the sixth pay commission.

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Save Family Foundation and thier associated orginasations deman the Goverment should replace the word "Mother" to "Parents", if they really have concern for real well fare of the Child.

For more reference :

Children need both parents: 15th June International Father's day
DNA - Opinion - Share the burdens of parenting - Daily News & Analysis

Ban NCW and their associates – for promotion of Legal Terrorism in India.

2008-09-20T20:40:00.000+12:00

To:

Shri K.C. Jain
Joint Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances)
Room No. 9, North Block
New Delhi-110001
Telefax No.23092392
CC:

The Honorable Minister,

Ministry of Home affairs, Govt of India

Sub: Ban NCW and their associates – for promotion of Legal Terrorism in India.

Respected Sir,

This is pertaining to the recent proposal of amending National Commission of Women (NCW) Act 1990, elevating the status of National Commission of Women to that of a Civil Court with powers of prosecution and execution under various IPCs for criminal offences too. The NCW has proposed powers equivalent of a Union Minister to the chairperson and that of a state minister to the members of the National Commission of Women.

Save Family Foundation, a non – profit, non funded NGO, promoted to the cause of spreading the message of Gender Equality and Family Harmony in the society, has some strong objections to such a proposal and demands the ban of NCW, their associated organizations and Lawyers associated with them as per the provisions of section 4-3(d) and 4-3(f) of the National Commission for Women Act 1990 (NCW Act).

Section 4-3: The Central Government shall remove a person from the office of Chairperson or a Member referred to in sub-section (2) if that person-

(d) Refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting;

(f) in the opinion of the Central Government has so abused the position of

Chairperson or Member as to render that person's continuance in office

detrimental to the public interest;

NCW was set up in 1992 to:

review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women ;
recommend remedial legislative measures ;
facilitate redressal of grievances and
advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.

NCW have already grossly taken undue advantage of powers bestowed on them to draft ridiculous laws like 498A, 304B, CrPC 125, PWDV Act of 2005 that has resulted in grave injustice to women. Some startling impact of laws proposed by them and implemented by the government are:

It took Britishers 10 years to arrest 5000 women(1937-47) but more than 95000 women (18 times) were arrested under IPC 498A in just 4 years (2004 - 2007) without trial and investigation.
The maximum number of women arrested by the barbaric British Government in 1930 was approx 17000 women for their involvement in Dandi Yatra (Salt March), which is much less than what the women being arrested today every year.
NCW refuses to entertain complaints filed by mothers and sisters of husbands who are harassed by their daughter-in-law/sister-in-law and their relatives.

NCW is openly promoting the Legal Terrorism in this country through duplication of laws and violating the Indian constitutions article 14/20/21 and refuses to show any concern to protect the constitutional duty to save the life and property of every citizens of India.

We at Save Family Foundation have numerous reasons to support our demand of Intervention of the Home Ministry for the dissolution of the present commission and Ban NCW.

As per provision of section 4-3(d) the Refusal to act or becoming incapable of acting on part of the commission chairperson or members, the central govt. may remove that chairperson or any member from his post. Below are some examples:

As per section 10-1(a) and 10-1(f)(i) of the NCW Act, defining the functions of the commission, NCW is supposed to take cognizance and investigate complaints from women where women are being deprived of their rights or for the matters relating to the safeguards provided to the women under constitution. But we regret to report to you that even after being given powers to investigate and declared as the biggest single organization representing women of India the NCW has refused to entertain the complaints of women. We at Save Family Foundation herewith are attaching with this letter three such refusals as Annexure A-1, A-2 and A-3.

Does these women, fall under the definition of woman as per NCW?

Does the mandate given to the commission by central govt actually make any differentiation between one women or the other?

Or is it like there is no regulatory body to stop or at least monitor the NCW, acting on their own whims and fancies?

It has been more than two years since the Right to Information Act 2005 came into force. NCW even after provided with heavy grants to the tunes of crores and central govt. appointed staff is not able to setup a proper administrative system for the redressal of the applications under Right to Information Act, even after repeated warnings from chief information commissioners.
The latest example of such incapability could be seen from the Complaint Nos. CIC/WB/C/2008/00425 & 426 dated 12-5-2008 to the chief information commissioner (CIC) regarding the famous case of brutal killing of children at Nithari, Noida. The National Commission for women has tried everything to hide the letters written to the Prime Minister Office giving false status of the case and then tried to save their skin by making mockery of the RTI Act and hiding the copy of the letter to PMO from the Indian citizen, The below excerpts from decision of the chief information commission and the sharp, shameful comments from the CIC questions the capability of the present commission and the continuance of the present chairperson on the present post.

“Having heard the arguments and examined the files we are constrained to observe with deep regret the lack of a functional system in the National Commission for Women in dealing with so important a case that was brought before the NCW by Commander Lokesh K. Batra. It is strongly recommended under the authority vested in us by Sec 19 (8) sub-section (a) to the Ministry of Women & Child Development that the Ministry institute a regular administrative structure for the Commission, which will then bring its functioning into conformity with the RTI Act, 2005 by instituting a system of maintenance of records in keeping with Sec 4(1), particularly sub-section (a). This exercise may be completed within thirty days of the issue of this decision notice under intimation to Sh PKP Shreyaskar, Jt Registrar, Central Information Commission.”

The complete judgment of the CIC is attached herewith as Annexure-B.

As per provision of section 4-3(f), if in the opinion of the Central Government any member or chairperson of the commission has abused the position of Chairperson or Member as to render that person's continuance in office detrimental to the public interest, the central govt. may remove that chairperson or any member from his post. Below are some examples:

The malicious intentions of NCW at present are to destroy our Indian society under the influence of foreign funding agencies by misguiding Indian public through projecting white lies and false statistics. The false claim by National Commission for Women (NCW) that in 70% of divorce / maintenance cases adultery is being misused to disgrace women under Section 125 of CrPC is latest example how NCW is projecting false figures of statistics which in reality doesn’t exists at all.

There was an article in Times of India dated 18th August 2007 titled “Wives accused of adultery must get alimony: NCW”, Annexure-C-1. In this article the chairperson of NCW Ms Grija Viyas claims that the provisions in Section 125 of CrPC are being misused to discredit the women and adultery cases are framed against women to deny her basic expenses; and NCW will move Supreme Court for review of Section 125 of CrPC.

On the same lines there was another article in Times of India dated 30th June 2008 titled “Maintenance for live-in partner”, Annexure-C-2. In this article NCW claims that in 70% of divorce/maintenance cases adultery is being misused to discredit woman, woman is disgraced and denied her rights.

Based on these Articles a women rights activist filed an RTI (Annexure-C-3) on 9th July 2008 requesting NCW to provide her- “Any Govt. or Commission report, survey or any other statistics collected by Govt. by which NCW can claim that in 70% of divorce/ maintenance cases adultery is being misused to discredit woman, woman is disgraced and denied her rights”. In reply to her RTI, on 24th July 2008, (Annexure-C-4) NCW categorically stated that “NCW does not have any records which show that in 70% maintenance cases under Section 125 of CrPC adultery has been alleged and proven misused by respondents”.

NCW chairperson herself was misguiding and misleading Indian people. Any such vague and irresponsible statement in media by the chairperson of an organization which represents the women of this democratic country puts a question mark on her holding that post. The chairperson of NCW has gone to the extent of taking refuge under lies and false statistics to push for the dangerous projects of foreign funding agencies. There were similar other questions asked in that RTI which were answered the same way and could be read thoroughly in the Annexures attached.

The NCW in order to save their skin has misrepresented the facts about Nithari child killings case even to the prime minister in her letter to PMO dated 15th Jan 2007. The exposure by Indian express daily as attached in the Annexure-D here could be referred here. The NCW chairperson wrote a letter to the prime minister and UPA chairperson sonia Gandhi that "NCW had taken prompt action as soon as report of missing girls was brought to its notice” but “neither guardians nor parents of the missing girls nor any media person or any other organization approached us (NCW) for any further action."

But the real fact was that a social activist Usha Thakur was following that nithari case and her complaints were pending before NCW, even then the wrong information to the PMO was defended saying: "availability of the complaint was not known to the Chairperson (Girija Vyas) and other senior officials at the time of writing the letters to the honorable Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi."

Save Family Foundation strictly object to the stewardship of the existing chairperson, Smt Girija Vyas. She has a chequered past and has been involved in “The Petrol Pump” Scam. The news came in every daily, including the Indian Express edition dated October 24, 2004. The news can be found as annexed in Annexure-E.

Some excerpts from the reported news of corruption are reproduced below:

Considering that two members of the DSB (Dealer Selection Board) were officers from oil companies which are controlled by the Petroleum Ministry, the judges were of the opinion that Vyas’s position in the Consultative Committee resulted in a biased evaluation of qualifications.
Vyas failed to fully disclose her income. A letter from Registrar of Mohan Lal Sukhadia University showed that Vyas was working as an Associate Professor until October 10, 1999 whereas the income statement furnished by her did not indicate the amount received from the University during April-September 1999.
Vyas did not include the pension she receives for being an ex-MLA while certifying that her income was below the mandatory Rs 2-lakh ceiling. Vyas was MLA from Udaipur City during 1985-1990.
Dealer selection rules seek a full-time dealer to run the pumps. The committee was of the view that Vyas should have resigned from Parliament after her selection. Vyas did not do so.
What could be said about the conduct of a chairperson who has lied and pulled strings to get Petrol Pump dealership, lied and fudged statistics about adultery in maintenance cases to push for the agenda best known to her and her inability to do anything for more than 1,20,000 innocent women who were arrested in last four years under draconian women protection laws.

It has just come to our notice that NCW now wants to have the powers of a civil court with powers of execution and punishment and status of Union ministers within the scope of NCW act 1990. We are just surprised that they haven’t asked for Z category protection from the numerous women of the country, illegally jailed. We failed to understand what women empowerment would result out of these demands despite the fact that while investigating any complaint, members or chairperson of the commission are already empowered to execute all the powers of a civil court trying a suit as per provision of section 10-4 of the NCW Act?

The amendments proposed by NCW in the NCW Act 1990 are as vague and clumsily drafted as the first drawing of a baby. It is an attempt to create a parallel judiciary and sow the seed of fatal gender discrimination. It is a dangerous attempt to get extra constitutional powers, even above judiciary, executive and legislature, in the name of women welfare.

Save Family Foundation explains below a point wise analysis of how the amendments to NCW Act suggested by the present commission are vague, absurd and extra constitutional:

Preliminary Objections:

The law of this democratic country is beyond any cast, religion and gender differentiation. Despite all the appreciations and criticism, even the constitutionally appointed judiciary has failed to avoid the natural inclination of the Indian male to sympathize with a woman. Will NCW be able to maintain the gender equality as per our constitution while trying any offence against any woman? Will it initiate proceedings against a woman if she was found to be lying? Will it readily accept the grievances of men too? Will it maintain the equality within same gender i.e. all women will be considered as women?
A court of law, supposed to be a temple of justice, is a place where people get their grievances redressed in a procedural manner and such a temple has a very high demand to be fair, unbiased, impartial and just. Granting the status equivalent to court to a women’s commission is direct and in – the – face discrimination against men who are anyways facing a lot of discrimination even in the current scenario when NCW has no judicial powers and every year more than double the number of men are committing suicides than women, thanks to the heavily lopsided and duplicated laws supported and pampered by NCW. One can only imagine the situation when such a body filled with people of anti – male views assumes a position of power.

As the state women commissions are formed on the state’s commission acts which are on the lines of National Commission for Women act itself, the same powers i.e. the status of union ministers and power of civil courts, would be demanded by state women commissions too. Will NCW be allowed to create a parallel judiciary for women while commission members failed to maintain any transparency and found indulged in crimes like demanding bribe and even facing charges of cruelty for demand of dowry?
The latest example is where Andhra Pradesh state women commission chairperson was caught red handed demanding bribe for listening to women complaints. The chief minister had to demand her resignation as a face saving measure. The complete turn of events could be read in the attached Annexure-D which is a clip of news published in deccan herald.

ENRAGED CHIEF MINISTER SEEKS CHAIRMANS RESIGNATION

AP womens panel chief exposed in sting: http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep152007/national2007091525535.asp : Annexure-F.

These are the officials who are supposed to look after the welfare of women! Nice. They may want start by learning about something called professionalism. Here is a corroboration of the allegations of slapping people by state commission member, Annexure-G:

Mary Ravindranath slaps accused in sexual harassment case

http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/21/stories/2006112110870400.htm

Section wise Analysis and Objections:

Amendment Sought: Section 3: Constitution of the National Commission for Women - Sub-section 2, clause (c)- in the opening portion, after the words 'the Central Government' the words ' in consultation with the Chairperson' shall be inserted.
As per the provisions of section 9-3 of the present NCW Act, the Member Secretary is supposed to authenticate all the orders and decisions of the commission and is a representative/watchdog of the central govt. over the affairs of NCW, besides his/her responsibilities of facilitating, organizing and monitoring the activities of the commission. But if the amendment sought in the section 3-2(c) were accepted, Member Secretary will just be a rubber stamp and act like a puppet in the hands of commission..

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Sub-Section 8 of Section 10:
Will NCW punish any woman found guilty of the offences under same IPC sections 193, 195, 196 etc. or it will surrender considering her sob story and presumption since the britisher’s colonial times that “a woman is always a victim”?

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Sub-Section 9 of Section 10:
Due to this subsection regarding Initiation of prosecution, immunity of elected public representatives, judicial officers, diplomats and all, will be jeopardized. The elected public representatives, judges, diplomats and foreign delegates are protected by law and initiation of prosecution against them requires a prior permission from different authorities. The time limit sought to be fixed under this amendment and then the assumption that if such permission is not granted within 30 days it shall be deemed to have been granted by the authorities will make these high profile people vulnerable to any false criminal prosecution.

On the other hand, how could their demand of powers of a civil court result in a conviction for a criminal offence? This is the height of absurdity in the amendment sought as a civil court is supposed to try a civil crime only. The Save Family Foundation, on the other hand doesn’t support any criminal law and trial in family matters at least, except heinous crimes against women.

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Section10A:
According to the section 8 of the present NCW act, the commission at any time is having all the powers to appoint committees having as many members as required for the investigation purposes. All these committees and NCW members can use the executive powers and complete govt. machinery to investigate any complaint matter. We failed to understand the proposal sought to appoint a number of commissioners and giving all the powers of investigative agencies under CrPC 1973.

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Section10B:
According to Criminal Procedure Code, section 360, “No court when it has signed its judgment or final order disposing of a case, shall alter or review the same except to correct a clerical or arithmetical error”.

When constitutionally appointed judges are not given any authority or right to take back their decision when reserved, how could any commission acting with powers of a civil court trying for offences which could result in an imprisonment be allowed to amend or revoke their orders at any time?

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Section16 A & B:
The provisions of penalties and punishments sought in this act could not be allowed at all. The NCW is supposed to be a watchdog on the investigating agencies but are not supposed to jump in the investigations themselves. The NCW is supposed to deal the family matters and women issues with due sensitivity but the prescribed punishment in terms of imprisonment and such heavy fine under these sections of the NCW act just shows the kind of criminal society they want to make. The amount of such high fines and punishment doesn’t reflect any the commitment of NCW towards women and family.

The so called offence under these sections are not offences of any kind but just an excuse to grab the passports/ the salary/property etc of poor husbands.

Amendment Sought: Insertion of new Section16 C:
As the supreme courts are having the interstate jurisdiction and should be trying the cases of constitutional crises, the High courts in every state are the highest judicial authorities for every Indian citizen. The basic principle of law allows every citizen to approach district and session courts for relief sought as per their convenience and choice and if aggrieved by the judgment of the subordinate court the citizen may approach the honb’le High court in the state. By limiting the jurisdiction for the cases arising out of the orders or decisions under this amended NCW act, NCW can not be allowed to highjack the basic rights of an Indian citizen.

Has NCW before raising this demand conducted any study on infrastructural requirements at the High courts level?

It looks like chairperson and members of NCW now want to turn this commission, a constitutional body into an extra constitutional one and above every law. Even they forgot one concept called separation of powers? Otherwise there would have been no need of the Court/Judges/Police in this country?

The recent proposal to amend Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, to exclude the dowry giver from capital punishment is a direct promotion to dowry menace and saving the accused in a criminal offence. What could be the rationale behind such proposals and what women empowerment this would bring to the society? Will UPA govt. soon amend the Prevention of corruption act to exclude Bribe giver from any punishment as giving or taking of bribe both are also offences of the same magnitude? What kind of chaotic and immoral future society NCW is promoting? This is a direct, open and intentional misuse of the mandate provided to the chair of the commission.

NCW claims to be an autonomous but only an advisory body but it has even failed to work in tandem with ministry for Women and Child Development (WCD). WCD is at present in the process of reviewing 498a and PWDVA 2005 and had constituted a panel of senior lawyers also for the purpose. On the other hand NCW admits gross misuse of these acts but has published in leading dailies that it disagrees with WCD on any amendments in these laws.

On 25th June 2008 the NCW chairperson insulted the Honb’le minister Smt. Renuka Chwodhary by staging a walk out from the round table conference held to listen to men and their harassed family members for the review of IPC section 498a and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005. While Minister of States (Independent charge) Ministry of women and child development was discussing misuse of both these laws with prominent researchers, social activists and representatives of some NGOs from all over the country, NCW chairperson and some other members walked out of the conference hall in protest.

NCW wants whole sale free license to promote and support the legal terrorism and no one have the guts to question them for their wrong doing and they want to be above the law.

Nobody at present is realizing that why the commission is now famous as a terrorist organization, as dangerous as other banned terrorist organizations like SIMI in this country?

The present chairperson of NCW is a spent force. She lost her last election and somehow landed this job by playing politics out of other candidates. This is a nice way to get a cabinet berth without any public mandate and bypassing the election commission on disclosure of assets and other niceties.

Save family foundation strictly demand that the chairperson and members of the commission should be non political, person of eminence who is “committed to the cause of family”.

The post of chairpersons and members of the national commission for women or all state women commissions have become a method of appeasement for the political parties to keep their old loyalist happy who have lost their elections and public mandate. We request, people in whom public has lost faith should not be made representatives of any such organization which is working for the welfare of women at least.

Hence our request to you is to immediately ban the present NCW as per the clause (d) and (f) of subsection 3 of section 4 to save the lacs of innocent women/men/child /age old people of this country whose life and property had been extorted by NCW and their associated organizations.

With High Regards

(Save Family Foundation, Delhi)

www.savefamily.org

Further CC to all for your kind necessary actions:

1.Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi, 110 011.

2. Ms. Renuka Chaudhary, Minister, Government of India, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shastri Bhavan, `A' Wing, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001.

3. The Hon'ble Minister, Sh. Hansraj Bharadwaj, Ministry of Law & Justice
4th Floor, A-Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001.

4. The Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Shastri Bhawan, Dr Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001 ( India ) FAX 91-11-23384918.

5. Ms. Sonia Gandhi,UPA Chairperson, Indian National Congress, 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi – 110011.

6. Shri, L. K. Adavani, Leader of Opposition in Parliament, BJP Central Office, 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110001.

7. Member Secretary, Law Commission of India, 2nd Floor, The Indian Law Institute Building (Opp. to Supreme Court), Bhagwandas Road, New Delhi - 110001..

8. Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission, Club Building, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110 067. Phone:26761137, Fax: 26186536.

9. Ms. Priya Hingorani, 49, Lawyers Chamber, Supreme Court, New Delhi -110001.

10. Ms. Manali Singhal, 84, Lawyers Chamber, Supreme Court, New Delhi -110001.

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For Further Reference :

NCW accepts Dowry Related Case registered Without Preliminary Investigations?

List of the Boycot Product for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM machine:

2008-09-20T20:38:00.000+12:00

List of the Boycot Product for Promotion of Domestic Violence Against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM machine:
ICICI Insurence : Openly term the Husband as Stupid by wife for not taking ICICI Insurence. It is a verbal and economical abuse agisnt Men.
Ponds : Promote the women to lie and term Husbands as wife beaters and say will donate "UNIFAME" 2 rupees for every Purchase of Ponds Cream. Till date no money or donations they have done for Men well fare.Golden Pond's makes waves with ad
Kitply Promote Domestic Violence: Wife Slap Husband ( Youtube Viedo).This is a very derogatory commercial that promotes physical, emotional and financial abuse against men. They may be considering it as some sort of a joke, but we would like to remind that violence is not funny be it against a man or a woman.
Wheel: There is an ad that shows the women of "National no pasina commission" (hypothetical name) beating Men because the wives are not comfortable with the ordinary washing powder.This is a clear promotion of Domestic violence of Physical, emotional, economical and verbal abuse.
In case you find any activity which Promotes the Domestic Violence against Men and Treat Men as Free ATM Machine , request to inform us .
Men - victims of Domestic violence
Indian men, forget about you do adultrity or not it does not matter , irrespective the allegation is true or false , not only you , your mother, sister, age old father will be thrown out of your own house under DV act , just one line complain : Just she have to say , "I am anticipate of Domestic Violence" from my partner , let it be a friend , husband or any one and you are out of your own house and land up in Railway Platform.

This is called the present Justice system in India and equal right in India.

For a wife even adultrity also is not a crime (it is a rewarding option and free money earning business for the whole life), but for a man even an allegation of "Name-calling" is crime and not only the man, his mother/sister/age-old father also can be put behind the bar under 498A or DV act.

Further Reference:

Maintenance for live-in partner? or Legal Extrotion?
On the celebration of 19th November – International Men's Day

According to Labour and Employment Ministry, more women are getting employment even as men are being laid off. The data available for period from 2001 to 2005 says it straight. The number of employed people in both public and private sector came down by over 13 lakh in this period. But this fall was solely because of men losing their jobs. The number of employed men dropped by 14 lakh, from 228.4 lakh in 2001 to 214.4 lakh in 2005.

More than 82% Taxes earned by Indian Government from Indian men, but reality

is in last 60 Years Budget, the Fund for "Men Well fare " always is "Zero ", in

inspite every day more than 220 Men end their life compared to 120 Women as per

Crime Bure Reports in unnatural Death.

Proposal to Indian Government to Form Ministry of Men's Well Fare .
Objective and responsibility:

Stop the "Legal Terrorism" against Indian Men vides one-sided gender biased law like 498A/DV act/Maintenance Act125/Child Custody Act/Adultraty Act.

Joint Child custody or 33% reservation in child custody cases.
Stop abuse of Criminal Justice system. All Marriage related dispute to be resolved through Civil Law only, as Marriage is not a Crime in India.
Reduce the Men's suicide rate, especially after marriage. In 2005 more than 52000 married men had been end their life compared to 28000 married women.
Protection for men against Domestic Violence in terms of economical abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse and sexual relationship abuse.
No alimoney/Child Custedy to the wives, who left the home at her own will/flimsy ground or filed fales 498A or DV act to settel the marrige dispute.
In all gender biased law the word "Men/Women" to be replaced by the word "Person" and "Wife/Husband" to be replaced by the word "Spouse".
Stop Creation of "Father less Child Society".
Stop harassment at work place. More than 160 millions Indian men are working in un-orginasied sectors, unhealthy-hazard work environments.
Reduce the Crime against men. In the year 2005, as per Crime Bure report, more than 22.5 lacks crime done against men only.
Prevention of Elder and Child abuse, as per WHO Report, Indian Elder Peoples abused by thier Daughter-in-law maximum by misuse of 498A .
Let Article 51A(e) of the Constitution of India be amended as:

51A. Fundamental duties. —It shall be the duty of every citizen of India—
(e) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst
all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of 'women and men';
(and 'men' at the end be added which does not exist at present)
Everyone including the media persons know it that it is a truth in the society today increasing trend wives does commit violence upon their husbands, even as far as killing their husbands. Not just a common knowledge, but even official statistics of the National Crime Records Bureau and CSR proves that more than 56000 married men have committed suicide in the last 2 years as against only around 28000 married women.

Not only the government has turned a blind eye towards the apathy of men in India, who pay 82% of the taxes to sustain the very same government, but even private companies/corporates also are playing instrumental roles in promoting such domestic violence against men by broadcasting such disgusting ads on national TV. They only Treat the Indian Men as Free ATM Machine and not a single activity they do for Men Well fare.
With this sort of ignorance on your part, it is evident that such corporate are also responsible for the 56000 married men committing suicides, as you are encouraging the wives to hit and torture their husbands and justifying the same as alright because it is being telecast on the TV.
We from Save family Foundation, Delhi, (Regd.), an organization dedicated to promoting gender equality and family harmony, are writing to you to ask you to immediately revoke the commercial promoting domestic violence against men.
We appeal to all honest Citizen of India to Stop the Domestic Violence against Men in terms of Verbal abuse, mental abuse, economical abuse and Sexual abuse and Boycot those orginasations/Corporate/product Advertisement , till the time the Domestic Violence Act do not became Gender Equll and Goverment Form Men Well fare ministry.

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For Further Reference:
Proposal to Indian Government to Form Ministry of Men's Well Fare .
Ban NCW and their associates – for promotion of Legal Terrorism in India.

NCW accepts Dowry Related Case registered Without Preliminary Investigations?

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Sub: NCW accepts Dowry Related Case registered Without Preliminary Investigations?

With reference to the News on Times of India, dated 11/09/09, page no.14, Quote; "In case of complaints, a preliminary investigation must be conducted by the police and if necessary, counselling done to save the marriage," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said.
Preliminary enquiry is must to register any case and if the same not happened in Dowry related case, first all the case should be re-investigated and establish the creditability.

Next, the real issue is when the LAW itself is so biased and one sided, how an effective preliminary investigations will be done?

Now, as today NCW, accepts that the necessity of Preliminary inquiry required to registered the dowry related law, we on behalf of Save family foundations, Delhi, demand to Home ministry and Chief Justice of India to immediately put Stay in all the more than 5,00,000 cases 498A, which had been registered and re-investigations immediately to save the lacks of innocent who are going through the Legal Terrorism.

The suggestions of NCW are only to promote the Legal Terrorism and increasing the suffering of common people and make more and more duplications of law, nothing else.

What actual NCW want, in the name of preliminary enquiry , start collecting all the evidence from the Husbands family and then re-write the complain in new way under DV act and start the extortions of money , as if after preliminary enquiry found the complaint is false and fabricated , there is no punishment for the complainant .

So, if NCW really want the preliminary enquiry to be done and the innocent people should not be suffered, the law of 498A also should be made same like TADA/POTA.

LAW should not violate the basic of Citizens 'live and property".

The offence mentioned in 498A, like mental cruelty, harassment of dowry, money, property, already covered in DV act and the 498A should be bailable, non-cognizable and compoundable. Then only the real preliminary enquiry will be effective and if found guilty convict them and punish them.

But threat of arrest and threat of register the case should not be used as blackmailing tools to do the legal terrorism.

Misuse of anti-dowry laws and other woman-protection laws has now become a well recognized problem in India. Increasing number of aged parents, sisters and children in the husband's family are falsely accused and arrested under these inhumane laws, and find them defenseless against the harassment unleashed thereafter and multiple litigations for the same offence/allegations with is violations of Article 20 and 21 of Indian constitutions.

Over the years, various responsible agencies including Indian Judiciary have stressed on the need for amending these atrocious laws. The World Health Organization identified misuse of IPC Section 498A as the prominent reason for elder abuse in India. The Supreme Court of India has described the misuse of IPC Section 498A as 'Legal Terrorism', and stressed that the law must be amended in order to protect the innocent, and to ensure justice to the genuinely aggrieved. Rational and responsible citizens from all over the country and abroad have repeatedly warned that these laws in their present form are detrimental to family harmony, and left unchecked, these laws have enormous potential to shatter marital and family stability in years to come.

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3 Years back when SIF members and their associated NGO provided all the Statistics/live example/Stink operations and establish beyond reasonable dought that the dowry related cases under 498A/406 had been registered without any investigations and more than 92.3 % cases the people proved their innocence in the4 court , but arrested without any reasons and all the investigations should have been done without arrest , where even more than 1.15 lacks women also arrested along with minor child , age old parents and Supreme court of India termed the same "Legal Terrorism" and advice the government to make the necessary changes to stop such massive misuse of the law.

The basic LAW of 498A is non-bailable, conzinagable and non-compoundable along with the evidence act 113A, as worse as like TADA/POTA, where the evidence of the accused will not be considered at all and there is no actions against the complainant for making false and fabricated allegations, where the case will be registered on the basis of assumption on absence of any Prima Face evidence. In such situation even Supreme court itself is confused , when a complain will come to police police should first register the case and then do the investigations or first do the preliminary investigations and then register the case?

As the LAW is non-bailable , as soon as the case register in the name of investigations Police have to arrest the named persons, otherwise , NCW will send their gange ( who even broken the judges chair also earlier) and the IO will loose the Job .

Now, when NCW totally exposed and we demand of Ban the NCW for promoting the legal terrorism , all their associated groups of Laywers and associated NGOs , suddenly relaise their whole sale money earning business is going to stop , if law like 498A became bailable and gender equll.

So, they came out with a new pain killer pill and want to make the Investigating officers the real "bakra" in the name of preliminary inquiry , where the law like 498A should be same like as whole sale free lincence of AK47.

If a case registered and after ward found the person is innocent, blame the police and if the case not registered blame the police and the NCW and their associated should not be responsible and their money earning business will be double, means the "laddu in both hand."

Every year, there is a rising number of cases fabricated by wives only to threaten, extort money from, and wreak revenge on husbands and their relatives, in case of marital discord. Between 1995 and 2005, the number of cases filed annually nearly doubled. According to data obtained from the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the year 2005 alone, 58,319 cases were registered under charges of cruelty by husband and relatives (IPC 498A), and resulted in the arrest of 1,27,560 individuals including 339 children, 28,579 women and 4,512 adults over the age of 60.

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The Government needs to act NOW or they fell they will act only when people will start the violent protest, like burning the busses, block the roads to Stop this Legal Terrorism?

Save Family Foundation urges the Government of India to make the following amendments to the law and ensure that ordinary citizens of India are spared from needless harassment:

Section 498A of IPC should be made bailable.

Section 498A, being non-bailable, allows punishing the accused by imprisonment even before guilt is established. This goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states that everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. Abused women need protection, but placing unconditional faith in the statements of a woman and confining the accused husband and his family in police or judicial custody, until bail is granted by a court, is not the way to accord protection to women.

Section 498A of IPC should be made non-cognizable.

Innocent citizens are being arrested everyday based on mere complaints without requiring evidence or investigation. Even children and senior citizens are not being spared. IPC 498A, being a cognizable offence, violates a citizen's right to due process.

IPC 498A and Domestic Violence Law should be made gender neutral.

Domestic abuse is not gender specific. The assumption that victims of physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse are always women is wrong. According the Universal Declaration of Human Rights "all are equal before the law, and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law". Hence, men should also be accorded protection from physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and financial abuse by women.

Persons who misuse IPC 498A and Domestic Violence Law should be penalized.

Misuse of the process of law not only costs the public exchequer dearly, but also destroys the personal lives of many innocent citizens. Misuse of law should be treated as a serious crime, and persons who use women-protection laws as weapons for settling personal scores in marital disputes should be severely punished.

Gender Biased LAW should immediately be made crime based instead of any assumption that all women never lie and all the men are born as Criminals. " MEN/WOMEN" word to be replaced by word "PERSON" and word wife/husband to be replaced with the word "SPOUSE"

DNA - India - Men's groups want 'offensive' ad off air - Kitply

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DNA - India - Men's groups want 'offensive' ad off air - Daily ...
" Violence is not funny; be it against a man or women. We are sure you would find the same commercial roles revoliting and so , we argue you to revoke the commercial immediately and take strong legal actions against who promote the dosmestic violence" --- Save Family Foundation , an orginasation for harresed men.
NEW DELHI: The latest Kitply commercial, in which a wife slaps her husband on their wedding night because their bed made from ordinary plywood kept creaking, has not gone down well with men organisations, who feel that the ad and its likes promote domestic violence. They have complained to the Advertising Standards Council of India asking it to ban the commercial.

"It's a derogatory commercial, which promotes physical, emotional and financial abuse of men. Kitply may consider it a joke, but violence is not funny; be it against a man or a woman. We are sure you would find the same commercial with reversed roles revolting and so, we urge you to revoke the commercial immediately and take strong legal actions against those who promote domestic violence," said Save Family Foundation (SFF), an organisation for harassed men, in its complaint.

"It is evident corporates are also responsible for 56,000 married men committing suicides, as they encourage wives to hit their husbands and justify it as alright because it is telecast on the TV," the complaint stated.

Said Swarup Sarkar of SFF, "There a big hue and cry if a wife is hurt by her husband, but a blind eye is turned when there's a public display of a wife hitting her husband. Any sort of violence between the spouses is considered illegal and termed as domestic violence or gender violence across the world. Depicting violence on national TV is unacceptable."

Some groups have also written to Kitply asking it to withdraw the commercial or face legal action and have also called to boycott any product whose ads talk or promote domestic violence. Some women organisations have also joined in the campaign.

Talking to DNA from Kolkata, a Kitply official acknowledged receiving complaints to withdraw the commercial. "We do not feel the ad is offensive. But since there are complaints, we will discuss it in the managing committee meeting this week. It will be difficult to withdraw the ad because we have already tied up with the TV channels. But the final decision will be taken in the meeting," said Sandeep Sawalka, senior operations manager of Kitply.

Men groups have also protested against a Hindustan Lever Limited, Ponds commercial promoting a scar-removing fairness cream and an ICICI Prudential Insurance commercial.

"The Ponds ad terms husbands as wife beaters and the ICICI ad portrays verbal and economical abuse against men," said Suresh Ram of Chennai-based organisation Indiya Kudumba Pathukappu Iyaakam.

SC ruling on suicide by married women : Do you Know?SC ruling on suicide by married women : Do you Know?

2008-08-02T03:02:00.000+12:00

SC ruling on suicide by married women : Do you Know?
New Delhi, July 30
If a woman commits suicide within seven years of her marriage, it cannot automatically be inferred that the incident was abetted by her husband and in-laws who had ill-treated her earlier, the Supreme Court has held.

"The mere fact that a woman committed suicide within seven years of her marriage and that she had been subjected to cruelty by her husband or any relative of her husband, does not automatically give rise to the presumption that the suicide has been abetted by her husband or any relative of her husband," a bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and Mukundakam Sharma said. The apex court passed the observation while acquitting a woman convicted for abetting the suicide of her daughter-in-law.

Under Section 113-A of the Indian Evidence Act, a court may presume, on proof of circumstances, if the victim had committed suicide within seven years of marriages that her husband or any other relative had subjected her to cruelty.

"One of the circumstances which has to be considered by the court is whether the alleged cruelty was of such nature as was likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health of the woman," the bench said.

In the instant case, the deceased Shanti Bai had committed suicide by setting herself ablaze. The prosecution claimed that Shanti Bai had resorted to the extreme step as she was unable to bear the harassment by her in-laws.

On the basis of the evidence the trial court in Madhya Pradesh convicted the deceased's mother-in-law Munni Bai for abetting the suicide and sentenced her to three years RI, which was affirmed by the High Court, upon which she appealed in the apex court.

The apex court after perusal of various evidence and records noted that there was nothing on record to prove the prosecution's claim that the mother-in-law abetted the suicide of her daughter-in-law. Accordingly, it ordered her acquittal. — PTI

For Further reference :

* NCW’s recommendations to address “unnatural deaths” of married women are Unreasonable

In the interest of justice, fairness and equality to both genders, we, the members of Save family Foundation, Delhi, make the following recommendations:

• Section 304(B) should not be retained in the law; IPC Section 302 already covers murder andIPC Section 306 covers abetment of suicide, and therefore Section 304(B) is only a duplicationof law, which is gender-biased.

• All cases of murder, including murder for dowry should be dealt with under IPC Section 302.

• All cases of abetment of suicide, including those allegedly done for dowry, should be dealt withunder IPC Section 306.

• If IPC Section 304(B) is not removed from Indian law, then it should be amended and madeapplicable to men and women equally. Specifically, the word “husband/wife” should bereplaced by the word spouse.

• Section 304(B) treats the accused as guilty until proven innocent, thus, violating the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rights which proclaims that “everyone charged with a penal offence hasthe right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty”. The law needs to be amended so that noarrests of any of the accused (man, woman or child) are made without proper investigation and Written approval of police officials of the rank of DCP or above.

• Those who misuse the section for settling personal scores should be heavily penalizedbecause false allegations and prosecution can cause irreparable damage to the accusedParties even if they are later declared not guilty.

Unnatural death “is a category used by coroners and vital statistics specialists for classifying all human deaths not properly describable as death by natural causes. Hence it would include events such as accident, execution, homicide, misadventure (being attacked by insects, reptiles, fishes, lions, tigers, bears, stingrays, or other wild animals), adverse outcome of surgery, suicide, terrorism, war.”

Any person, male or female, married or unmarried, may die an unnatural death due to any of the above causes. Among these, homicide (murder) is the only cause which unambiguously qualifies as crime that can be committed by one person on another, and is already covered under IPC Section 302. It is, therefore, obvious that having a section specifically to deal with dowry murder is redundant, and only reflects gender bias. In addition to murder, abetment of suicide is also a crime and punishable under IPC Section 306 which addresses both male and female victims.

Therefore, once again, it is unnecessary to have duplications and special provisions in law like Section 304(B) and Section 498(A) to address suicides of women. Most cases recorded as “dowry death” involve women who died by accident or by committing suicide. Data from the National Crime Records Bureau indicates that there is no difference between the rate of suicide of married women and never married women. However, radical organizations like NCW would have us believe that every death of a married woman is a dowry death, without providing any justification for such presumption.

Recent data from the National Crime Records Bureau indicate that nearly twice as many married men, compared to married women, commit suicide every year, unable to withstand verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse and legal harassment by their wives. While every death of a young married woman is converted into a case of dowry death leading to immediate arrest of the husband and in-laws, followed by a prompt media trial, large-scale suicides of men do not cause any outrage.

Gender obsessed women’s activists also refuse to admit the fact that accidental deaths are also equally likely among men and women. Therefore, it has become routine for police to arrest the husband and his relatives and book them under several sections including, IPC 498A, 304B, and Dowry Prohibition Act, every time a woman’s relatives claim that the deceased woman had been killed or driven to death/suicide for dowry.

This is the case even when there are suicide notes or dying declarations absolving everyone including the husband of any responsibility for the woman’s suicide or death. There have even been instances where fake dowry death cases were registered and the “deceased” wife was found to be alive after the accused husband and in-laws were refused bail and imprisoned. While husbands and their relatives are under constant suspicion leading to frequent violation of their basic human rights, wives are rarely ever questioned leave alone prosecuted if a husband dies or ends his life under similar circumstances.

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Brief Facts about Save Family Foundation (SFF) and Associate NGOs across the country. v

2008-08-02T03:01:00.000+12:00

Brief Facts about Save Family Foundation (SFF) and Associate NGOs across the country.

About the Group:

1. The SFF group comprises the most educated, qualified and talented (intelligentsia) people in different fields like Management Gurus, IT, Telecom, Banking, Service Industry, Bureaucrats, Media Personalities, Automobile and FMCG including NRI population and these are the people who have decided to come on the ground and fight for the justice.
2. The present size of the group stands at 1,00,000 active members across the globe (active = in constant touch).
3. We have grown from 3 persons in 2005 to currently 1,00,000 members due to dedicated, consistent, committed and hardworking volunteers. The community is growing even faster.
4. The group operates more than 100 active blogs (with regular updates), 16 websites, 26 NGOs and has a strong Internet campaigning group.
5. The group is connected through a centralized SMS and mail system – to mobilize the group within minutes across the country and globe.
6. It is a diversified group with regional sentiments/leaders and yet with a common objective to promote Gender Equal Laws and Policies.

Our Support:

1. Potentially in Delhi and NCR, there are around 5,00,000 people who have been suffering or suffered at the hands of the biased laws in favour of the wives (in juxtaposition to women in general who too suffer being related to men as sisters or mothers) and would be willing to support to eradicate this undue bias. So the group is not anti-women, and not even anti-wives, but is striving for a fair deal to all under law, and want the laws to be evenly poised without any gender bias, particularly when the said laws in their implementation have not contributed at all to the women’s welfare in general.
2. All the group members are willing to contribute towards making the laws gender neutral and are already working for the equality in the provisions of IPC, Cr.P.C, Evidence Act, etc. (like replacing the words husband / wife with spouse and man / woman with person).
3. More than 200 volunteers for media and Internet campaign.

Shocking Statistics:

1. 280 children arrested in 2006 under the draconian laws.
2. As per the NCRB data, more than 80% people arrested under dowry laws cases have turned out to be innocent. (For example : in the year 2006 a total number of 137180 persons were arrested under 498A and out of those 4812 were not even chargesheet. Out of the 62746 persons who were charge sheeted - 50,895 i.e. approx 81% were found innocent after the completion of the trial and the rest are still under trial).
3. Every year 52,000 married men commit suicide in India as against 28,000 married women (source: 2005 – NCR).
4. Every year more than 1,00,000 men lose their job and become unemployed because of wrongful arrests under the dowry laws.
5. World Health Organisation report on Elder Abuse finds misuse of dowry laws by the daughters- in-law as the main reason for the elder abuse in India.
6. The Supreme Court of India has already termed the dowry law misuse as “Legal Terrorism”.
7. BBC study indicates that more than 80% women under-trials (related to husbands) lodged in Tihar jail (Delhi) are booked under dowry related laws.
8. 1,20,000 women (related to husbands) were arrested in the 4 years (2004 to 2007) under the dowry laws as against the 17,000 women only arrested by the British during the tumultuous decade (1937 to 1947). The Women’s Welfare Ministry is in fact the Wives’ Welfare Ministry.
9. More than 82% of tax collection is contributed by the Indian men but there is no Men’s Welfare Ministry. In a country like India – where we have an Animals’ Welfare Ministry – it is a complete overlook for the men.

Our Expectations:

1. Formation of Men’s Welfare Ministry.
2. Promotion of Gender equal laws to promote family harmony (man/woman to be replaced by person and husband/wife to be replaced by spouse).
3. 498-A IPC to be made bailable, non-cognizable and compoundable, as per the recommendations of Malimath Committee report to save the institution of marriage.
4. Punishment for misuse of the provisions of the dowry law by default in case the complaint / case if found false.
5. Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) of 2005 should be gender neutral as it is in all developed countries.
6. Workplace harassment legal framework should be made gender neutral.
7. Duplication of legal provisions for similar benefits should be scrapped to avoid unnecessary and multiple litigations and also to stop the wastage of judicial and administrative resources.
8. Empowerment of women through proper education to make them independent.
9. There should not be any discrimination in the matters of religion, caste and sex as well.
10. Effective measures to eliminate female foeticide and child abuse/labour.

Potential of the issues:

1. Presently more than 5,00,000 families (app. 25,00,000 people on all India basis) directly support the cause.
2. About 1 crore people are directly or indirectly affected by the biased legal provisions, and would be willing to support the cause.Brief Facts about Save Family Foundation (SFF) and Associate NGOs across the country.

About the Group:

1. The SFF group comprises the most educated, qualified and talented (intelligentsia) people in different fields like Management Gurus, IT, Telecom, Banking, Service Industry, Bureaucrats, Media Personalities, Automobile and FMCG including NRI population and these are the people who have decided to come on the ground and fight for the justice.
2. The present size of the group stands at 1,00,000 active members across the globe (active = in constant touch).
3. We have grown from 3 persons in 2005 to currently 1,00,000 members due to dedicated, consistent, committed and hardworking volunteers. The community is growing even faster.
4. The group operates more than 100 active blogs (with regular updates), 16 websites, 26 NGOs and has a strong Internet campaigning group.
5. The group is connected through a centralized SMS and mail system – to mobilize the group within minutes across the country and globe.
6. It is a diversified group with regional sentiments/leaders and yet with a common objective to promote Gender Equal Laws and Policies.

Our Support:

1. Potentially in Delhi and NCR, there are around 5,00,000 people who have been suffering or suffered at the hands of the biased laws in favour of the wives (in juxtaposition to women in general who too suffer being related to men as sisters or mothers) and would be willing to support to eradicate this undue bias. So the group is not anti-women, and not even anti-wives, but is striving for a fair deal to all under law, and want the laws to be evenly poised without any gender bias, particularly when the said laws in their implementation have not contributed at all to the women’s welfare in general.
2. All the group members are willing to contribute towards making the laws gender neutral and are already working for the equality in the provisions of IPC, Cr.P.C, Evidence Act, etc. (like replacing the words husband / wife with spouse and man / woman with person).
3. More than 200 volunteers for media and Internet campaign.

Shocking Statistics:

1. 280 children arrested in 2006 under the draconian laws.
2. As per the NCRB data, more than 80% people arrested under dowry laws cases have turned out to be innocent. (For example : in the year 2006 a total number of 137180 persons were arrested under 498A and out of those 4812 were not even chargesheet. Out of the 62746 persons who were charge sheeted - 50,895 i.e. approx 81% were found innocent after the completion of the trial and the rest are still under trial).
3. Every year 52,000 married men commit suicide in India as against 28,000 married women (source: 2005 – NCR).
4. Every year more than 1,00,000 men lose their job and become unemployed because of wrongful arrests under the dowry laws.
5. World Health Organisation report on Elder Abuse finds misuse of dowry laws by the daughters- in-law as the main reason for the elder abuse in India.
6. The Supreme Court of India has already termed the dowry law misuse as “Legal Terrorism”.
7. BBC study indicates that more than 80% women under-trials (related to husbands) lodged in Tihar jail (Delhi) are booked under dowry related laws.
8. 1,20,000 women (related to husbands) were arrested in the 4 years (2004 to 2007) under the dowry laws as against the 17,000 women only arrested by the British during the tumultuous decade (1937 to 1947). The Women’s Welfare Ministry is in fact the Wives’ Welfare Ministry.
9. More than 82% of tax collection is contributed by the Indian men but there is no Men’s Welfare Ministry. In a country like India – where we have an Animals’ Welfare Ministry – it is a complete overlook for the men.

Our Expectations:

1. Formation of Men’s Welfare Ministry.
2. Promotion of Gender equal laws to promote family harmony (man/woman to be replaced by person and husband/wife to be replaced by spouse).
3. 498-A IPC to be made bailable, non-cognizable and compoundable, as per the recommendations of Malimath Committee report to save the institution of marriage.
4. Punishment for misuse of the provisions of the dowry law by default in case the complaint / case if found false.
5. Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) of 2005 should be gender neutral as it is in all developed countries.
6. Workplace harassment legal framework should be made gender neutral.
7. Duplication of legal provisions for similar benefits should be scrapped to avoid unnecessary and multiple litigations and also to stop the wastage of judicial and administrative resources.
8. Empowerment of women through proper education to make them independent.
9. There should not be any discrimination in the matters of religion, caste and sex as well.
10. Effective measures to eliminate female foeticide and child abuse/labour.

Potential of the issues:

1. Presently more than 5,00,000 families (app. 25,00,000 people on all India basis) directly support the cause.
2. About 1 crore people are directly or indirectly affected by the biased legal provisions, and would be willing to support the cause.

Men wail on Renuka’s shoulders

2008-06-22T07:26:00.000+12:00

Men wail on Renuka’s shoulders
New Delhi, June 20: Women and child development minister Renuka Chowdhary has called a first-of-its-kind-meeting with male activists demanding modifications to laws that they claim are flawed and biased against men.
Top ministry officials said they do not expect Chowdhary to yield to the demand from male groups for “gender-equal” laws, though some of their proposals may be considered. Instead, the minister could use the forum to try and explain to men “the need for laws favouring women”.

The groups argue that the laws against dowry and domestic violence against women as well as the proposed “sexual harassment at the workplace” legislation are discriminatory against men and open to misuse.

The meeting, scheduled for June 25, will be held at the India Islamic Cultural Centre in Delhi. Over a hundred male activists have been invited, ministry sources said.

In the past seven months, the ministry has thrice drawn up plans to organise the meeting, but these were cancelled by Chowdhary. Though the official reason given was that unplanned commitments had cropped up, sources close to the minister said she wanted to be “fully prepared” with legal advice.

“Now that the minister is ready, we are hosting the meeting at a public location where the media will be allowed, because we have nothing to shy away from,” an official said.

Swarup Sarkar, the co-ordinator of Save Family Foundation, an umbrella group of men’s organisations that works in cohesion with similar groups abroad, said he had not received an invite.

“This is a landmark meeting, and the minister, on earlier occasions, had promised us she would invite us. An official from the ministry has informed us about the meeting, but we have not received any official invitation,” he said.

An office-bearer of Rakshak Foundation — a group of NRI men from across the world campaigning against India’s dowry law — said they had not received an invitation either.

The concept note for the June 25 meet lists some of the key changes that the men’s groups want. The words “woman” and “man” should be replaced with “person” in the proposed law against harassment at work. Similarly, “victim” and “accused” should replace “wife” and “husband” in the domestic violence law, they have demanded.

The anti-dowry law is frequently misused, the men say. At present, it is mandatory for police to arrest all the accused named by the woman or her family before even starting investigations. The men’s groups want either prima facie evidence to be made necessary for any arrests or a provision to punish the complainant if the charges are found mala fide.

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This is a call for action to expose the duplicity .

We are not sure where in Renuka sent invites to 100 male activists frankly . There do not exist such apart from the groups which are part in SIF , associated to SIF or those who are partially dissociated from SIF . Otherwise there are no other groups at all .

These 100 odd people that renuka mentions are basically male members of womens organisation or paid folks who have never helped any man facing terrorism under Domestic violence and 498a laws.

Lets Go Delhi on 25th June,2008.

Delhi volunteers are giving a call for Action but it is your responsibility on behalf of all of us to attend outside the venue in T-shirts and distribute pamplets. Try to ensure the participation of your mothers , sisters , fathers and every one .

Think this is the day your 498a is getting discharged will you not attend.

And do not expect anything from renuka, she is not in mood but the mesage will go to The MPs MLAs.

After all Pramilla Naisergi's constituency saw 10000 pamplets distributed against her and she lost which means we can make Male Hating politicians lose.

Please note it is just an assembly and not a protest .

Stop Arresting Women in Dowry Cases demands SIFF.

2008-03-04T02:22:00.000+12:00

Stop Arresting Women in Dowry Cases demands SIFF.

Save Indian Family Foundation

Contact: 98860 16438, 98451 43724, 92434 73794

PRESS RELEASE
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March 8th is the International Women's Day (IWD). It's the day, when women's struggles are remembered and their achievements are celebrated. Unfortunately, the women's struggles still continue as thousands of innocent women are harassed, abused and even jailed every year in the name of executing laws meant for protecting women. The patriarchal law enforcement system denied justice to women for a long time and today it participates in harassment of women in the
name of implementing laws meant for protecting women. Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) is conducting awareness campaigns in Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad to show the disastrous impact of draconian laws on innocent women.

Every year 30,000 innocent women get jailed without evidence or investigation in dowry cases. Many of these women are elderly, many are pregnant and many have small kids in their arms. Thousands of unmarried young girls are also arrested and sent to jail. In the name of protecting women, the patriarchal society takes pride in arresting and jailing so many women without any evidence or investigation. Are these women a threat to society that they have to be arrested and bail has to be denied? Jailing of 30,000 women and girls in a year means one woman is jailed in every 20 minutes. Many more thousands of women live in the constant fear of getting dragged
to police stations, getting arrested and jailed. Many of these women approach SIFF helplines for counseling as they have no where else to go.

It is often assumed that only men get victimized in false dowry cases. This is not true. The reality is that a woman is arrested in every 20 minutes. The real victims of dowry harassment never go to
police and it's the innocents who get jailed. Indian supreme court has warned about unleashing of "legal terrorism" if the arrest of innocents is not stopped. Often, elderly widowed women are abused and threatened by the male relatives of the estranged daughter-in-law so that she gives in to their demand of lacs of money and property.

Recently, a 92 year old woman was dragged to police station and the court, when a criminal case is filed against her. She was considered "guilty till proven innocent". Another woman was arrested in a dowry case and is taken in train from Delhi to Lucknow along with her 6 month old kid. Is this empowerment of women? In another occasion, police reached to a school to arrest a class 9th school girl, who was listed as an accused in a dowry case. Is this what President calls about initiatives for "girl child" in India?

Recently, an auto-rickshaw driver attempted suicide in Bangalore after being abused and made to run around police stations. In his house there was one widowed mother, a widowed sister and widowed wife of his brother. He was the sole breadwinner of the family. Three widowed women and the children were dependents on him. By God's grace he survived. If he had passed away, then who would have taken care of these innocent women and children? The patriarchal system has no right to harass a man, who is the only breadwinner in a family with women and children.

In spite of lofty claims made by minister for women and child welfare Renuka Chowdhury about women's empowerment, it is a fact that she is completely silent about plight of thousands of women and children, who get jailed without trial in dowry cases every year. She has no answer to these atrocities committed by a patriarchal system, which finds it mandatory to jail women and children without bail even as criminals and molesters get bail at the drop of hat. The entire women's movement in India is hijacked by a few fund chasing pawns of western agencies, which drive the agenda of women's movement in India.

President of India, Pratibha Patil recently talked about "complete legal equality" for women. So, why Government is arresting innocent women and young girls without evidence or investigation? Women's activists of SIFF will submit memorandums to President of India and Governor of Karnataka to stop arrest of women in dowry cases.

Stop Arresting Women in Dowry Cases demands SIFF and its Women's
Activists:

1) STOP Arresting Women and girls in anti-dowry cases. Women can be arrested only when they are convicted after trial in a competent court. Arresting innocent women without any basis is simply an act of cowardice by a Government, which can not implement any law properly.

2) Any police official arresting women in dowry cases must face disciplinary action.

3) The DV act's scope must be extended to include protection orders and restraining orders on male relatives of a daughter-in-law, who abuse and threaten the women of the family.

Women's movement started with sincere women, who wanted to achieve gender equality. Today the women's organizations are hijacked by fund chasing fringe elements, which campaign for biased draconian laws without considering its consequences on innocent women and children in families. The women activists of SIFF work hard to expose these motivated organizations, which betray women while collecting funds for women's welfare.

SIFF Phone Numbers:

Bangalore: 98860 16438 , 98451 43724, 92434 73794

Delhi: 098106 11534

Hyderabad: 098664 81361

Join the activity to Stop the Legal Terrorism In India :

* 2nd March, 2008, Dharna at Vidhan Shabha, Lucknow.
* 3rd March,2008, Press Conference at Bangalore Press Club.
* 5th March,2008 , Press Concerence and Seminer at Hydrabad.
* 8th March,2008 , All India Dharna and Protest In Delhi at Jantar Mantar.

How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?

2008-02-16T03:28:00.000+12:00

How to come out from the Finciancial Losses due to 498A/DV/CRPC 125?

Whenever we face any Husband who are abused and victim of Legal Terrorism by their greedy/money minded wife's family ( more than 98% Husband faced Domestic Violence at least once in 3 years more than once either verbal abuse, mental abuse, economical abuse or sexual abuse form their wife or wife's relative, result after marriage as per Crime Bure report more than 56000 husband end their life , where as married women end their life only 29000), their first concern was they are going face heavy finciancial losses in this battle and prefer to surrender in the hand of Legal terrorist, let the guy earn per month 2000/- rupees or 2, 00,000/-rupees. Some of them fear that their wife will kill them to take away their property/money also.

In this regards 3 years back I discussed the model with a lot of people in the group meeting, but no one taken the same seriously including the most active volunteer of SFF, Delhi. But today he accepts what I told them was 100% true and they paid the price for not following the same.

First think we have to accept as soon as you got a 498A type wife, they are not going to spare you and will definitely try their best possible way to harrese you by more and more cases, putting extra burden on you in terms of finciancialy.

The basic principal to come out such situation is to prepare your self to die as a Debit man rather than a Credit man.

Step No.1: Review your all resources (Job/property/fixed assets/Bonds/NSC) and get as maximum as you can get the bank loan or company loan.

Step No.2: 20% of the Loan amount Put in some pension plan or in PPF account.

Step No.3: 70% of the Loan amount put in good equity mutual Funds (less than 50K in each fund), do not put in shares.

Step No.4. 10% keep in your bank to repay the loan.

As soon as the 10% going to finish, sell 10% mutual fund and be ready to repay the loan. The same should be continuing at least for 4 to 5 years.

Example : 4 years back my self taken 3 lacks personnel loan and with the same principal , after meeting all my legal as well as maintenance to wife , today after repay the all the loan, I am with a balance of 1.6 Lacks . Means, I fighted the battle with the bank loan and not spend a single penny form my own earning and able to afford to leave the job for Six months and able to dismiss her section 24 cases with a one time litigation charge of Rs.5000/- , no monthly maintenance.

My IT return shows my Income in the range of 10 to 12K and loan repayment of 5 to 6K every month.

Step No. 5: Immediately book a rented home in the range of rupees 2000 to 3000 rupees depending on your location, it should be in the range of Low income group capability (which normally in Delhi say LIG/Janta Flat )

Step No.6. Shift all your correspondence address for legal as well as Bank account, IT return, Driving license in the same address.

Step No.7. Maintain a mobile phone and keep the bill in the range of 300 to 400 rupees per month.

Along with a lawyer, do not forget to keep a Finciancial Consultant or CA to make your legal financial documents and IT returns.

Let the Legal Fight continue for rest of the 20 Years; let her go for each and every case up to supreme court. Please remember, initially her lawyer may be ready to fight the case without fees, but not too long. Do not forget that she has to look for some earning or Job and you have to behind that to get the details. She can't maintain herself without money and sit ideal in home for long. The day you she start work, your maintenance case's value reduced drastically.

If your wife earn more than 25000/- and still claim maintenance, just appeal to court that "sir, there are so many wife not getting maintenance of rupees 2000 rupees or 3000 rupees, let deduct 30% of her income and my income and help those women and their husbands, court staff's well fare for a better life."

Step No.8: Look for a Job where you can have a own personnel life instead of a Job where every day you have to get tension for 24 hours office tension.

Step No.9: Never work on Saturday and Sunday, keep those two days exclusive for those are facing the same type of problem like you. If you can't do any thing, just meet them or give some moral support. Learn to take some social responsibility.

Step No.10: Learn to die as a Debit man instead of a Credit man. Today this Legal Terrorism going on in India , as our radical women organizations taken the undue advantages and fooled the whole nation , as Indian Man always prefers to Die as a Credit Man than a debit Man.

For example : Have a look to all the Insurance Company's advertisement , except HDFC Bank, all the banks project the Man have to save the money for their women and child , even after death. They are just a Free ATM machine even after death.

So choice is with you, you want to be a Free ATM machine and promote the legal terrorism or want live a dignified live when you are alive. Let us all remember after your death you are not going to take with you your money/property with you.

Caution to radical Women organizations and LAW Makers:

Stop the Legal Terrorism by promoting Gender Biased LAW and Stop treating the Indian husbands as Free ATM Machine. First give your daughter/sister equal rights in your own home and make her established to take care herself, instead of treating the Husbands family as a Free ATM Machine.

P.S. This is a small step to reduce the Husbands suicide rate , as our own Goverment still not brother for the same, as they fell killing the Husband is called Socail service in this country and no men well fare ministry made till date. So we have to take care ourself and give our supporting hand to our fellow brothers , so that they should not end thier life after marrige, like Pushkar Singh.

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

Invites you to a Book Release Function at the Press club of India (Delhi)

2008-02-16T03:25:00.000+12:00

Invites you to a Book Release Function at the Press club of India (Delhi) on Saturday 16th February 2008 (3:00 to 5:30 PM)

Free copies of the book will be provided to the Press and Media.
NB. Some Victims also will be present to tell their stories.
"Wrong Gender biased Laws"

(NEW DELHI) The Gender Human Rights Society is publishing this extraordinary book first time in India History, to expose the "Wrong Gender biased Laws" to Promote the Legal Terrorism in India and create huge father less Child Society by our LAW Makers, which is a compilation of various press releases, detailed booklet(s) about the proposed Sexual harassment in the Workplace law of 2007, Domestic violence law, Dowry law/ IPC 498a survival guide, men's human rights demands, etc.

This book is expected to provide some much needed relief and awareness to the victim of Legal Terrorism, to forces fighting against radical groups and to those fighting against the unscrupulous wives and their parents who misuse the gender biased laws. It also attempts to explain why the current gender biased laws as well as the new ones proposed by the radical Groups are a recipe for social disaster. Whether they achieve their goal will be hotly contested by the readers. But one thing is sure: Their endeavor is long overdue.

Date and Place: 16th February 2008 (Saturday), at Press club of India (Delhi).

1 Raisana Road, adjacent to Metro Station of Central Secretariat.

Phone: 23719844, 23736248 (near Hotel Le Meridian).

Program:

· 3:15 PM to 5:15 PM - the Speakers will be given 10 minutes each, followed by some free time to interact with those present, including the press and media.

· 5:15 PM to 5:30 PM - Gender Human Rights Society representatives will talk about the book.

· 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM - Tea

In between the speeches, representatives of following organizations will be available for an informal interaction and written material by Save Family Foundation (Delhi), 498A Org (USA), My Nation (Dubai/USA) .

Inauguration by Mrs. Saroj Rani , Secretary MASI (Mothers and sisters initiative), a women members only organization also working towards obtaining justice for men.

Mr. Swarup Sarkar, Coordinator of Save Family Foundation (NGO) says:"35 pages 498a survival guide, is a must read for those facing matrimonial conflict and false dowry cases. Law Makers say there is no LAW for Sexual Harassment LAW in India and fooling the people to make New LAW same like 498A/304B/DV act (Punishment without any evidence), where as Crime Bure Report says the existing Sexual Harassment LAW already provide the Maximum Convection rate after trail among all other IPC LAW (more than 50%), where as other special Law's like (498A+304B) convection rate is hardly less than 20% after trail. This clearly shows, our LAW maker's main aim to create more gender biased law, so that people can misuse the same and extorted the money and reduce the convection rate to blame Judiciary."

Sandeep Bhartia, President of the Gender Human Rights Society says "Law proposals in pipeline have an aim of getting press in control of radical feminists by Law. Another aim is to increase money and jobs reserved for women rights activists only, not to neutral women. This leads to distorted propaganda for earning money. Any Law that through old men out of house, even retired age old father-in-law have to pay maintenance to young educated daughter-in-law, if it is called Domestic Violence Law from Oct 2006 is wrong and Supreme court Judgment of Batra Vs Batra, that say, the Domestic violence act can be applied to only those houses, that the husband owns or has rented or has some ancestral share, is correct.

Dr. Anupama Secretary 498A Org, a NRI dominated organization says "Good compilation of research articles"

Supported by:

* Save Family Foundation (SFF), Delhi:9810611534/99111191132.
* Rakshak , USA: 98104520173.
* Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), Bangalore: 0934285323538/98451437244.
* My Nation, Dubai/USA: 0096-538692955.
* Protect Indian Family (PIF), Mumbai: 09869323538/ 98214143366.
* Bharat Bachoo Sangthan, Kolkata : 098301515557.
* Sahana, Hydrabad :09848280354/099085784578.
* Protect men's Right, Kerala: 09387052990/04842304789.
* Men Cell, Delhi : 9810170681/986814260810.
* Save Innocent Mother and Sister (SIMS) , Bangalore:0934204138211.
* Men Rights Protection, Mumbai: 989266856012.
* Asha Kiran, Bangalore: 080-6533413513.
* Kutumb Rakshna Vedike: 0988693485314.
* Protect Men's Rights, Orissa: 094370833715.
* Pati Pariwar Kalyan Samiti, Lucknow : 09839097522
* SIF Times , Mumbai

Gender Human Rights Society (Regd.) NGO

Contact: President: Sandeep Bhartia Phone: 9971117829Secretary: Niladri Das Phone: 9811052770

BOOK INFORMATION: Wrong Gender biased Laws, 151 A4 size pages.

Published by: Gender Human Rights Society (Regd.) NGO

WebSite:www.ghrs.in
Price: Rupees 51 for quantities less then 10.

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Cheating wife found guilty of abusing law to frame man

2008-02-16T03:23:00.000+12:00

Cheating wife found guilty of abusing law to frame man
Published: Saturday, 9 February, 2008, 08:38 AM Doha Time

By Ashraf Padanna

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Kerala court has cleared a man accused of domestic violence by his estranged wife after it found that the allegations were a cover-up for the latterâ's extramarital affairs.

The court ruled that insurance company executive Honey had levelled the allegations of domestic violence against her husband Shelly after he chanced upon her illicit relationship with her boss.

Kochi additional chief judicial magistrate Cherian K Kuriakose refused to admit the case under the strict Domestic Violence Act that came into force a year ago.

The landmark domestic abuse law allows courts to punish husbands who beat, threaten or even shout at their wives or live-in partners with jail of up to a year and a fine of Rs20,000.

Honey wanted to book her partially-disabled husband under the law for physically abusing her and refusing to send her to her parental home.
Honey alleged she was insulted in public and her relatives not invited to a family function.

Honey also claimed that the villa and the car in her husband's possession were bought from her own income and that Shelly spent nothing.

Honey claimed her husband forced her to leave the house, continued to make abusive calls and spread derogatory stories.

She accused Shelly of withdrawing from a joint decision for divorce and alleged he wanted her to give up claims to the villa besides custody of their child.

However, the court concluded that Honey had made the allegations after Shelly came across messages from her boss.

A few of the messages extracted show that there was clear illicit relationship between Harikrishnan and the petitioner.The evidence discloses that this is not a case of violence against a woman but a clear case of violence against a man in the domestic relationship, for which there is no penalty, the court observed.

Quoting from the messages sent and received by Honey, the court observed that she filed the petition only to counter any criminal proceedings against her and her male friend.

The court observed that it was unfortunate that the Domestic Violence Act has not provided â€œany punishments to such intruders who mar the peaceful family life of the innocent.

The rules prevent husbands from harassing their wives for dowry payments and allow women to complain directly to judges instead of the police.
When a woman files a complaint the onus is on the man to prove his innocence.

It also ensures the woman's right to stay in the family home, regardless of whether or not she has any title in the household.

There has been criticism against the Act, which came into effect on October 26, 2006, saying it was open to manipulation as it allows for a broad definition of what constitutes abuse.

Besides physical and sexual violence, verbal and emotional abuse, such as insults or name-calling, and preventing wives from taking up a job or forcing them to leave are also covered by the law.

The Act also covers sisters, mothers, mothers-in-law or any other female relation living with the man.

Disclimer :This is totally writer personnel Views only. You may have different opinion. The name and place changed to protect the Persons Identity.

False dowry Case: Man Kills Self : Indian Express News

2008-02-16T03:19:00.000+12:00

False dowry Case: Man Kills Self : Indian Express News
Legal Terrorism of India take away one more Husband's Life.
When our Law maker will wake up? or they are wating for the day when people have to Burn the buses/Block the roads/Make the Strike in all the Jobs and instead of killing themself will start kill the Legal Terrorist?
Lucknow, February 6 A 30-year-old man, Pushkar Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Jankipuram area of Vikas Nagar, on Wednesday.

In a suicide note, addressed to the Allahabad High Court, Singh alleges that he was framed in a dowry case by his wife Vinita and her relatives, due to which he had to spend time in judicial custody for four months.

The Vikas Nagar police registered a case later in the day.

"During the investigation, if we find it necessary to question Vinita, we will definitely record her statement," said BP Singh, Station Officer, Vikas Nagar.

Pleading innocence and holding his wife responsible for the extreme step he was taking, Singh's note states: "I was sent to jail after a false dowry case was lodged against me by Vinita and her family, who had demanded Rs 14 lakh as a compensation. Neither my father nor I had seen such a big amount in our lives. We even sold our house to contest the case."

According to reports, Singh married Vinita about two years ago and lived in Allahabad since.

Early last year, his wife left him and started living with her family.

A case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 498 (A) (cruelty by husband or relatives of husband) and 504 (intentional insult) was lodged by Vinita and her relatives before she left him.

In the note, Singh wrote he was in the Naini Central Jail from "September 29 to December 24, 2007".

Shishupal Singh, Singh's brother-in-law, said he was disturbed ever since he released from jail. The court case constantly haunted him.

"After he was bailed out, he was living with his mother, younger sister and a physically-challenged brother in a rented house in Jankipuram." The family had their own house in Indira Nagar, which was recently sold to meet the legal expenses, he added.

"While he searched for a job, he drove a three-wheeler for a living. A few days ago, he received a notice from the court and since then, he stopped stepping out of the house," he said.

In the note, Singh further wrote: "I would also like to request Vinita not to harass my family in future. It was my mistake to marry her and I am repenting it by sacrificing my life."

Every 4 minutes in India an innocent person (who never demanded any dowry or money from the wife/daughter-in-law) including old mothers/pregnant sisters/children are facing false and fabricated Dowry cases and sent behind bars without any evidence (since no evidence is required and 498A is non-bailable).
Despite the Law commission and various judges' recommendations to make 498A a bailable offence, our lawmakers have not made any effort to save the innocent people who are being victimized by the abusive women and their families.
We must stop this legal terrorism (as termed by the Supreme Court of India) by our radical women organizations that openly advocates and legitimizes adultery by the wife and killing of the unborn child (against the husband's wishes).

Please sign and Support to Stop this Legal Terrorism.

Further Reference:

* YouTube - Harassed Father lost son due to false Dowry case Sec.498A -2
* YouTube - StarNews - RedAlert - Adv
* YouTube - Zee News report on Dowry Law misuse in India ...
* YouTube - india TV ka sting Operation - Part8
* Zindgi Live:IBN7:Guilty until proven innocent
* Suicide Note of Pushkar Singh - Lucknow « Save Indian Society ...
* Khaleej Times Online - Man facing law in dowry case commits suicide
* Yahoo! OurCity - Allahabad Latest News, Blogs, Views and Local Dailies
* Husbands can't take it any more : by Kajari Bhattacharya
*

Stop Legal Terrorism! Save the Indian Husbands!!

Press Release

Beginning year 2000, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) has been incessantly working to spread awareness regarding the growing misuse of draconian anti-dowry laws like IPC Section 498A against Indian Husbands and their families. SIFF has been constantly urging the Government to make amendments to the laws to ensure that misusers of the provisions are punished and innocent citizens are protected from legal terrorism. SIFF has been campaigning to end denigration of men, devaluation of their lives and violation of their basic human rights.

The Government, however, has not taken any steps to address the above mentioned problems, forcing thousands of men to end their lives. According to the National Crime Bureau, the number of suicides by males in every age group studied outweighs the number of suicides by females, in the recent years. In the year 2005 alone, nearly twice as many married men (52,483), compared to married women (28,186), committed suicide, unable to withstand verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse and legal harassment.

While every death of a young married woman is converted into a case of dowry death leading to immediate arrest of the husband and in-laws, accompanied by media-hype, male-bashing and breast-beating, large-scale suicides of men do not cause any outrage in the society. Media finds no incentive in highlighting the truth about abused men. People in power find no financial or political mileage to be gained from helping battered men.

The recent demise of Pushkar Singh is one of the countable few cases that has at least caught some media attention. Sadly, even though his suicide note bears evidence to the fact that he was financially and emotionally destroyed because of false criminal cases filed against him and his family by his wife, she has not even been called in for questioning by the police. One can only imagine the fate of cases where men take their lives silently, leaving no note behind. Deaths of these men make for the brief stories we often read in newspapers stating that a certain man "killed himself due to family issues or financial problems".

Pushkar Singh represents thousands of men, whose lives have literally been destroyed in the name protective provisions for women and due to lack of equivalent protection for harassed men. While our elected representatives are busy introducing and pushing more anti-male, anti-family provisions in the Lok Sabha, SIFF pays tribute to Pushkar Singh by organizing a "Shok Sabha" on (Date).

On this sad occasion, SIFF vows to not let the sacrifices and pain of men like Pushkar Singh go in vain. SIFF calls upon all men and women to protest against this saga of human rights abuses against men. SIFF demands that all protective provisions be made gender neutral and all punishments and penalties crime-based irrespective of gender. SIFF demands that misusers of women-protection laws be severely punished. SIFF also demands a Ministry of Men's Welfare to address present day challenges faced by men and to prevent more men in despair from following the footsteps of Pushkar Singh.
Husbands can't take it any more : by Kajari Bhattacharya

Husbands can't take it any more

Kajari Bhattacharya
KOLKATA, Feb. 10: Married men can't take it anymore. Rising prices, mounting responsibilities and their wives implicating them in dowry cases is driving men to suicide. The latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB 2006), shows that the ratio of married men to married women who committed suicide in 2006 is 5:3. The 2006 report also states that the national ratio of men to women committing suicide is 64:36.

The NCRB report further states that a high pendency was observed in Dowry Prohibition Act (43.6% each) in 2006. A total of 7.8 per cent cases of Cruelty by Husband or Relatives were found false or related to mistake of law.

A 30-year-old man, Pushkar Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Jankipuram area of Vikas Nagar in Lucknow. In his suicide note, he wrote: "I was sent to jail after a false dowry case was lodged against me by my wife Vinita and her family, who demanded Rs 14 lakh as compensation. Neither my father nor I had seen such a big amount in our lives. We even sold our house to contest the case."

Singh is just one of the several thousand men who committed suicide after being implicated falsely in dowry cases by their wives and in-laws. Save Indian Family Foundation, a countrywide network of support groups for such men and their families, has been fighting for men's rights to be included in the national legal framework for a long time.

"We come across such cases of men who turn suicidal after their wife and in-laws try to extort money from them after filing a false case under IPC 498A, frequently. We do our best to help such people through counselling. But it's the Indian legal framework, which considers the rights of wives, but not that of men, their mothers and sisters, that is at fault," said Mr Srinivas Rao, treasurer, SIFF. He cited a case in which a man from Kalyani attempted suicide after he and his family were falsely implicated under 498A. "Ultimately, we arranged for a settlement between the two parties, in which the man had to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to his wife and in-laws," Mr Rao said.

SIFF says the high ratio of male to female suicides is largely due to domestic cruelty against men. The NCRB report 2006 says that more men in the age group of 30 and 44 years committed suicide than those in other age groups. It was observed that 72.2 per cent of the suicide victims were married while 20.7 per cent were unmarried. The number of married men who committed suicide was 55,452 and number of married women who committed suicide was 29,869 in 2006.

False cases registered under IPC 498A, which is non-bailable, make it difficult for complainants who have genuine cases to get justice. The same NCRB report also states that the proportion of female suicides is more under dowry disputes.

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Request to all to Join "Shok Sabha" @ Lucknow on 10th Feb'08.

2008-02-08T23:51:00.000+12:00

Request to all to Join "Shok Sabha" @ Lucknow on 10th Feb'08.
Time : 10 A.M.
Venue:
Sector-C, Jankipuram Park, Infornt of Khushhali Montessary School.
Jankipuram , Lucknow.
Contact person : Yaksh :09839097522

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False dowry Case: Man Kills Self : Indian Express News
Legal Terrorism of India take away one more Husband's Life.
When our Law maker will wake up? or they are wating for the day when people have to Burn the buses/Block the roads/Make the Strike in all the Jobs and instead of killing themself will start kill the Legal Terrorist?

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Lucknow, February 6 A 30-year-old man, Pushkar Singh, committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Jankipuram area of Vikas Nagar, on Wednesday.
In a suicide note, addressed to the Allahabad High Court, Singh alleges that he was framed in a dowry case by his wife Vinita and her relatives, due to which he had to spend time in judicial custody for four months.

The Vikas Nagar police registered a case later in the day.

"During the investigation, if we find it necessary to question Vinita, we will definitely record her statement," said BP Singh, Station Officer, Vikas Nagar.

Pleading innocence and holding his wife responsible for the extreme step he was taking, Singh's note states: "I was sent to jail after a false dowry case was lodged against me by Vinita and her family, who had demanded Rs 14 lakh as a compensation. Neither my father nor I had seen such a big amount in our lives. We even sold our house to contest the case."

According to reports, Singh married Vinita about two years ago and lived in Allahabad since.

Early last year, his wife left him and started living with her family.

A case under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 498 (A) (cruelty by husband or relatives of husband) and 504 (intentional insult) was lodged by Vinita and her relatives before she left him.

In the note, Singh wrote he was in the Naini Central Jail from "September 29 to December 24, 2007".

Shishupal Singh, Singh's brother-in-law, said he was disturbed ever since he released from jail. The court case constantly haunted him.

"After he was bailed out, he was living with his mother, younger sister and a physically-challenged brother in a rented house in Jankipuram." The family had their own house in Indira Nagar, which was recently sold to meet the legal expenses, he added.

"While he searched for a job, he drove a three-wheeler for a living. A few days ago, he received a notice from the court and since then, he stopped stepping out of the house," he said.

In the note, Singh further wrote: "I would also like to request Vinita not to harass my family in future. It was my mistake to marry her and I am repenting it by sacrificing my life."

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Every 4 minutes in India an innocent person (who never demanded any dowry or money from the wife/daughter-in-law) including old mothers/pregnant sisters/children are facing false and fabricated Dowry cases and sent behind bars without any evidence (since no evidence is required and 498A is non-bailable).
Despite the Law commission and various judges' recommendations to make 498A a bailable offence, our lawmakers have not made any effort to save the innocent people who are being victimized by the abusive women and their families.
We must stop this legal terrorism (as termed by the Supreme Court of India) by our radical women organizations that openly advocates and legitimizes adultery by the wife and killing of the unborn child (against the husband's wishes).

Please sign and Support to Stop this Legal Terrorism.

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Further Reference:

YouTube - Harassed Father lost son due to false Dowry case Sec.498A -2
YouTube - StarNews - RedAlert - Adv
YouTube - Zee News report on Dowry Law misuse in India ...
YouTube - india TV ka sting Operation - Part8
Zindgi Live:IBN7:Guilty until proven innocent

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Stop Legal Terrorism! Save the Indian Husbands!!

Press Release

Beginning year 2000, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) has been incessantly working to spread awareness regarding the growing misuse of draconian anti-dowry laws like IPC Section 498A against Indian Husbands and their families. SIFF has been constantly urging the Government to make amendments to the laws to ensure that misusers of the provisions are punished and innocent citizens are protected from legal terrorism. SIFF has been campaigning to end denigration of men, devaluation of their lives and violation of their basic human rights.

The Government, however, has not taken any steps to address the above mentioned problems, forcing thousands of men to end their lives. According to the National Crime Bureau, the number of suicides by males in every age group studied outweighs the number of suicides by females, in the recent years. In the year 2005 alone, nearly twice as many married men (52,483), compared to married women (28,186), committed suicide, unable to withstand verbal, emotional, economic and physical abuse and legal harassment.

While every death of a young married woman is converted into a case of dowry death leading to immediate arrest of the husband and in-laws, accompanied by media-hype, male-bashing and breast-beating, large-scale suicides of men do not cause any outrage in the society. Media finds no incentive in highlighting the truth about abused men. People in power find no financial or political mileage to be gained from helping battered men.

The recent demise of Pushkar Singh is one of the countable few cases that has at least caught some media attention. Sadly, even though his suicide note bears evidence to the fact that he was financially and emotionally destroyed because of false criminal cases filed against him and his family by his wife, she has not even been called in for questioning by the police. One can only imagine the fate of cases where men take their lives silently, leaving no note behind. Deaths of these men make for the brief stories we often read in newspapers stating that a certain man "killed himself due to family issues or financial problems".

Pushkar Singh represents thousands of men, whose lives have literally been destroyed in the name protective provisions for women and due to lack of equivalent protection for harassed men. While our elected representatives are busy introducing and pushing more anti-male, anti-family provisions in the Lok Sabha, SIFF pays tribute to Pushkar Singh by organizing a "Shok Sabha" on (Date).

On this sad occasion, SIFF vows to not let the sacrifices and pain of men like Pushkar Singh go in vain. SIFF calls upon all men and women to protest against this saga of human rights abuses against men. SIFF demands that all protective provisions be made gender neutral and all punishments and penalties crime-based irrespective of gender. SIFF demands that misusers of women-protection laws be severely punished. SIFF also demands a Ministry of Men's Welfare to address present day challenges faced by men and to prevent more men in despair from following the footsteps of Pushkar Singh.

Demand for Gift after marrige is not Dowry Says Supreme Court of India.

2008-02-05T02:39:00.000+12:00

Demand for Gift after marrige is not Dowry Says Supreme Court of India.

Ask any small child , when a wife after marrige demand any Gift/money/property from husband and from his family , is it called Dowry?

The answer will be a big "No". Then why it is reverse in the case of Husabnd, does all the Husbands family a Free ATM Machine?

But our LAW makers as well as radical women orginasations never open thier eyes or never try to understand the basic of the same , result more and more misuse of Dowry LAW we wittness to extrote the money in more than 98% cases as per court record, it is the wife family demending and taken money from husbands family in open court and the same is not crime at all.

Dowry itself is a Vogus word and it is created by Indian radical feminist orginasations and greedy/money minded girls family hide behind the word so called Dowry and cheat thier own daughter/sisters basic right on Streedhan and equll right in parental property and always treat the husbands family as free ATM machine.

Save family foundation and thier associates , even Ms. Madhu Kiswar, continously demand and urgue that if any one harrese others for any money and property the same to be termed as Extrotion or Blackmailling, but our LAW maker failed to accpet the same. At last Supreme court understand that each and every dispute can't be termed as Dowry harrasement, which is a small step to stop the legal terrorism and misuse of 498A, DV act and crpc 125 maintiance act.

Every 4 min in india a innocent person( who never demanded any dowry or money form wife) including ageold mother/pregent sisters/child are facing false and fabricted Dowry case and send them behind the bar without any evidence, as there is no eveidence is required and 498A is non-bailable .Inspite of LAW comission, various Judges recomonded to make the 498A bailable offence , our LAW makers have not done any effort to save the innocent people. Let stop this legal terrorism by our radical women orginasations, who even advocate that adultrity by a wife , killing un-born child also should not be a crime in this country.

Demand for Gift after marrige is not Dowry Says Supreme Court of India.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that demand for money and presents from parents of a married girl at the time of birth of her child or for other ceremonies, as is prevalent in society, may be deprecable but cannot be categorised as dowry to make it a punishable offence.

This means, if a daughter-in-law is being harassed for customary gifts by parents-in-law, then they could be booked under ordinary penal provisions but not under the tough anti-dowry laws providing stringent punishments.

Acquitting the parents-in-law of a woman who had accused them of harassing her for dowry, a Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and S Sathasivam took help of a 2001 judgment of SC to say that not all demands from the parents-in-law could be categorised as 'dowry' under the Dowry Prohibition Act. It said though the Act covers payment of money or articles during, before or after marriage by the girl's parent to her in-laws, the cash and presents given had to have a link with the marriage to become objectionable in law.

"Other payments which are customary payments, for example given at the time of birth of a child or other ceremonies as are prevalent in different societies, are not covered by the expression 'dowry'," said Justice Pasayat, writing the judgment for the Bench.

A Haryana trial court had continued the dowry harassment charges against the woman's husband while acquitting the parents-in-law, the married sister and brother of the husband. Though the high court allowed quashing of charges against the sister and brother, it said the parents-in-law were liable to be proceeded against.

The apex court said that when the trial court had held that an attempt had been made by the woman to rope in as many relatives of her husband as possible, the HC should have given some reasons while reversing a well-reasoned order.

It said judicial discipline demanded the HCs to give clear reasons when reversing a trial court order backed by facts. "Reasons substitute subjectivity by objectivity. The emphasis on recording reasons is that if the decision reveals the 'inscrutible face of the sphinx', it can, by its silence, render it virtually impossible for the courts to perform their appellate function or exercise the power of judicial review in adjudicating the validity of the decision," the Bench said.