Misuse of dowry laws by women
Filing a dowry case is as simple as ordering a pizza. There is no penalty for filing a false case. It has become a fashion to misuse provisions of the dowry law by women not willing to adjust with the families of their husbands.
THIS IS all about Indian Penal Code 498a, and how Indian women harass men by misusing the laws. When they are not able to adjust in their husband’s home or with their in-laws or when the husband finds out about her extramarital affair or husband refuses to do her bidding, IPC 498a is the right tool to take care of her selfish interest and that too legally. In some cases the law has been misused by women who are seeking divorce and demanding a fat alimony.
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It has become a fashion and style to misuse provisions of the dowry law by women not willing to adjust with the families of their husbands. The law gives them the ‘right to torture’ even distant relatives and minors by subjecting them to harassment by filing false complaints with the police. Even police personnel admit the bitter reality in personal talks that most of the cases filed under section 498a are mischievously aimed to blackmail the husband’s family.
Research reports say that Indian married men’s suicide rate is three-times that of married women at ages ranging from 32-49 years; whereas, it is almost 1:1 before marriage. Section 498a of the IPC makes it mandatory for the police to book the husband and his parents and other relatives/friends, whosoever is named on the complaint filed by the wife. This section is non-compoundable and cognizable. There are several cases where the police has arrested the elderly parents without any investigation. Filing a dowry case is as simple as ordering a pizza. There is no penalty for filing a false case.
This section of the law needs amendments or appropriations before it inflicts irreparable damage to institution of marriage in India.
To prevent misuse of dowry harassment laws, no arrest should be made without prior investigations, a circular issued by the commissioner of police states:
“The order issued by the commissioner of police clearly states that any arrests under section 498a (matrimonial cruelty) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the IPC will be made with prior permission of a deputy commissioner of police (DCP).”
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Omshiv
In India the gender biased laws are spoiling the Families instead of doing any good to girls or married women.Instead the government must make gender natural laws which will be good for Humanity.
anil
To prevent misuse of dowry harassment laws, no arrest should be made without prior investigations,
jaishree bansal
thanx all fr such a grt responce...
i dont knw wen will d amendments b made in d laws... untill den we can keep a chek by ourselves nd nt let d false things prevail in d society.... thanx once again...
Hemant
Yes, filing a false 498a is as easy as ordering a pizza. It is time the judiciary takes note of these falsehood & rectifies its laws. Jaishree.. Hats of to you for such a splendid article which brings out the truth in the society.
Sai
Correct.. but is there any hope for Innocent Indian Husbands from these biased laws which are grossly misused by women to harrass innocent family members of husband.
AS
Very nicely written article, we need law which are balanced , rather than law which are misused. To protect one person , one can not kill the world, without thinking whom we are killing
Ritanjali Bhasin
the irony is that inspite of the overwhelming evidence that the marital laws are biased and over 98% of dowry cases are false the Women and Child ministry and the National commision for women quote false statictics and freeped number to justify the need for these stupid laws .These laws and their misuse inturn justify the existence of these organisations whose only work is to frame biased laws to extrort money from working men by their wives . Over 126000 women have been arrested false under anti dowry law , but the govrenment still denies that any wrong ha hapenned . The Indian society has not becoming a pressure cooker due to these sorts of laws , Women and men are sufferring at the hands of their daughter-in-laws and wives for years .If nothing is done soon it will explode with such force that it will wipe out these useless womens organisations once and for all .
Virag
Very truly said. And there are various vested western agencies who fund the NCW and WCD and they benefit out of the misuse. And moreover the society needs to change its attitude towards men. Its not only misuse of 498A, Indian men today are facing a lot of problems which are currently ignored by the society like Domestic Violence and no protection, layoffs, unemployment, high taxation, high suicide rate to name a few
Mithun Kumar
Very well written, Jaishree.
Its such a shame for the Men in India, that a majority of articles written about the harassment on Men are by female writers...
What are all the harassed men doing? Laying eggs on their own harassment?
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