Dowry Law Misuse / Help for Victims of Dowry Law: July 2008

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Re: Sperm Trade Black market / `Compromised semen' racket unearthed

Re: Sperm Trade Black market
-------------------------------------
> ...Semen samples given for
>testing to pathological laboratories are sold to
[.......]
>....We keep
>hearing from patients about malpractices like
>sperm mixing.''
>

I read somewhere (probably the net) that this has caused socio religious problems in the west

Because of mixing, selling etc of sperms, there are dozens of children born of the same father, siblings !! and 100s of second cousins and so on

A group has been formed to trace the REAL ancestry

Soon in India seeking alliances may become a REAL issue / problem because if we end up marrying siblings brother marrying a sister even un knowingly that could lead to congenital defects in children !!

So, ...an imaginary advert as follows, 10 years from now is expected

Wanted Bride who is
- born to the original father
- NOT thru artificial insemination
- NOT to a 498a mother
- NOT educated in high fly schools / colleges
- NOT educated beyond the 12th standard

...so that she is good mother to her children !!!!!

regards
Vinayak

>
>
>--- In saveindianfamily@yahoogroups.com,
>...................wrote:
>
>Publication:Times Of India Delhi; Date:Dec 12,
>2006; Section:Times City; Page Number:8
>
>http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?
>Ref=Q0FQLzIwMDYvMTIvMTIjQXIwMDgwMQ==&Mode=HTML&Loc
>ale=english-skin-custom
>
>`Compromised semen' racket unearthed
>
>Abantika Ghosh | TNN
>
>New Delhi: Rising infertility problem, social
>inhibitions and lack of awareness have fuelled a
>dangerous clandestine trade in ``compromised
>semen'' in the city. Semen samples given for
>testing to pathological laboratories are sold to
>shady fertility clinics for anywhere between Rs
>200-400 per sample from where they are re-sold to
>childless couples often for up to ten times the
>amount. Pregnancy rates, needless to say, are
>dismal.
>
>Off the record, pathological laboratories admit
>to the practice. On condition of anonymity, an
>employee of a south Delhi laboratory said: ``We
>supply 30-40 samples a month. There is an
>unofficial understanding. Once samples have been
>tested they are usually sent out after
>processing. Rates vary according to the location
>but we charge Rs 350 per sample on an average.''
>
>Experts say the main problem is availability of
>sperm donors despite the donation fetching Rs 250-
>400 per ``sitting''. Cryogenie has just about 50
>registered donors, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital,
>at any given time, has just 10. Each donor can
>donate a maximum of eight samples a month. There
>are an estimated 6,000 intra-uterine
>inseminations happening every day in Delhi.
>Though some three quarters of them use sperms
>from husbands, rampant malpractice has caused
>most hospitals and fertility clinics to rely only
>on their own sperm banks.
>
>Says Dr Anoop Gupta of Delhi Fertility Research
>Centre: ``The practice of sperm `outsourcing' is
>common and if it is coming from a diagnostic
>laboratory it is obvious that the sample is
>compromised. Otherwise why was it given for
>testing in the first place? Besides, the semen
>processing sample is expensive and has a shelf
>life of just four weeks. No laboratory in Delhi
>has that. This is why soon after I started this
>centre in 1993, I decided not to use sperms from
>outside. But samples from our own bank are only
>for our patients.''
>
>Semen has to be processed to ensure that the
>prospective mother receives only the ``best
>sperms''. An average sample can be anywhere
>between 1-5 ml. A woman needs to be injected with
>just about 0.3 ml. Says Dr Suhani Verma, in-
>charge of the IVF laboratory and semen
>
>bank in Apollo: ``Quality of sperms from
>commercial establishments is suspect not just
>because of the fertility factor but there is also
>the risk of infection. As per WHO guidelines, a
>donor has to be tested twice in a gap of three to
>six months and only then the sample should be
>used. Banks don't always follow that. We keep
>hearing from patients about malpractices like
>sperm mixing.''
>
>Secrecy and religious issues often deter
>prospective donors, says Dr Iqbal Mehdi of
>Cryogenie. ``There are confusions and
>misperceptions. We are also very particular about
>WHO guidelines - donor should be between 20-30
>years of age and at least a graduate. The main
>thing about sperm preservation is that they need
>to preserved and transported in liquid nitrogen
>at -92 degrees Celsius. Not many centres have
>that facility.''
>

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regards, vinayak

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HC cautions against the use of dowry law to settle scores
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Unmarried Female on pill, delivers a baby in toilet
Wife supposedly 'dead' in Bihar, man 'sights' her in Noida
Triple Talaq is a Legally valid form of Divorce - Madras HC
A failed marriage is not a crime however...
torture allegations are approx 6 times dowry DEATH FIRs !
Marriage cannot be dissolved at the drop of a hat: HC: Mubai
Husband says she had an affair, wife claims dowry harassment !!

Case Laws

NRI cannot be prosecuted without special permission of the Government
Ramakrishna v. Priya Ganesan - Custody of Minor child
Irretrievable break down of marriage
vast difference between "could have been", "must have been" and "has been".
Liberty is Paramount - Joginder Kumar V State of UP

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wives and children to get maintenance from the date of moving court

In addition to Virag's post an addl. question. Hope the judiciary answers :

1. Let us say in a divorce case interim maintenance is awarded to wife

2. Let us say later wife looses the case

3. Will the wife be asked to re pay the maintenance with interest back to the hubby ?

regards
Vinayak

========= news item ==========

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Wife_kids_to_get_maintenance_from_day_case_is_filed/articleshow/3308118.cms

alternate URl

http://tinyurl.com/69c3l7

]
] Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNNNew Delhi:
]
] Delaying proceedings on one pretext or the
] other before the trial courts on grant of
] maintenance to wives and children could
] prove very costly for husbands.
]
] For, the Supreme Court has ruled that
] wives, children and even parents deserted by
] their husband, father and children,
] respectively, will be entitled to get
] maintenance from the date they filed the
] application for alimony in the trial court.
]
] This ruling reverses a standard judicial
] practice to grant maintenance from the date
] of verdict on the application made under
] Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code
] (CrPC), which provides for interim
] arrangement for sustenance of the dependents
] pending decision on a matrimonial dispute.
]
] This judgment by a Bench comprising
] Justices C K Thakker and D K Jain came on a
] petition filed by a mother of nine, who
] after three decades of marriage to a bank
] cashier, faced an uncertain future being
] deserted by him.
]
] Except for the youngest daughter left along
] with the mother to fend for themselves, the
] husband lived separately with the rest of
] the children. While the Bhojpur Family Court
] ordered the cashier to pay maintenance from
] July 21, 1997, when the woman and her
] daughter filed the plea seeking maintenance,
] the Patna High Court reversed it saying they
] were entitled to alimony from 2006, when the
] trial court gave its verdict. Terming the
] interim maintenance granted by trial courts
] under Section 125 of the CrPC, as an
] immediate measure to save a deserted wife
] and children from destitution, the Bench
] said if alimony was directed to be paid from
] the date of verdict, the husband would keep
] delaying the proceedings on one pretext or
] the other.
]
] "The deserted wife and children are the
] sufferers who seek shelter of the protective
] umbrella provided by Section 125 of CrPC. If
] maintenance is not granted from the date of
] application, the weaker sections are sure to
] lose confidence in the justice delivery
] system," said Justice Thakker, writing the
] judgment for the Bench.
]
] "The duration of the litigation is not
] within the power or in the hands of the
] applicant and entitlement to maintenance
] should not be left to the uncertain date of
] disposal of the case," the Bench said,
] adding it was the husband's moral obligation
] as well as the legal duty to maintain his
] wife.
]
]

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

'Sex trade curbs will backfire' ... Self control, brahmacharya would be the only lasting solution

Comments :

The day is NOT far when adult men would be forced to be without sex for extended periods of time.

- The unscrupulous wife would have a battery of laws helping her deny sex within marriage, like the new "..marital rape .." discussions, Domestic Violence etc etc

- Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act will PENALIZE men for visiting prostitutes !! So sex for pleasure and at a payment would be NO NO !!... yeah the worlds oldest profession will penalize / fine clients !!

- Self control, brahmacharya and following the ways of Bhishma would be the only lasting solution

- Men should exercise self control and see what women do for sex ??...don't women need sex ? isn't the need for sex universal ?

======== news report ============

'Sex trade curbs will backfire'

29 Jul 2008, 0038 hrs IST, Kounteya Sinha ,TNN

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sex_trade_curbs_will_backfire/articleshow/3299324.cms

NEW DELHI: India's top HIV/AIDS official and a Cabinet minister on Monday severely criticized the Centre's plan to penalize clients visiting sex workers as a move to curb prostitution. The bill to amend the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act was moved in Parliament in 2006 by the ministry of women and child development headed by Renuka Chowdhury.

Director general of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) K Sujatha Rao and labour and employment minister Oscar Fernandes said the amendments, that would put clients behind bars and invite penalty of up to Rs 50,000 for visiting brothels, would in no way curb the sex trade but only push it underground. This, Rao said, would make it more difficult to track down sex workers, who are most vulnerable to contracting the virus.

Union minister Fernandes said sex trade could never be curbed and would remain till humanity existed. He said he would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon and ask for a balanced approach to the issue. Fernandes added: "Even the Bible makes a reference to sex trade. Reforming society will be the best approach rather than trying to curb the sex trade."

According to a recent report by the world's first independent commission on AIDS in Asia-Pacific, headed by the PM's chief economic advisory C Rangarajan, the HIV epidemic in Asia is mainly driven by men who go for paid sex. While 75 million men in Asia visit sex workers, 10 million women sell sex to these men.

"On the day Rangarajan submitted the report, I had called for legalizing sex trade," Fernandes said.

'Law will make sex workers vulnerable'

Defending her case, Rao cited the instance of Sweden, which imposed a ban on the purchase of sexual services but still failed to curb the trade. "There is absolutely no evidence that sex work came down or clients stopped visiting sex workers. In fact, many such women crossed over to Norway and continued the trade. There will always be sex trade. It's impossible to stop it," she said.

Rao added, "Because there will always be demand for paid sex, the supply will continue even if you bring a law against it. In fact, it will make sex workers more vulnerable to exploitation and violence. It will make it all the more difficult for us to monitor their health while those infected would spread the disease to their multiple partners without knowing their status."

In India, 86.7% of HIV is on account of heterosexual activities. In places like Pune, nearly 40% of sex workers are infected with HIV. India has nearly 2.5 million prostitutes operating out of nearly 300,000 brothels in 1,100 red light areas across the country.

The amendments to the ITPA have almost been cleared by a group of ministers (GoM) headed by home minister Shivraj Patil. Sources said the amendments weren't universally accepted by the GoM. Health minister A Ramadoss too was against bringing about the amendments fearing that punishing clients would force prostitutes to leave brothels to set up new hideouts.

kounteya.sinha @timesgroup.com

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Woman, claiming to be an IAS officer, lures man into marriage

Woman, claiming to be an IAS officer, lures man into marriage

NEW DELHI: When a lecturer Govindbhai found in the community marriage bureau the biodata of a girl claiming to be an IAS officer, who was looking for a suitable groom, he started dreaming of tying the nuptial knot with her.

On inquiry, he found that the girl — Vasantben — was related to one of his students and then it was easy for him and his family to convince her folks to make his dream come true.

It did come true in 2001 when the girl insisted on a fast-track marriage saying she did not believe in customs and rituals. A daughter was born to them a year later.

But when there was no signs of her joining the powerful civil services, Govindbhai was a little curious. When he started inquiring about it, skeletons started tumbling out. Not only did she lie about her posting as an IAS officer in Arunachal Pradesh, she had bluffed him about her age.

Shocked, he moved the trial court for dissolution of the marriage on the ground of deceit and fraud on the part of Vasantben and accused her of luring him into the marriage.

Though the trial court agreed to hear the petition seeking to nullify the marriage, during the pendency it asked Govindbhai to pay alimony to Vasantben and the child. The alimony was more than 50% of his salary.

Crying foul, Govindbahi has moved the Supreme Court through counsel Haresh A Raichura asking "whether a lady who has practised deliberate fraud on a man to lure him to marriage was entitled to maintenance? Can the wife be allowed to take advantage of a husband whom she entrapped?"

Source URL

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Man_lured_into_marrying_IAS_officer/articleshow/3286260.cms

alternate
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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Wife committed CONTEMPT of US courts !!!

===comments =====

- Now it is the turn of the US based hubby
to get orders from the US court that the
WIFE has committed CONTEMPT of the US court

- Since the couple lived in USA and the KID
was BORN in USA the kid shall be subject to
US courts and NOT Indian courts

- The kid IS in the physical custody of the
WIFE !!!! so where is the contempt by the
husband ???

>Hearing the matter ex parte, Justice
>Banerjee passed an interim injunction on
>July nine restraining the husband from
>taking away the child. Basu said that a copy
>of the order was mailed to the husband in
>the US and that it had been received.

one needs to understand IF he really received
it and IF so why ??

regards
Vinayak

========= news item =========

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Calcutta-HC-slaps-contempt-notice-on-green-card-holder/340364/

alternate URL

http://tinyurl.com/6erg47

*Kolkata, July 25: *The Calcutta High Court
has issued a contempt notice against a Green
Card holder in the US after his estranged
wife complained that her husband was citing
an US court direction over the custody of
their child, while not complying with its
orders.

Adrija Mukherjee Biswas claimed before the
court that her husband Debasish has
initiated several proceedings against her in
a Pennsylvania court.

Her lawyer Biswajit Basu claimed before the
court that since the parties were governed
by Indian laws and an Indian court having
jurisdiction over the matter passed an order
on the custody of the child, the husband by
obtaining orders from a US court has
committed contempt of the Indian court.

Basu submitted that as the couple was
married in India and were citizens of India
during the marriage, it was the Indian law
which had jurisdiction over the case.

Debasish, originally a resident of South
Kolkata, and now working as a computer
engineer at Delaware in Pennsylvania,
married Adrija under the Special Marriage
Act here in 2001.

They went to Delaware after the marriage
and had a child in January 2006. However,
differences cropped up and following
prolonged disputes, Adrija returned to her
father's home here with her child.

Adrija filed a case under section 498A
(marital torture) and also a matrimonial
suit seeking divorce at Alipore district
court in Kolkata.

In the suit she prayed that Debasish be not
allowed to take the away the child as she
was the natural guardian, which the court
rejected. Adrija then moved the high court.

Hearing the matter ex parte, Justice
Banerjee passed an interim injunction on
July nine restraining the husband from
taking away the child. Basu said that a copy
of the order was mailed to the husband in
the US and that it had been received.

He said that following this, Debasish had
reportedly initiated proceedings against his
wife in the district court in Delaware and
had also claimed that she had violated
orders in this regard.

Adrija then initiated contempt proceedings
against Debasish for trying bypass the
Indian judicial process and also attached
copies of the proceedings at the Delaware
court that the husband had sent to Adrija.

Hearing her counsel, Justice Banerjee on
July 11 issued contempt notice against the
husband and directed him to reply within
four weeks.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Friday, July 25, 2008

Re: Advice Please- harsh

Dear Sir / Madam

>The couple dispute is all about extra
>maritals affairs of wife. the husband lived

>
>we have evidence for her shameful work.
>

1. It is essential that you collect
evidence and prove adultery of the un
scrupulous woman

1.1. If they are adulterous,
such women are NOT get away easily

2. Such women who are adulteress use the
kid as a weapon...a pawn (in the chess game)
to mentally torture the husband or to
extract money from him ....they may even
bargain saying If you do NOT pay me...I will
NOT let go the kid etc etc

3. The father is the NATURAL guardian of
the kid

4. For MANY MANY years say till 1950s...
kids were left in the father's custody.

4.1. Because INDIAN men stopped fighting
and because INDIAN MEN do NOT do morchas and
hunger strikes and mass protests on the
road, women and womens lib have taken a
march over men

5. Delay the case... the woman cell cannot
decide on custody, tell the woman cell that
custody would be decided in court and tell
them you are ready to go to court...

5.1. ...drag the case and DO not avoid
even access to the kid

6. Post details of the EXACT situation /
position of this case so that we can give
you better advice

7. Contact Swarup Sarkar of Delhi. Self
help contact nos can be found at
http://tinyurl.com/6dbt69

8. In addition there are excellent self
help groups at Chennai & Bangalore if you
can speak in ENGLISH. Contact nos here
http://mynation.net/contact-us/

more after hearing from you

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

>
>--- In MyNationFoundation@......,
>mynationdotnet@... wrote:
>
>498A Registered: NO
>498A Place:
>498A Date:
>Any Other IPCs:
>Relatives Accused:
>Stage of Case: inWomenCell
>
>Comments:
>
>kid's father wants custody of him, but
>childs age is __ yrs n ___ months.
>
>The couple dispute is all about extra
>maritals affairs of wife. the husband lived
>in other city due to his job for 1 yr . he
>wanted to shift his family with him. but
>when he was shifting, he got a recieved call
>in his spouse mobile. The other person
>talked adulterily. then he doubted and he
>checked the msgs which were so shameful n
>adult.
>

.........

>She tortures the child.
>
>we have evidence for her shameful work.
>
>atpresent the kid is with us.
>
>we want his custody and he doesn't want to
>go with her mother.
>

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Not more than a month for NON payment of maintenance to wife

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

http://www.judis.nic.in/chennai/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=10094

DATED : 30.03.2007

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.N.BASHA

CRL.R.C.Nos.1126 to 1128 of 2006
&
M.P.Nos.1 + 1 + 1 of 2006

R.Kumaravadivel .. Petitioner in
all the Revisions

Vs.

1. Lakshmi
2. Minor Karthika
3. Minor Kumar .. Respondents in all
the Revisions

* * *
Prayer : Petition filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Criminal Procedure Code, praying to set aside the orders dated 28.10.2003 passed in C.M.P.Nos.270, 271 and 269 of 2001 in M.C.No.193 of 1995 on the file of the learned Family Judge, Coimbatore.
* * *
For Petitioner in : Mr.SU.Srinivasan
all the Revisions

For Respondents in : Mr.V.Parthiban
all the Revisions

O R D E R

Mr.Su.Srinivasan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner in all these Revisions submitted that the petitioner is the husband of the first respondent herein and he has come forward with these revisions challenging the order passed by the learned Family Court Judge, Comibatore in C.M.P.Nos.269, 270 and 271 of 2001 in M.C.No.193 of 1995 dated 28.10.2003 passing the order of arrest of the petitioner herein for the non-payment of the award of maintenance passed by the learned Special Judge, Family Court.

2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the order of maintenance was passed by the learned Family Court Judge, Coimbatore, on 22.10.1998 directing the petitioner herein to pay a maintenance of Rs.500/- each of the respondents 1 to 3 totalling to Rs.1,500/- p.m. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that as per the order of the learned Family court Judge, the petitioner has to pay the arrears of maintenance amount from the date of petition i.e. From 25.04.1991 to till the date of order i.e. 22.10.1998. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the arrears of the maintenance amount were not paid by the petitioner herein and as a result the respondent filed the above C.M.Ps for directing the petitioner to pay the arrears and for praying for issuance of warrant of arrest as the petitioner has not paid the arrears towards the amount of maintenance awarded by the learned Family Judge. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the learned Judge has passed a common order in all the three C.M.Ps on 28.10.2003 sentencing the petitioner to undergo 46 months simple imprisonment in C.M.P.No.269 of 2001, 12 months simple imprisonment in C.M.P.No.270 of 2001 and 9 months in C.M.P.No.271 of 2001.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that being aggrieved by the above said order of the learned Special Judge, Family Court, the petitioner has come forward with these Revisions on the ground that the order passed by the learned Special Judge, Family Court, is against law and against the specific provision under Section 125 (3) of Cr.P.C.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that as far as the provision under Section 125 (3) of Cr.P.C. is concerned, the family court Judge is entitled to pass an order of sentence only one month and as such the impugned order passed by the learned Family court Judge awarding 46 months, 12 months and 9 months totalling to 67 months is liable to set aside.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the respondents on the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr.V.Parthiban, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that as a matter of fact there were arrears in respect of payment of maintenance award passed by the learned Family Court Judge, Coimbatore.

6. I have carefully considered the submission of both sides and also perused the impugned order passed by the learned Family Court Judge.

7. A perusal of the impugned order disclosed that the learned Family Court Judge has passed the order of arrest and sentence in all the three C.M.Ps filed by the respondent herein sentencing the petitioner to undergo 46 months, 12 months and 9 months totalling to 67 months. It is pertinent to note Section 125 (3) Cr.P.C. which reads hereunder :

125. Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents -

125. Order for maintenance of wives,
children and parents -

(3) If any person so ordered fails without
sufficient cause to comply with the order,
any such Magistrate may, for every breach of
the order, issue a warrant for levying the
amount due in the manner provided for
levying fines, and may sentence such person,
for the whole or any part of each month's
(allowance for the maintenance or the
interim maintenance and expenses of
proceeding, as the case may be) remaining
unpaid after the execution of the warrant,
to imprisonment for a term which may extend
to one month or until payment if sooner made :

provided that no warrant shall be issued
for the recovery of any amount due under
this section unless application be made to
the Court to levy such amount within a
period of one year from the date on which it
became due: provided further that if such
person offers to maintain his wife on
condition of her living with him, and she
refuses to live with him, such Magistrate
may consider any grounds of refusal stated
by her, any may make an order under this
section notwithstanding such offer, if he is
satisfied that there is just ground for so
doing."

Therefore, the provision under Section 125 (3) Cr.P.C. contemplates that under execution of warrant of imprisonment may extend for a period of only one month. Therefore, this Court is of the considered view that impugned order passed by the learned Family Court is contrary to the provision under Section 125 (3) Cr.P.C. The learned counsel for the petitioner has rightly placed reliance on the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court SHAHADA KHATOON AND OTHERS V. AMJAD ALI AND OTHERS reported in 1999 (5) SCC 672.

8. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in that that decision held as follows :

"The short question that arises for
consideration is whether the learned Single
Judge of the Patna High Court correctly
interpreted sub-section (3) of Section 125
of Cr.P.C by directing that the Magistrate
can only sentence for a period of one month
or until payment, if sooner made. The
learned counsel for the appellants contends
that the liability of the husband arising
out of an order passed under Section 125 to
make payment of maintenance is a continuing
one and on account of non-payment there has
been a breach of the order and therefore the
Magistrate would be entitled to impose
sentence on such a person continuing him in
custody until payment is made. We are unable
to accept this contention of the learned
counsel for the appellants. The language of
sub-section (3) of Section 125 is quite
clear and it circumscribes the power of the
Magistrate to impose imprisonment for a term
which may extend to one month or until the
payment, if sooner made. This power of the
Magistrate cannot be enlarged and therefore
the only remedy would be after expiry of one
month. For breach or non-compliance with the
order of the Magistrate the wife can
approach the Magistrate again for similar
relief. By no stretch of imagination can the
Magistrate be permitted to impose sentence
for more than one month. In that view of the
matter the High Court was fully justified in
passing the impugned order and we see no
infirmity in the said order to be interfered
with by this Court. The appeal accordingly
fails and is dismissed."

9. It is also seen that this Court also taken a similar view by following the above said decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in MAHBOOB BASHA V. NANNIMA @ HAJARA BIBI AND ANOTHER reported in 2005 (1) L.W. (Crl.) 384.

10. Therefore, in view of the above said well settled principle of law laid down by the Apex Court, this Court is constrained to set aside the impugned order dated 28.10.2003 made in C.M.P.Nos.270, 271 and 269 of 2001 in M.C.No.193 of 1995 on the file of the learned Family Judge, Coimbatore, as the same is contrary to provision under Section 125 (3) Cr.P.C.

11. These petitions are ordered accordingly. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.

gg

To

The Family Judge, Coimbatore.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Advice Please- S - _________AP

Dear Brother

Sad to hear your case

However you have practically crossed the worst.... for you the worst should be over.

The initial arrest and threats associated with that are the worst part of the 498a tragedy. Once you have crossed that, you've crossed the worst.

Please note you are NOT the only one hot by a false 498 case. There are 10s of thousands of cases all around India. The sad fact is that men do NOT come up to fight and hence many who filed false cases get away

Some samples of false cases REPORTED in the press are given below. Thanks to brave fight by victimised husbands over the last few years, courts are aware of the misuse.

Don't misuse Dowry Act, HC tells cops
http://tinyurl.com/5opgsx

SHRC orders compensation to police harassment victim
http://tinyurl.com/6psoh6

Police drag 92-yr-old to court, rapped
http://tinyurl.com/6gqmx4

Court asks inspector to explain arrest in closed dowry case
http://tinyurl.com/6698nm

Check IT returns in dowry cases: HC
http://tinyurl.com/6ns5vd

Now going forward
-------------------------

- DO NOT FEAR. You have DONE NOTHING wrong. Freedom is your constitutional right

- as long as your wife is alive, the chances of YOU or your parents getting convicted / charged in a false 498a case is about 2% .... meaning in 98% of the cases where the wife is alive the Husbands are declared innocent & this is the statistics !!!

- Take heart, build up your courage. That is the key. Explain the situation to your parents. Get them to pick up courage.

- You state that, in your case your wife is earning more than you. In such a case she CAN'T even claim much maintenance from you

Further :
--------------------

- What are her claims in the (false) police complaint ?

- Has the police filed the charge sheet ?

- You said that the next court date is July 27th .... what is that date for ? evidence ? filing of charge sheet by police ? what ?

- Please obtain copies of the FIR, the charge sheet and post / mail back the main averments / allegations...type them and mail them back

- where was the marriage held ? which part of India are you originally from ?

More after hearing from you

Please check our the blogs in my signature tag below for more info

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

>
>23 July, 2008
>
>Mr. S_________ - AP
>
>Comments: I am basically soft by nature
>while she is aggressive and cruel. Right
>from day one she humiliated me abused me and
>sometimes used to beat me.Situation became
>worse when she started working for a higher
>salary than me in a call centre.
>
>One day in the night over a small issue,she
>besat me and when I resisted bit me on my lt
>shoulder and abused me.
>
>She called her parents and they came and
>took her back to their place at ____her place.
>
>She filed a case under 498A ,34cpc and
>using the influence with the police
>commissioner arrested me and my old parents -
>at Hyderabad and took us to _______ her place.
>
>She wanted a sum of Rs`50,0000/- for
>withdrawl of the`case which we could never
>afford.We had to spend three days in
>Jail.After getting bail for all of us we
>came back now living under constant fear of
>what would happen to us.
>
>We being highly educated and respected
>family in Hyderabad, did not take even
>asingle paisa as dowry.on the other hand we
>provided her with separate accomodation
>since she did not wantto live with my
>parents,paid for her MBA studies and bought
>scooter for her. and fed her for the last 8
>years since she would not do any cooking.
>
>She used to constantly threaten us with
>filing 498A if she we did not give in to her
>demands.
>
>We have engaged a lawyer in mysore and
>going for our first hearing on 26th July.
>
>My both parents ....highly educated.... and
>this case has resulted in to untold mental
>physical suffering they are still under shock

"Faith in the system" !

"Faith in the system" !

Many genuine, innocent men who are terrorized by a
possibility of arrest or by real arrest in a false
498a case have lost faith in the "system"

*I sympathize with them*

...Added to this is the general feeling AGAINST men
and their families. E.g. There are instances of
police arrest / bail refusal when money talks fail,
which means the "system" threatens men with arrest ...

Bail refused after MONEY talks failed !!...
http://batteredmale.blogspot.com/2007/10/bail-refused-after-money-talks-failed.html
alternate URL http://tinyurl.com/39unuz

...and talks of corruption in judiciary..

Are courts corrupt? Bar wants to know
http://tinyurl.com/6aufpk

SC to examine corruption charges against judges
http://tinyurl.com/5qmgkh

Supreme Court considers ways to probe judicial
corruption
http://tinyurl.com/5eo4n4

etc...

The "system" has been pretty ok for me...., but
probably I am an exception. When the police
threatened me with arrest, I either said, "arrest me
and I don't care (in my case)".... or I went for an
anticipatory bail (in my mother's case) and was
successful ....

But, what happens when one says "..I've lost hope in
the system.."

Aren't we letting the system screw us more ??

Aren't we letting the system go in its own way ?

Notes :
-------------
This is NOT to criticize the original poster. As
this is a list for victims of false 498a, I'm raising
this question here

regards
vinayak

--- In saveindianfamily@yahoogroups.com, ...........
wrote:
>
>Thanks Vinayak. Appreciate your inputs, will
>think over your points and come up with a
>strategy for fighting or giving up. I dont
>want to marry again, one trauma was enough
>and as I said I have lost hope in the system.
>
>Just for the records, I have not taken any
>dowry. The marriage expenses and even her
>family expenses were taken care of by me for
>quite sometime. The girls family is
>incapable of acquiring 4 square meals a day
>let alone dowry.
>
>
> --- In saveindianfamily@yahoogroups.com,
"e_vinayak" <e_vinayak@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear ..........
> >
> >
> > > > So is this mainly about the balance amount
> > > > payable ? i.e. the money ?
> > > >
> > > > .... and the hurry to get the divorce ?
> >

> > >--- In saveindianfamily@yahoogroups.com,
> > >".................... wrote:
> > >
> > >Thats correct. I'm interested to know about
> > >both the points you mentioned.
> > >

> >
> >
> > Looks like you are NOT ready to fight but
> > are looking for a quick divorce and reducing
> > the money
> >
> > I call this "quick fix"
> >
> > For easy of reference let's call it so
> > in this mail
> >
> > In my 10 years or so experience in this
> > field I find people who look for a "quick
> > fix" are the ones who get the screwed most
> >
> > Later in life the same "quick fix" friends
> > REGRET the rest of their lives for
> >
> > (a) having paid the surpanakas in the first
> > place while there are 100s who have
> > honourably fought bacl
> >
> > (b) seeing their ex wives get happily and
> > easily re married [with the same divorce
> > decree] AND ex wives cursing the first
> > husband as the ass-hole...the looser ....
> > the bad guy...
> >
> > and in many cases
> >
> > (c) their next wife or wives ALSO file
> > false 498a against the same "quick fix" men -
> > why ? if he paid the first woman...why won't
> > he pay the second ????
> >
> >
> > *I hope NONE of the above happens to you*,
> > but I felt it essential to explain my stand
> > and hence this mail
> >
> >
> > Summary : I can't help you on this money
> > reducing, fast divorcing mission
> >
> >
> >
> > regards
> > Vinayak
> >

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Advise to NRI victim fearing parents arrest and contemplating suicide

Dear Brother

ref :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MyNationFoundation/message/14899

Extremely sad to hear your story

1. Take heart. You committing suicide will
solve nothing. Your wife with curse you ,
take on the role of an abla bichari nari
who was ditched by her husband, will
actively re marry, and brain wash your children

2. If you commit suicide your parents would
be LEFT alone to fend for themselves and
bear the sadness all their lives

3. If I were you, I would be raging with
anger, but taking planned, legal steps to
save the parents and protect the children

4. The fear of arrest is the worst thing in
this 498a case.
http://batteredmale.blogspot.com/2008/07/fear-of-arrest-is-terrible-thing-was.html
alternate URL
http://tinyurl.com/689r9f

5. The best alternative : Your parents
should pick up their guts, and be ready for
arrest. I admit that this is easier said
than done. But the more you think of this, I
am sure they would ONLY be too willing to do
this sacrifice and brave act to once and for
all put an end to the nonsense your wife is
creating.

6. Side by side thay should ALSO apply for
anticipatory bail

7. They eligible for anticipatory bail

8. There are Dozen reasons for this
- Every complaint need NOT end up in arrest
- YOUR parents have NOT lived with you ...
- this case itself is false / frivolous and
an after thought
- your parents are ready to co-operate with
the investigation and so need NOT be
arrested...
....and so on

8.1. Read the following on Bail

http://divorceindia.blogspot.com/2007/06/re-anticipatory-bail.html

or alternate URL
http://tinyurl.com/yo4zn4

9. There are umpteen cases where Bail is
granted

Abha's in-laws get bail, say false case
registered
http://tinyurl.com/5denjx

9.1. Even in Murder and terrorist cases
bail is granted

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080718/jsp/jharkhand/story_9565869.jsp

http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=10430

9.2 You have DONE NOTHING. Freedom is your
constitutional right

10. Courage and determination is the key in
this fight. the day men face arrest with a
smile, the SurpanakAs loose the golden
bullet in 498a cases
http://tinyurl.com/5rtjl5

11. Please note you are NOT the only one

There are 10s of thousands of cases day in
and out. Some samples are given below

Don't misuse Dowry Act, HC tells cops
http://tinyurl.com/5opgsx

SHRC orders compensation to police
harassment victim
http://tinyurl.com/6psoh6

Police drag 92-yr-old to court, rapped
http://tinyurl.com/6gqmx4

Court asks inspector to explain arrest in
closed dowry case
http://tinyurl.com/6698nm

Check IT returns in dowry cases: HC
http://tinyurl.com/6ns5vd

Please note that in all above cases the Courts are aware
of the misuse and are supporting the innocent
husband

More after hearing from you

Regards
Vinayak

>
>22 July, 2008
>
>Comments: Hi
>
>I, my wife and our child(__ yrs) recently
>recieved _______ citizenship.
>My wife and our child had to
>apply for visit visa to india.

[...............]

>I waited and she did not turn up, when i
>phoned she started threatning of filing a
>498a against me and give up _______
>citizenship as well unless

[...............]

>I came back .....
>to join back at work(i already took 45 days
>off) and was already on unpaid leave for
>couple of days.

[...............]

>My parents back in India are worried of
>getting arrested any time, in case she files
>a 498a.

[...............]

>I feel like commiting
>sucide. I am unable to bear the fact that i
>looked after my wife very well and she in
>turn is treating me harsh under her parents
>influence.

[...............]

>Please suggest.
>
>Thanks

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Intellectuals decry Indo-US nuclear deal

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Intellectuals_decry_Indo-US_N-deal/articleshow/3256312.cms

Intellectuals decry Indo-US nuclear deal
20 Jul, 2008, 2121 hrs IST, PTI

NEW DELHI: On the eve of the Vote of Confidence, several noted economists, academicians and intellectuals today attacked the government for "rushing headlong" into the Indo-US nuclear deal with an "disingenuous" justification and appealed to MPs to prevent it.

In a joint statement, they alleged that the government was pushing "the major decision (of nuclear deal) affecting the country's future energy and foreign policy" despite "enjoying only minority support, evidently in order to meet the US President's time-frame."

They contended that during the "only discussion" on the nuclear deal in the Lok Sabha, "a majority of MPs were clearly against it. The confidence vote on July 21 cannot be for obvious reasons be construed as a vote on the deal."

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement about the deal "means very little", they said, adding "the mendacity that has marked this decision adds to our fears."

They insisted that the deal would not enhance the country's interests as has been claimed by the government.

In the statement, they appealed to the MPs to "exert pressure on the government not to rush headlong into this deal" and sought "a wider and more honest debate on all relevant issues, so that the people can properly decide what is good for the country and its future."

The authors of the statement include noted economist Ashok Mitra, former union power secretary E A S Sharma, former director with the Department of Atomic Energy Dr A D Damodaran, noted media activist Aruna Roy.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Bookies offer Rs 50 cr to MPs, Sena worried

Bookies offer Rs 50 cr to MPs, Sena worried

21 Jul 2008, 0745 hrs IST, S Balakrishnan,TNN

MUMBAI: Despite brave talk by the Shiv Sena leadership that all its 12 MPs will vote against the UPA government on July 22, there's considerable nervousness within the party.

It's learnt that at least three of its MPs have been approached not only by the Congress and NCP, but also by bookies.

It appears that the bookies led by Hitesh Samrat and Ajay Maheshwari — they consider UPA government as the odds-on favourite to survive the trust vote — have developed huge stakes in the continuance of the UPA government and are going all out to try and fix the outcome of the trust vote.

"The going rate for an MP has shot up to a mind-boggling Rs 50 crore with 50% being the down payment," said a senior Maharashtra intelligence official on Sunday. More attention is being paid to those MPs who have lost their constituencies in the delimitation exercise. "The reasoning is that since these MPs have no constituency to fight from, they'll be more vulnerable to allurements," a Sena leader admitted.

After last night's meeting at Shiv Sena boss Balasaheb Thackeray's residence, Matoshri, leader of Sena's parliamentary group Anant Gite insisted that the party was intact and that all the 12 MPs would vote against the UPA. But now the party is taking extra precautions on "vulnerable" MPs. Even if one MP cross votes or abstains, it will be a huge loss of face for Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray. That's why his detractors outside the party are working overtime to woo Sena MPs.

It's learnt that two leading bookies are camping in an upscale New Delhi hotel and contacting their potential targets. The Congress and NCP recognize that they stand to lose heavily if the UPA government falls and early elections are held.

"Anti-incumbency is so strong in Maharashtra that it will be cakewalk for the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance if elections are held now," a senior Congress minister admitted.

"The consequences of a defeat on July 22 go beyond Lok Sabha elections. They will impact the assembly polls next," he added.

Meanwhile, political parties are hiring private detectives to keep a tab on their MPs. K Krishnan, chairman of Venus Detectives, told TOI: "We've been hired by some parties to keep a watch on their MPs and major players. We are not interested in politics and are only executing a professional job of shadowing those whose names have been given to us by politicians."

Source URL
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bookies_offer_Rs_50_cr_to_MPs_Sena_worried/articleshow/3256972.cms

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Wrongly jailed for 12 years, youth sues govt

http://mailtoday.in/showstory.aspx?queryed=9&querypage=8&boxid=75718953&parentid=8348&eddate=Jul%2020%202008%2012:00AM

Wrongly jailed for 12 years, youth sues govt

By Vikas Kahol in Chandigarh

HE SPENT 12 of the best years of his life languishing in jail for a crime he never committed. Helpless and alone, he saw a callous system butchering his dreams. But now, 39- year- old Navjot Singh, accused of conspiring to kill former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, wants to be compensated for a loss which, even he knows, can never be compensated. Navjot has filed a civil suit against the Centre, the Chandigarh administration and two senior officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) in a Chandigarh court, seeking a compensation of Rs 50 crore for the â€œ harassment and tortureâ€ he underwent. On Saturday, the court issued a notice to the Union of India, Chandigarh administration, Delhi administration and two CBI officials in this regard. â€œ My son has become a wreck after losing the prime years of his life. He wanted to become an IAS officer and was preparing for the civil services. But this wrong implication shattered his dreams, ended everything that was worth living for. Now, his only agenda is to fight and win against those who made him and his family suffer without any fault,â€ Navjotâ€™s father Tarlok Singh said.

Beant was assassinated on August 31, 1995. Two weeks later, on September 17, Navjot was arrested from his Mohali residence for being part of the murder conspiracy.

He was released on July 30, 2007, when a trial court gave its verdict saying the CBI had â€œ miserably failed to bring home any charge against Navjotâ€. The investigating agency had implicated him in another case in Delhi, but he was acquitted there also. A. S. Chahal, Navjotâ€™s counsel, said it was the governmentâ€™s liability to compensate his client for jeopardising his life and career.

Navjot was a brilliant student â€" a post- graduate in English, he held diplomas in material management and journalism and mass communication. Born into a well- connected family, he was working with Ranbaxy at the time of his arrest. â€œ His father retired from the State Bank of India as a senior manager. His grandfather was a doctor and his mother a teacher. One of his uncles was a brigadier while another was the director of the Survey of India. The CBI subjected such a family to acute mental agony and humiliation,â€ Chahal said.

Navjot told the court that the arrest had ruined his personal and professional life. He lost out on a brilliant career and the opportunity to get married and lead a family life. There was no cause for arresting him since the CBI did not have any evidence against him, he said. He had approached various authorities citing his plight, but in vain. Tarlok, who often choked while talking to M AIL T ODAY , said the 12 years his son spent in prison were â€œ horrible for the familyâ€. â€œ My son was 27 years old when he was picked up from our residence. I still recall that day when several people barged into our house. We thought terrorists had attacked us. â€œ They did not disclose their identity and took all of us with them. My wife was kept under house arrest. Later, they kept Navjot under illegal detention for many days. Since then, it has been a battle for justice.â€ Navjot knows Rs 50 crore canâ€™t restore even a second of those 12 years. But, if Navjot wins this battle, the system will pay a heavy price for the injustice they meted out to him.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Wrongly accused of a murder, 39 year old sues Govt for 50 crores

Wrongly accused of a murder, 39 year old sues Govt for 50 crores

------ news item ------

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Beant_killer_seeks_50-cr_damage/articleshow/3252361.cms

Beant Singh 'killer' seeks 50-cr damage

19 Jul 2008, 0444 hrs IST, Supriya Bhardwaj,TNN

CHANDIGARH: For 12 long years, he was branded as a conspirator in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh case. However, relief came for 39-year-old Navjot Singh on July 30, 2007, when the trial court of ADJ Ravi Sondhi acquitted him.

Now, gearing up for another legal battle aimed at seeking Rs 50 crore as compensation for the "harassment and torture" he faced all these years, Navjot filed a civil suit claiming damages from Union of India, Chandigarh administration, Delhi administration and two senior CBI officials in city's district court.

With master's degree in English in his kitty, Navjot was employed in Ranbaxy Laboratories in November 1995, when he was arrested from his Mohali-based home. He was sent to police remand and remained in jail since September 17, 1995 till he was acquitted. Meanwhile, Navjot's name was also dragged in another case at Delhi, but a local court later acquitted him. Navjot was arrested by the CBI that alleged that he is a conspirator in the murder of former CM Beant Singh.

Hearing in case on Saturday

He pleaded that he had suffered not only monetary loss, but also missed out on getting married because of the long time he spent in jail. There was not even an iota of evidence against the plaintiff (Navjot) in the murder case of Beant Singh even for the purpose of arresting him, what to say of putting him to trial. After the arrest of the plaintiff, a number of representations were made to different authorities about his false implication therein without any results, his petition stated.

Along with the suit, which was filed on Friday, Navjot also paid Rs 44,900 as court's fee. Confirming the move, TS Sudan, Navjot's counsel, said, "He has full right to claim damages because the precious time of his life that is youth was spent in jail due to wrong prosecution." Advocate AS Chahal added, "The civil suit will come up for hearing on Saturday before a local court."

Dilawar Singh, who was a human bomb, assassinated the former Punjab chief minister in August 1995.

The trial, which took place in Burail jail, got over with a local court convicting five accused — Jagtar Singh Hawara, Shamsher Singh, Balwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Lakhwinder Singh — and acquitting Navjot Singh.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

IT engineer sues cops for wrongly arresting him

IT engineer sues cops for wrongly arresting him

ibnlive.com

TimePublished on Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 12:17,
Updated at Mon, Jan 14, 2008 in Nation section

New Delhi: A Bangalore-based software engineer, who was wrongly jailed for 50 days by the Pune cyber crime cell last year, has sued the city police.

Lakshmana Kailash K was arrested from his home in Bangalore by eight Pune policemen on the basis of the IT Act on August 31, 2007.

His alleged crime was posting defamatory photos of Chattrapati Shivaji on the social networking site, Orkut. He was arrested on the basis of the Internet Protocol address provided by his Internet service provider, Bharti. As it turned out, the IP address was not his.

Lakshmana had to spend 50 days in Yerwada jail with hardened criminals, had to undergo lathi beatings and was made to use one bowl to both eat in and for using as a toilet.

He was let go on September 21, 2007 after the 'real accused' was arrested.

On Sunday, Lakshmana sent legal notices to Bharti Airtel, Principal Secretary (Home) Maharashtra government and the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Financial & Cyber Crime Unit), Pune Police.

He has demanded Rs 20 crore in damages and has sent a copy of the 10-page legal notice to the National Human Rights Commission as well. In the notice, Lakshmana has given way to his anger at the way in which the police and the judicial system made a mockery of his rights.

He has also written about the degrading conditions to which inmates are subjected to in jail.

The Internet community has been supporting Lakshmana and have been posting their outrage online.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

மனைவியின் புகாரினால் கணவன் கைது

மனைவியின் புகாரினால் கணவன் கைது

கணவனுடன் சேர்ந்து வாழமாட்டேன் என்று கூறிய மனைவி போலீசில் புகார் கொடுத்தார். அந்த மனைவியுடன் சேர்ந்து வாழ கணவன் தயாராய் இருந்தா. இருப்பினும் மனைவியின் புகாரின் பெயரில் கணவன் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார்.

============= NEWS ITEM ==========

http://www.dinamalar.com/Sambavamnewsdetail.asp?News_id=3367&cls=row4&ncat=TN

ஓய்வு ஐ.ஏ.எஸ்., அதிகாரியின் மருமகன் வரதட்சணை கொடுமை வழக்கில் கைது

ஜூலை 21,2008,00:00 IST

சென்னை : ஓய்வு பெற்ற ஐ.ஏ.எஸ்., அதிகாரியின் மருமகன், வரதட்சணை கேட்டு கொடுமைப்படுத்திய வழக்கில் கைது செய்யப்பட்டார். சென்னை தி.நகரில் வசித்து வரும் ஓய்வு பெற்ற ஐ.ஏ.எஸ்., அதிகாரி கற்பூர சுந்தரபாண்டியன் மகள் டாக்டர் வினோதினி ராஜேஸ்வரி(33). இவருக்கும், தி.நகர் நடேசன் சாலையைச் சேர்ந்த இன்ஜினியர் அரவிந்த்(37) என்பவருக்கும் 1997ம் ஆண்டு திருமணம் நடந்தது. 200 சவரன், நான்கு லட்சம் ரூபாய் மற்றும் வெள்ளிப் பொருட்களுடன் சீர் வரிசைகள் செய்து திருமணத்தை கற்பூர சுந்தரபாண்டியன் நடத்தினார்.

திருமணம் முடிந்ததில் இருந்தே கணவன், மனைவி இடையே கருத்து வேறுபாடு ஏற்பட்டு வந்தது. அவர்களுக்கு ஏழு வயதில் பெண் குழந்தை உள்ளது. ஒன்றரை ஆண்டுகளாக கணவரை பிரிந்து தனியாக வாழ்கிறார் வினோதினி ராஜேஸ்வரி. அசோக் நகர் மகளிர் போலீஸ் நிலையத்தில் வினோதினி ராஜேஸ்வரி, "திருமணத்திற்கு பிறகு எனது கணவர் புது கார், அபார்ட்மென்ட் வீடு கேட்டார். திருமணத்திற்கு அதிகளவில் செலவானதால் அவர்கள் கேட்டதை எனது தந்தையால் வாங்கிக் கொடுக்க முடியவில்லை. நள்ளிரவில் வீட்டிற்கு வரும் எனது கணவர், உடன் நண்பர்களை அழைத்து வந்தார். குடித்துவிட்டு அடித்து உதைத்தார். அவரை பிரிந்துச் சென்ற பின்பும் எனக்கு கொலை மிரட்டல்கள் வரத் துவங்கின' என, புகார் கொடுத்தார்.

அசோக் நகர் உதவி கமிஷனர் சேது தலைமையிலான போலீசார், இன்ஜினியர் அரவிந்திடம் விசாரணை நடத்தினர். கணவன், மனைவி இருவரையும் நேரில் அழைத்து தொண்டு நிறுவன பெண் சாந்தி என்பவர் கவுன்சிலிங் கொடுத்தார். "குழந்தையின் நலன் கருதி மனைவியுடன் சேர்ந்து வாழ்கிறேன்' என, அரவிந்த் கூறினார். "என்னுடன் சேர்ந்து வாழ்வதாக பொய் சொல்லும் அரவிந்த் அவரது பெண் தோழிகளுடன் நெருக்கமாக பழகுகிறார். கணவருடன் சேர்ந்து வாழ மாட்டேன்' என வினோதினி ராஜேஸ்வரி கூறினார்.

கணவன் மீது சுமத்திய குற்றச்சாட்டில் வினோதினி ராஜேஸ்வரி உறுதியாக இருந்ததால், அரவிந்த் மீது பெண் கொடுமை தடுப்பு, வரதட்சணை தடுப்பு சட்டம் உட்பட பல்வேறு பிரிவுகளில் வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்தனர். நேற்று பிற்பகல் கைது செய்யப்பட்ட அரவிந்த், சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டார். அரவிந்த் குடும்பத்தினர் மற்றும் அவரது நண்பர் ஹரி ஆகியோர் மீதும் வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது.

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regards, vinayak

My post above is Subject to

1. My idea of *self help* which is very essential : http://tinyurl.com/pxcfz
2. Standard disclaimers as in http://tinyurl.com/947u9
3. A short preamble : http://tinyurl.com/hatew

Seek advise : All India contact Nos : http://tinyurl.com/vntjz

All India contact Nos : alternate URL
http://www.blurty.com/users/vinayak/day/2006/12/10

Dowry Law Misuse : http://tinyurl.com/tdkx6 , http://tinyurl.com/v5vp8

Sample Blogs :
http://merabarath.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-roll.html

How can a woman claim both live-in and rape ?
Elder Abuse : two-thirds of senior citizens feared that they would inevitably become victims of domestic violence .....
Dowry case costs three lives
More die due to exam failure than due to Dowry !!!
Majority of dowry cases are false: SP
HC cautions against the use of dowry law to settle scores
No maintenance for wife who can't prove cruelty: HC
Unmarried Female on pill, delivers a baby in toilet
Wife supposedly 'dead' in Bihar, man 'sights' her in Noida
Triple Talaq is a Legally valid form of Divorce - Madras HC
A failed marriage is not a crime however...
torture allegations are approx 6 times dowry DEATH FIRs !
Marriage cannot be dissolved at the drop of a hat: HC: Mubai
Husband says she had an affair, wife claims dowry harassment !!

Case Laws

NRI cannot be prosecuted without special permission of the Government
Ramakrishna v. Priya Ganesan - Custody of Minor child
Irretrievable break down of marriage
vast difference between "could have been", "must have been" and "has been".
Liberty is Paramount - Joginder Kumar V State of UP

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

India's Singh Counts on Jailed Lawmakers to Win Confidence Vote

By Cherian Thomas and Bibhudatta Pradhan

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is counting on four jailed lawmakers and half a dozen independent members to extend his four-year rule in a confidence vote tomorrow, the first in a decade.

Singh's Congress Party-led coalition and its supporters control 264 seats in the 541-member lower house of parliament, seven short of the 271 majority. The four imprisoned lawmakers - - serving time for murder, kidnapping and arson -- were released for the two-day debate under constitutional provisions guaranteeing their right to vote.

``Every vote counts,'' said Congress lawmaker Giridhar Gamang, whose ballot in the last confidence test in 1999 toppled the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government by a single vote. ``The Congress party will spare no effort.''

The debate was forced by Singh's former communist allies, who withdrew support over an accord with U.S. President George W. Bush that will allow India to import nuclear reactors and fuel. The vote may turn into a test of Singh's plans to ease curbs on foreign investment in insurance, pensions and banking as the economy slows from its best performance in six decades and inflation accelerates to the fastest in 13 years.

``It's difficult to say which way the vote will go,'' said Subhash C. Kashyap, the top bureaucrat in India's lower house of parliament between 1983 and 1990. ``A loss is going to set back the government's reform agenda.''

Four-Fold

India's stock market surged more than four-fold in the first 3 1/2 years of Singh's administration as the 75-year-old prime minister presided over an economic expansion that averaged 8.9 percent a year, the fastest since independence in 1947.

This year, foreign investors, who bought a record $17.2 billion of stocks in 2007, have turned sellers as the benchmark equity index has lost a third of its value. The central bank expects growth in Asia's third-largest economy may slow to 8 percent this year, dragged down by record high oil prices.

Singh will start the debate in parliament in New Delhi followed by the main opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party. While both parties favor pro-business policies, the BJP gained a nationwide following promoting the rights of India's Hindu majority over the Congress party's secular policies. After fifty speeches by leaders of 37 parties, lawmakers will cast their votes electronically.

The ruling United Progressive Alliance has 225 seats and is counting on 39 lawmakers of the Samajwadi Party, which represents Muslims and lower caste, or social groups, in the nation's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi pledged support on July 9 in place of the communists, who say the nuclear pact weakens India's ability to pursue an independent foreign policy.

Party Orders

Still, even orders from party leaders, known as whips, don't guarantee every member will toe the line.

About seven Samajwadi lawmakers will defy the party whip and vote against the government, legislator Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan told Bloomberg News in a telephone interview July 17.

``I am opposed to the nuclear deal as the whole country is being mortgaged to America through it,'' said Hasan. ``I am ready to face any consequence for defying the party whip.''

The accord will allow India to import technology and fuel without joining the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Singh says India needs the deal to increase nuclear generation almost 10-fold and end blackouts in the world's second-most populous country after China.

Buying Votes

Amar Singh, leader of Samajwadi Party, said the rival Bahujan Samaj Party, which also represents disenfranchised groups in Uttar Pradesh, offered 300 million rupees ($7 million) to one of its members to vote against the Singh administration. Bahujan Samaj called the allegations a `bundle of lies.''

India's Supreme Court has refused to uphold charges against lawmakers who take bribes in return for their vote in parliament. The court dropped charges in 1998 against lawmakers who received money to vote in a 1993 confidence motion, saying it can't interfere in the proceedings of the house.

Political parties use every legal means to win votes. Congress lawmaker Gamang was appointed chief minister of the eastern state of Orissa before the 1999 confidence vote. While he should have quit parliament after the appointment he retained his seat for two months to use his constitutional right to vote.

Granted Bail

The Patna High Court last week granted bail to Mohammed Shahabuddin to attend the special session of parliament, said Ram Kripal Yadav, chief whip of the Rashtriya Janata Dal Party, an ally of the ruling coalition.

The same court, in the capital of Bihar state, also temporarily released Lok Jantantrik Party lawmaker Surajbhan Singh, while a lower court in Allahabad allowed Samajwadi member Atiq Ahmed to attend the vote, the Press Trust of India reported. The Delhi High Court also gave permission to Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, to attend parliament, Press Trust said.

``While legally they may get the right to attend parliament and vote, there is a question of political morality involved,'' the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said in a statement. ``The Congress party will be seen by the entire country as taking recourse to convicted criminals to sustain their government.''

To contact the reporters on this story: Cherian Thomas in New Delhi & Bibhudatta Pradhan in New Delhi please refer URL below

Source URL
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aUI7G9.tf8Eg&refer=asia

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

விஷமிகள் சிலர் சீண்டியதால் அரை நிர்வாணமான பெண்

http://www.dinamalar.com/Sambavamnewsdetail.asp?News_id=3377&cls=row3&ncat=IN

விஷமிகள் சிலர் சீண்டியதால் அரை நிர்வாணமான பெண்

ஜூலை 21,2008,00:00 IST

ராஜ்கோட் : கொடுமைப்படுத்திய மாமனார், மாமியார் மற்றும் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்காத போலீசாரை கண்டித்து, பூஜா சவுகான் என்ற இளம் பெண், கடந்த ஆண்டு குஜராத் மாநிலம் ராஜ்கோட்டில் அரை நிர்வாணமாக வந்து பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்தினார். அவரின் பாணியை தற்போது அம்மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள பல பெண்கள் பின்பற்றத் துவங்கியுள்ளனர். சமீபத்தில் தன்னைச் சீண்டிய விஷமிகள் சிலர் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கக் கோரி, மற்றொரு இளம் பெண்ணும் அரை நிர்வாண ஊர்வலம் சென்றார்.

குஜராத் மாநிலம் ராஜ்கோட்டின் சாககர் நகர் பகுதியில், கடந்த புதன்கிழமை இரவு கீதா சாலட் என்ற இளம் பெண், ஓட்டல் ஒன்றில் அமர்ந்து சாப்பிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தார். அப்போது, அங்கு வந்த ஆட்டோ ரிக்ஷா டிரைவர் ஒருவர் உட்பட சிலர் அவரைச் சீண்டினர். கேலி, கிண்டல் செய்து அவருக்கு கோபமூட்டினர். தன்னைச் சீண்ட வேண்டாம் என, கீதா கேட்டுக் கொண்டும் அவர்கள் மசியவில்லை. தொடர்ந்து அவரை சீண்டினர் மற்றும் மானபங்க படுத்த முயற்சித்தனர்.

இந்த நடவடிக்கையால், எரிச்சல் அடைந்த கீதா சாலட், உடன் தான் அணிந்திருந்த சட்டையை கழற்றி கையில் பிடித்துக் கொண்டு, ஏராளமானவர்கள் முன்னிலையில் அரை நிர்வாணமாக வீதியில் சென்றார். தன்னை சீண்டியவர்கள் மீது, போலீசார் நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக இவ்வாறு செய்தார். உடன் இதுபற்றி தகவல் அறிந்து, சம்பவ இடத்திற்கு வந்த போலீசார், கீதாவை கேலி, கிண்டல் செய்ததோடு, அவரை மானபங்கப்படுத்த முற்பட்ட நபர்களை கைது செய்தனர். அத்துடன், பொது இடத்தில் அசிங்கமாக நடந்து கொண்டதற்காக கீதாவையும் கைது செய்தனர்.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Pooja Chauhan once again nude ???

http://howrah.org/india_news/18744.html

Woman in harassment row admitted to hospital

ASIANAGE 13 July, 2008 04:23:17

By Deepal Trivedi

Ahmedabad

July 13: Puja Chauhan, the young woman from Rajkot who had walked semi-nude on the streets in protest against laxity of the police in registering a complaint against her in-laws who were allegedly harassing her, has been admitted to the civil hospital after a tiff with her neighbours. Her mental state is being questioned by her neighbours and the local police.

Puja created a storm when she walked the streets in conservative Rajkot just in her undergarments and a red rose alleging police callousness in filing cases against her husband and in-laws for mental and physical harassment.

The 22-year-old had stated that she was harassed for not bringing adequate dowry and bearing a male child.

After she had walked in her lingerie, the police immediately sprung into action and arrested her husband, in-laws and two neighbours.

Rajkot police commissioner K. Nityanandam had then said that the police will file a complaint against Puja for indecent behaviour in public but first study her mental condition. Puja had a love marriage and was living alone with her daughter Anjali when she went bare in public.

Vinod Rancchodbhai, a neighbour, said Puja's mental condition was completely unstable.

On Sunday, she had a tiff with her neighbours. Puja took on saffron clothes and had said she was taking up sanyas. The religious sect she was endorsing refused her claims. Later on Puja came out on the streets and reprimanded one Varshaben Parmar. According to a police complaint, Puja threatened Varsha saying she will kill her if Varsha did not heed to her religious preaching and public behaviour. Varsha registered a complaint with the Rajkot police on Saturday night. On Sunday, Puja again had a tiff and allegedly beat up one neighbour. Later on she was attacked by others and admitted to the Rajkot Civil Hospital.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

The fear of arrest is a terrible thing / was "are we addicted to Dowry"

>Anyway I believe truth will always win.

> I have been lucky enough to get AB without
>anyone going in. Even though I ended up
>paying lot to all the thugs who have made
>this business.

The fear of arrest is a terrible thing

The fear of arrest was probably created by
rulers in the minds of subjects / citizens
since time immemorial to reduce crime, to have
some order in society..etc..

The same fear is being used by the "thugs" in
this 498a business to milk ordinary ,
straightforward, law abiding, educated, decent
citizens in India today

I've experienced this fear and so am NOT
preaching here. I've slowly come out of this fear
thanks to family and friends in SIF... , so
like most often I'm just sharing the experience
here

Worse still is the fear of seeing your aged
mother or father in prison

The normal bread winner also has to worry
about possible loss of job as the rest of
society still thinks that men are convicts even
before tried in courts and proven

This makes it easy for the "thugs" in this
extortion racket to milk unsuspecting husbands

How to get out of this fear and how to tell
every married man that the jail isn't all that
bad compared to living a life of misery with a
blackmailer, an un scrupulous woman who can
file a false DV or 498a any time

How to tell men of today that the Jail after
all is welcome to 50% of your home or tens of
thousands of rupees per month as alimony for an
un scrupulous companion ...thanks to DV act ??

Soon a lesson in 4898a would be essential
before the sapthapathi

India has an unique way of adopting many
things into our customs and a DV + 498a lecture
should fit into the marriage rituals probably

For temporary periods of time Gandhi ji got
Indians to feel that getting arrested for
swaraj was a prestige

This was in spite of most British Prisons
including the infamous ones at andamans being
far more terrible than the ones today

How do we get to this state in with the masses ?

regards
Vinayak

>
>
>--- On Sun, 20/7/08, .....
><.....@ yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Subject: ..... Re: Are we getting addicted to
dowry?
>To: saveindianfamily@ yahoogroups. com
>Date: Sunday, 20 July, 2008, 7:10 PM
>
>
>
>Team
>
>Something similar to me happen, the only
>bad things is they married the girl, who
>kept on thinking why did I marry someone
>without taking any dowry. This lead to
>suspicion in her mind and she always tried
>to see what was wrong in me. She use to
>question everything I did. I felt main cause
>was why did not we demand anything. There
>must be something wrong on our side.
>
>Unfortunately I ended up in 498 /DV /125
>cases. I question myself whether not taking
>dowry is a good thing in a society which
>sees it a way of ensuring you are good.
>
>Anyway I believe truth will always win. I
>have been lucky enough to get AB without
>anyone going in. Even though I ended up
>paying lot to all the thugs who have made
>this business.
>
>A
>>
>>--- In saveindianfamily@ yahoogroups. com,
>>..... <.... @... > wrote:
>>
http://gopal-athani.blogspot.com/2008/07/are-we-getting-addicted-to-dowry.html
>>
>>What I am going to narrate is another real
>>incidence, which sounds very amusing, but
>>certainly there is a great food for thought.
>>
>>One of my best friends, Anand, called me up
>>day before yesterday after a long time, to
>>inform me that he had liked a girl, and even
>>his family liked her, and everything would
>>be settled down in a month, and marriage
>>would be in December. He had come back from
>>US for a holiday and this surprising
>>development happened. This came as a great
>>surprise for me because this guy never liked
>>the company of girls and always used to tell
>>us that he would never marry for any cost.
>>There were many incidences in our college
>>days when he ran away from some
>>opportunities because he had work with
>>girls! Like anchoring in a college function
>>or some performance like a duet song.
>>
>>First of all I could not believe his tone
>>when he told me this. He sounded perfectly
>>happy. So naturally I conveyed my heartily
>>condolences to him, and wished all the very
>>best time in the remaining time of freedom J.
>>
>>Today I was waiting for his call, as he was
>>supposed to call me to inform the dates of
>>the engagement and marriage. But I did not
>>get any call from him. I thought the guy
>>might be having a long list of people to
>>inform, and thought give him a call myself.
>>When I did so, I was expecting the same
>>happier and exited tone of a boy about to
>>get married. But it was a diametrically
>>opposite one. First he took some time in
>>some other things. Then finally when I
>>rounded him on this, he gave me shocking
>>news. His proposal was rejected by the
>>girl's family.
>>
>>Anand comes from a very rich and yet a very
>>generous family. His parents are so well
>>cultured, respected in the whole town. His
>>father is a well known surgeon in Bijapur,
>>and his mother a devoted house wife. They
>>are totally against all the social evils
>>like dowry. For his sisters they never gave
>>any dowry nor were they going to get for
>>Anand.
>>
>>The very next day both families were
>>sitting together for further discussion, to
>>fix a date and all. As Anand said the
>>meeting did not last for more than 20 mins.
>>The first topic the girl's family raised was
>>dowry. Anand's father, clearly denied dowry
>>in any form. This for anyone of us is a
>>reason to be happy and respect such a
>>person. But surprisingly for the girl's
>>family, it was not. Anand said they suddenly
>>started looking into each other's face and
>>fell silent completely for a while. And they
>>asked for some time to discuss something
>>within their family, and went out. After
>>half an hour the mediator for this proposed
>>marriage returned, without anyone from
>>girl's family. He told Anand and his family
>>that they are not interested in this relation!
>>
>>The reasonâ€¦..*they thought that if Anand
>>and his family are not demanding any dowry,
>>then there must be something wrong with
>>Anand or his family!!!! * You would not
>>believe, but it is the truth. I did not know
>>whether to laugh at those stupid people or
>>cry for Anand.
>>
>>Have the social evils left another effect
>>on our society, that we can not realize the
>>truly human values of a person?
>>
>>Or is it that social evils have become so
>>common that if someone is denying them,
>>opposing them, and is keen to be a living
>>personality outside them, is perceived to be
>>abnormal?
>>
>>
>>Or is it just a suspicion of the human mind
>>that always perceives that if there is
>>something good, it is veiling evil behind
>>it? Why are we generalizing the same on
>>everyone?
>>
>>Now, with such an incidence, if Anad's
>>father changes his mind? And asks for dowry
>>next time? Offcourse he wont do it. But such
>>incidences do have a potential to change the
>>little humanity we have in the society.
>>
>>Probably here there is a need to run a
>>campaign against dowry in a different way.
>>
>>What do you think?
>>
>>

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High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Betting syndicates the biggest losers in trust vote game

http://www.livemint.com/2008/07/18153248/Web-Special--Betting-syndicat.html

Web Special | Betting syndicates the biggest losers in trust vote game

A falling stock market, rising inflation and lack of liquidity in their hands are forcing bettors to stay away from betting for or against the UPA government

Sunil Raghu

What law enforcing agencies have apparently failed to do, the falling stock market, rising inflation and lack of money in hand of people seems to have achieved. Players in the illegal betting business in the country are blaming these factors for "surprisingly" little interest in betting on the biggest political event of today — the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's trust vote, to be held in Indian Parliament on 22 July.

"The syndicate had asked us for a market pulse to initiate betting for Dr Manmohan Singh's government's trust vote. But when we enquired from our khelis (local pointmen) the feedback was negative. So, the syndicate has till date not initiated any betting on this event," said an Ahmedabad-based bookie on condition of anonymity.

The other reason being cited is that though the event has got plenty of media time and space, bettors are apparently either unaware of or indifferent to it.

"Nobody is bothered and if people do not come forward to put their bets in large numbers, we and the syndicate could end up losing money," the bookie said.

This is in sharp contrast to the interest generated during the Indian Premier League 20-20 championship held in April and May. Wild guestimates by some bookies and their men suggest not less than Rs10,000 crore was bet during entire tournament.

According to the bookie, even the Gujarat legislative asssembly elections, held on 11 December and 16 December last year, generated a better response among bettors than the trust vote.

A high-ranking police official from Ahmedabad, who did not wish to be named, said that a 'faceless' and 'anonymous' syndicate consisting of an individual or a group of people anywhere across the globe, has threre or four bookies in each betting centre. These bookies in turn have khelis, who act as agents for the bookies and take bets from local bettors.

In Gujarat, bookies and khelis such as Dinesh Kalgi, Anil Saree, Gulu Sarkhej and Pradeep Dairy belong to a network that became active in betting on political fortunes in Gujarat since 1995, when the current union textiles minister Shankersinh Vaghela ousted the then chief minister of Gujarat and BJP leader Keshubhai Patel from chief ministership.

They represent the lowest tier of a structure where the big bosses operate from four main centres — Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Delhi. It is these men who at times are hired at a price of up to Rs1 lakh per betting event and their responsibility is to carry out an informal ground-level survey of political fortunes in specific regions and collect money from the bettors.

"It is always the syndicate that decides on what issues they want to initiate betting, based on the feedback they get from their bookies. This time, it appears the syndicate has not yet issued any diktat on initiating betting on UPA government's trust vote. With little time left, it is unlikely there would be very extensive betting on this issue except by select few in major centres," he said.

This was confirmed by a bookie based in Surat in South Gujarat. "I have been in this business for over two decades but have never seen such lack of interest from the syndicate. I have not yet got any communication from my syndicate in Kolkatta," he said. Mint's attempt to get a view on the betting scene on the UPA trust vote from Mumbai and Delhi too drew a naught. "Our bookie is not taking any bets on this as yet," said a Mumbai-based kheli
.

Talking about betting on political events, the Ahmedabad-based bookie said it is not just select businessmen and local politicians who beton political events but even national-level political leaders always appear eager for a little flutter and place their bets within a close-knit network of bookies.

"This could have been an ideal opportunity for betting. But with the stock market in doldrums and political parties supposedly putting their money elsewhere, money of most of our players have little cash in hand. This has hit our business hard and except in few pockets and fewer players, no bets are being placed," said a kheli based out of Delhi.

Whether or not the Prime Minister would be able to win the trust vote on 22 July remains to be seen, but masters of illegal betting business have surely lost the battle this time.

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Bookies find it too close to call

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1178254

Bookies find it too close to call

Joe Williams

Friday, July 18, 2008 04:01 IST

PUNE: It's not just MPs, the July 22 trust vote has sent bookies and punters into a tizzy too with the satta markets of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh expecting hectic activity for the next few days.

In a reflection of the prevailing uncertainty, the odds on both possibilities — UPA winning the trust vote or facing defeat — are really close. According to a bookie, a rupee bet against the UPA will fetch 80 paise while a rupee bet on the Congress completing its term in office will fetch 90 paise. With a difference of just 10 paise, the opposition has only a marginal edge.

But the bookie cautioned the odds could change dramatically as the day of the confidence vote nears. He expected the difference in rates to increase to as much as 30 paise.

The response in the Mumbai market has been muted, he added.

Till Thursday afternoon, more than Rs500 core had been bet on the government falling while Rs300 crore had been bet on Manmohan Singh staying on as prime minister. Of this, only Rs100 crore has been bet by punters in Mumbai.

But the bookie said he expects the total bets to cross Rs2,000 crore by July 22. While the Mumbai market is yet to pick up momentum, he said, this could change, especially since the business houses favour the ruling coalition.

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OLD NEWS : Satta rates: UPA win: 40p, defeat: Rs 2

Satta rates: UPA win: 40p, defeat: Rs 2
18 Jul 2008, 0145 hrs IST, S Balakrishnan,Times News Network

MUMBAI:

With the countdown to July 22 having begun, Mumbai and other cities are witnessing hectic betting activity. According to sources, the odds are 40 paise for the UPA managing to retain power. This means that for every wager of Re 1, the bettor will get Rs 1.40 if the government wins the trust vote. The odds on the government falling are Rs 2.

With matka operators forced to down shutters and no worthwhile cricket matches to lay bets on, the political drama in New Delhi is generating tremendous betting activity. "The situation has become more interesting with corporate bigwigs entering the scene," a senior inspector of police said.

Big-time bookies like Sunil Dubai, Sobhan Kalachowkie, Jayanti Malad, Subhash Indore, Laxmi Thana and DJ Andheri are busy accepting bets not only from within India, but also from West Asia and other regions. According to estimates, bets worth Rs 250 crore have already been placed.

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regards, vinayak

My post above is Subject to

1. My idea of *self help* which is very essential : http://tinyurl.com/pxcfz
2. Standard disclaimers as in http://tinyurl.com/947u9
3. A short preamble : http://tinyurl.com/hatew

Seek advise : All India contact Nos : http://tinyurl.com/vntjz

All India contact Nos : alternate URL
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Dowry Law Misuse : http://tinyurl.com/tdkx6 , http://tinyurl.com/v5vp8

Sample Blogs :
http://merabarath.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-roll.html

How can a woman claim both live-in and rape ?
Elder Abuse : two-thirds of senior citizens feared that they would inevitably become victims of domestic violence .....
Dowry case costs three lives
More die due to exam failure than due to Dowry !!!
Majority of dowry cases are false: SP
HC cautions against the use of dowry law to settle scores
No maintenance for wife who can't prove cruelty: HC
Unmarried Female on pill, delivers a baby in toilet
Wife supposedly 'dead' in Bihar, man 'sights' her in Noida
Triple Talaq is a Legally valid form of Divorce - Madras HC
A failed marriage is not a crime however...
torture allegations are approx 6 times dowry DEATH FIRs !
Marriage cannot be dissolved at the drop of a hat: HC: Mubai
Husband says she had an affair, wife claims dowry harassment !!

Case Laws

NRI cannot be prosecuted without special permission of the Government
Ramakrishna v. Priya Ganesan - Custody of Minor child
Irretrievable break down of marriage
vast difference between "could have been", "must have been" and "has been".
Liberty is Paramount - Joginder Kumar V State of UP

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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Crores worth media contracts and Renuka Chaudhry

48 crore media contracts and Renuka Chaudhry

*Bureaucrats face Renuka's wrath, * By - Vineeta Pandey

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1178376

*Central Social Welfare Board exec director is the latest victim*

NEW DELHI: Renuka Chowdhury has been at the forefront of the debate over women's rights, but her own backyard, the ministry of women and child development (WCD), is plagued by internal squabbles. As many as nine officers and a personal assistant, most of them women, have been shunted out of the ministry or shifted to another department for not toeing Renuka's line ever since she took charge two-and-a-half years ago.

The latest officer to face Renuka's ire is Sujata Saunik, executive director of Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB). A 1987 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Saunik was given marching orders after she refused to award media contracts to a particular group, ministry sources said.

Hinting at a possible scam, they said Renuka was keen on awarding contracts for supplying media publicity material to a particular company.

First, joint secretary Lovleen Kacker objected to it and was removed. When other officers too refused to oblige, the ministry reportedly asked CSWB and the National Commission for Women to award the contracts to the firm. But Saunik too disagreed.

"A media tender worth Rs48 crore is at stake. Saunik objected to the tendering process which had only two bidders, including one that is the minister's choice. This apparently did not go down well with the minister and she asked CSWB chairperson Prema Cariappa to remove her," a source said.

Sources also questioned the reinstatement of joint director KJ Kakanwar, who was under suspension for the past two years, facing an inquiry for corruption.

They said Kakanwar was appointed executive director in Saunik's place to facilitate the empanelment of the favoured firm.

Charged with insubordination, favouritism and corruption, Saunik has been deported to the department of personnel and training. Her official vehicle has been taken back and room sealed.

Strongly denying the ministry's allegations, Saunik said: "After 21 years of service, I am hurt to hear that I am abusive and aggressive. The real reason is something else."

Cariappa told DNA: "I am too new to CSWB. I have only taken away administrative powers from Sujata. It is the ministry (of Renuka) which has removed her."

The ministry defended itself saying Saunik misbehaved with Cariappa after the CSWB chairperson reinstated Kakanwar.

Renuka's office said the board's work was suffering due to the tension between the two women officers. The ministry, however, failed to explain why the "tainted" joint director (Kakanwar) was not removed to show impartiality.

Saunik is the ninth bureaucrat to be penalised for not toeing Renuka's line. Her immediate predecessor Archana Awasthi too was removed within five months of taking charge for similar reasons.

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High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

வரதட்சணை வழக்கில் மாஜிஸ்திரேட் மனைவி கைது

ஜூலை 19,2008,00:00 IST

கோவை : வரதட்சணை கொடுமை வழக்கில், மாஜிஸ்திரேட் மனைவி சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டார். வடமதுரை, குருந்தாச்சல் நகர் ரங்கம்மாள் கார்டனைச் சேர்ந்தவர் ஜக்கிரியா(30); 2004ல் ஜமீலா என்பவரை காதலித்து திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டார். அதன்பின், கணவர் ஜக்கிரியாவும், குடும்பத்தினரும் வரதட்சணை கேட்டு ஜமீலாவை துன்புறுத்தினர்.

பாதிக்கப்பட்ட ஜமீலா , கோவை அனைத்து மகளிர் போலீசில் புகார் கொடுத்தார். இதில், கணவர் ஜக்கிரியா, மாமியார் குளோரி, கணவரின் அக்கா ரோஜா ஆகியோர் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டனர். இப்புகாரை விசாரித்த போலீசார், நேற்று ரோஜாவை கைது செய்தனர்.

ஜே.எம்.எண்: மூன்றாம் கோர்ட் மாஜிஸ்திரேட் முன்னிலையில் ஆஜர்படுத்தப்பட்ட ரோஜா, 15 நாள் நீதிமன்ற காவலுக்காக மத்திய சிறையில் அடைக்கப்பட்டார். கைது செய்யப்பட்ட ரோஜா, மாஜிஸ்திரேட் ஒருவரின் மனைவி என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Samajwadi Party rebels to vote against UPA

http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=2314994&navname=General%20&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/timesofindia/general/timesofindia.php&homeurl=http://www.samachar.com

Samajwadi Party rebels to vote against UPA

18 Jul 2008, 1835 hrs IST,PTI

NEW DELHI: Rebel Samajwadi Party MP Munnawar Hasan on Friday announced that he would defy the party whip and vote against the UPA government on July 22.

"I will defy the party whip and vote against the UPA government on nuclear deal during the confidence vote on July 22. I have support of around seven party MPs. The deal is anti-Muslim and we are against it more so because it is being promoted by the US, which is an anti-Muslim country," Hasan told reporters here.

The Muzaffarnagar MP, who has been offered a ticket for the next general election by the BSP, said that he has not formally joined Mayawati but would do so after July 22.

"Once me and my other fellow MPs defy the SP whip, then we will join BSP," Hasan said.

He claimed that he was persistently being wooed by "various people" to vote in favour of the UPA government. "In fact on July 10, one Rupesh Kumar who identified himself as a chartered accountant of a company, offered me a bribe of Rs 25 crore to vote in favour of the government," the MP claimed.

When asked as to why he did not register a complaint against the person or inform BSP supremo Mayawati about it, Munnawar said he found the media an appropriate outlet to disclose this information.

Though he avoided uttering anything against SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Munnawar said the SP's Muslim votebank had "slipped" and many of its MPs, who did not turn up for the Parliamentary Party meeting held earlier today, were against the deal.

"In fact some Congress MPs too are in touch with me while SP MPs like Raj Narayan Budholiya and Jai Prakash Rawat are already with us," he claimed.

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High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Indians making inroads into US legal system

http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=2308770&navname=General&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/ndtv/general/ndtv.php&homeurl=http://www.samachar.com/mostread.php

Indians making inroads into US legal system

Moonis Ijlal

Thursday, July 17, 2008 (Jaipur)

Apart from the BPO and KPO sectors, which already have bases in western Rajasthan, it's the turn of the Legal Process Outsourcing sector to head for the desert state.

And that's good news for the ITES industry, which has been hit hard by the recession-like conditions in the US.

The Big Apple is outsourcing legal services to India like never before. And Jaipur is emerging as one of the hubs of the trade. The law graduates in the Pink City are making their presence felt in the American corridors of law.

''Basically it's good for young lawyers. If a fresher passes out of college, he gets a handsome amount and he can work for 5-8 hours a day. So the potential is very high. Currently, the industry is worth 2.5 billion rupees and by 2010 it may rise to 200-250 billion dollars, which is a very huge potential,'' says Ajay Shukla, a lawyer.

A team of lawyers is in a huddle to find the legal solution to their clients sitting in United States. And if all goes well, their group would soon be a firm heading Legal Process Outsourcing in Rajasthan.

Although US laws are different from those of India but rigorous training have made Indian lawyers master the expertise to deal with American cases.

''This is lucrative from the money point of view because in legal field in India, we don't have so much work so people are going towards this LPO for many purposes. It is also a glamorous job and involves chamber work for which we don't have to go outside. We'll do work in our chambers,'' says a lawyer Bhuvesh Jain.

It is predicted that by 2010, India is slated to receive 60 per cent of legal jobs outsourced by the US. Now that's what we call a lawful entry.

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High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Samajwadi Party rebels to vote against UPA

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

UPA inches ahead, but it's too close to call

http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=2310208&navname=General&moreurl=http://publication.samachar.com/timesofindia/general/timesofindia.php&homeurl=http://www.samachar.com/mostread.php

UPA inches ahead, but it's too close to call

18 Jul 2008, 0020 hrs IST,TNN

NEW DELHI: Congress and BJP were engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat for ramping up numbers for the trust vote as a meeting of NDA chief ministers decided on Thursday to rev up efforts to dislodge the government and Congress hit back by targetting rebel BJP MPs and sought to scupper saffron efforts to tie up a deal with JMM chief Shibu Soren.

NDA chief ministers, who met at BJP leader L K Advani's residence, were in a combative mood with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar setting the tone by calling for an "early exit" of the government which had lost "saakh aur dhaak (credibility and respect)" and was ripe for assault, marking an escalation of the poaching game.

If the NDA CMs, especially Kumar, Gujarat's Narendra Modi and Karnataka's S Yediyurappa, are working on how to lure away MPs from the pro-deal column, Congress worked through the day to neutralise BJP's pitch for Soren and his cohorts by upping their offer to the JMM leader.

The tribal leader is now being sought to be assuaged with promises of one Cabinet berth and at least one minister of state slot at the Centre.

The sudden outbreak of generosity is rooted in hard realism. The canny JMM leader, known as 'Guruji', is a critical element in the July 22 trust vote and has been aggressively pursued by BJP through an influential intermediary and with the carrot of chief minister's post in Jharkhand. These overtures have been made in spite of BJP having a strong chance of taking power in the state.

The six who may decide UPA's fate

Suraj Bhan
LJSP, Balia, Bihar
Sentenced to life last month for murder of a farmer in 1992.

Pappu Yadav alias Rajesh Ranjan
RJD, Purnea, Bihar
Sentenced in February 2008 for life for murder of former CPM MLA Ajit Sarkar in 1998.

Umakant Yadav
BSP, Machhlishahr, UP
Jailed for allegedly razing shops and houses while trying to forcibly occupy land in Azamgarh in UP in 2007.

Ateeq Ahmad
Phulphur, UP
Charged in: 21 criminal cases, including some involving murder. One such was the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005.

Afzal Ansari
SP, Ghazipur, UP
Brother of UP don Mukhtar Ansari. In jail facing charges in the murder of BJP MLA Krishanand Rai in 2005.

Mohd Shahabuddin
RJD, Siwan, Bihar |
Convicted in: 3 cases between March and August 2007: life term for kidnapping leading to murder of a trader in 1999, 10 yrs for attack on Siwan SP in 1996 and 2 yrs for attack on CPI(ML) office in 1998.

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Divorce Lawyers Shot To Death In Bed

NYC Husband-And-Wife Team Discovered Dead In Their Brooklyn Home

(CBS/ AP) A husband-and-wife team of divorce lawyers were found shot to death in their bed, police said Thursday.

The bodies of 50-year-old Mark Schwartz and his 48-year-old wife, Christina-Maria Petrowski-Schwartz, were discovered in their Brooklyn home around noon on Wednesday.

The New York Post quoted police sources as saying both victims were shot in the temple. There were no signs of a forced entry. Investigators found no weapon but did recover shell casings. Police say there was no reported history of violence between the couple or at their home.

A police source told the New York Daily News that investigators were "paying particular attention to the couple's business associates" in the search for their killer or killers.

The newspaper said the couple's German shepherd was found tied up in the back yard.

"We're all wondering how someone got near these folks," neighbor Nancy Inzerill told the Daily News. "It must have been someone the dog knew. Every time you pass there, he jumps up at the door."

The couple lived in a single-family home in the Marine Park neighborhood, an area residents call "the suburbs in the city."

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High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

When will the judge order SAVING parents ???

When will the judge order SAVING parents ???

While activist judges are ordering couple to save marriages, why are the parents left in lurch ?? are parents sinners to be thrown on the roads ?

Why is elder absue at an all time high and why are parents being thrown out at alarming rates ?

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Judge orders one night stand to save a marriage!

From S.N.M.Abdi, Our correspondent (Kolkata Calling)

18 July 2008

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BENGALIS like to believe that they are miles ahead of the rest of India. But when it comes to judicial activism at least, I have no doubts that Calcutta High Court scores over all other High Courts of the country. This week Calcutta High Court's Justice Asim Banerjee suddenly raised the bar ordering a couple - on the brink of divorce - to check into a city hotel for a night before taking a final decision about their troubled marriage.

"The two of you must spend a night together and report to me the next day", announced the wise judge taking everyone, including the litigants, Sandip Chakraborty, 32 and his wife Mousumi, 25, by surprise. Sandip and Mousumi were living apart since last year when their marriage soured. Mousumi left Sandip's house in Chinsurah and returned to her parents in Asansol. Both subsequently moved the court. Only to be stumped by the judge who said: "Bitterness between the couple will increase if this matter is not sorted out quickly. So let's try an unusual way of reuniting them."

The judge has specifically ordered the Chakrabortys to finalise the date of their one night stand as soon as possible and let him know!

Significantly, other Calcutta High Court judges are also playing the role of peace-makers trying their best to mend troubled marriages in rather unusual ways.

Not too long ago, judge told a warring couple locked in another divorce suit to get rid of their lawyers and find an amicable solution. And yet another couple was flatly told to kiss and make up for the sake of their children. A judge also ordered an estranged couple to give meddlesome mothers-in-law a wide berth and check into a hotel in the seaside resort of Puri in nearby Orissa to patch up their differences.

They immediately boarded a train for Puri. The break was so enriching that on their return, the husband walked out on his parents. He rented a flat to live with his wife - the extraordinary verdict saving their marriage in the nick of time.

But activist judges are being praised even by cynical lawyers. One barrister said: "In any case, no court will grant a divorce unless it is satisfied that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. So there is no harm in thinking out of the box. It may or may not work. But even if it works once, it is worth the trouble."

In another notable case, judges ordered a handsome dance trainer to take his female students through their steps only in the presence of his wife and saved their marriage. Justice Talukdar and Justice Mitra passed the order while hearing a bail petition in a case of matrimonial cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code filed against Suraj Dokania by his wife, Sneha. The dance trainer petitioned the court to evade arrest after the police registered a criminal case. Earlier, Sneha had lodged an FIR accusing her husband of torturing her for 'insufficient' dowry. They got married in 2001. Since then, the Dokanias were allegedly pressuring Sneha to convince her parents to part with another Rs1 million. After lodging an FIR, she left her husband and returned to her parental home.

During the hearing of Suraj's bail petition, prosecution lawyer Asimesh Goswami told the division bench that the accused flirted outrageously with his female students besides piling pressure on Sneha for cash.

"Sneha is anguished and traumatised by her husband's amorous play. He flirts with female students. He makes advances. He revels in the company of giggling women although he is a much married man", charged Goswami to strengthen his case.

But Suraj's lawyer sprang to his defence saying that his client's Anurag Dance Centre has many male students besides women. He also stated that there were seven teachers besides Suraj. He stressed that nobody had ever accused Suraj of showering unwanted attention.

After hearing both sides, the court directed Suraj to drive daily to in-laws' house and pick up Sneha before going to the centre. They also instructed him to give his wife a comfortable chair to sit on and let her watch him giving lessons to women. Suraj did exactly what he was told. Sneha's heart melted and before long her suspicions evaporated saving their marriage.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

HC stays Lok Adalat divorce decree

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kolkata_/HC_stays_Lok_Adalat_divorce_decree/articleshow/3242685.cms

HC stays Lok Adalat divorce decree

17 Jul 2008, 0248 hrs IST,TNN

KOLKATA: It was a bolt from the blue to Dipika Das of Regent Park when she learnt that her husband obtained a decree of divorce against her from the Lok Adalat. She was completely in the dark about the matrimonial suit her husband had filed in the Lok Adalat and sensed foul play in the matter.

Though, as per law, any decision of the Lok Adalat can't be challenged in court, Dipika moved Calcutta High Court under Section 227 of the Constitution, asking it to exercise its power of superintendence.

Responding to her prayer, the high court on Wednesday stayed the decree of divorce and directed that notice be issued to her husband. The matter will be heard after three weeks.

While passing the order, Justice Partha Sakha Datta observed that though no appeal could be moved against any Lok Adalat order, the high court intervened, exercising its power of superintendence as it was alleged that the accused had committed fraud on the court.

Dipika was married to Sanjib Saha of the same locality in April, 2001. On May 7 next year, she gave birth to a male child. Over the years, their conjugal relationship deteriorated, but the couple were not separated on the intervention of well-wishers and relatives.

In April 2008, Sanjib told her that he got a decree of divorce from the Lok Adalat. Dipika was completely in the dark about the matrimonial suit filed against her. Surprised and shocked, the wife made an inquiry and learnt that her husband initially filed the suit before Alipore court. On January 15, it transferred the suit to the Lok Adalat and the decree was granted by the Lok Adalat on January 20 on the basis of a "joint application".

Dipika realised that her husband managed to make some other woman appear before the Lok Adalat in her place as she had neither appeared before the Lok Adalat herself nor signed any application or document whatsoever. It prompted her to move the high court.

Dipika's counsel Kaushik Chanda pointed out before the court that in the matrimonial suit for divorce on mutual consent, it has been made mandatory that parties should file photograph and marriage registration certificate at the time of filing application. For getting a decree of divorce from a court of law, personal appearance of both the parties was mandatory. But, Chanda contended, no such precautionary measure or procedure had been adopted by the Lok Adalat.

As per law, parties seeking mutual separation from a court of law have to wait for six months after filing the application. "Nowadays, parties are no longer willing even to wait for six months. In a hurry, a number of matrimonial suits are being transferred to Lok Adalats for getting divorce in a day. In that view, the Lok Adalat should act with due caution and care so that no one can get a decree by committing fraud," Chanda said.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

China too on the divorce boom

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/18/content_8567865.htm

Urban "good life" fuels rural disintegration

www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-18 13:08:44

BEIJING, July 18 -- IF you think urbanites tend to divorce more than rural residents, you are wrong.

There are indications that rural residents are rapidly catching up in terms of divorce, if nowhere else.

The causes are many, but family disintegration is mainly a result of long-term separation between spouses as one or both of them seek their fortune in cities as migrant workers.

It is estimated that there are over 10 million rural migrant workers.

For decades governments at all levels have been encouraging rural residents to embrace the "good life'' in cities.

This liberal supply of cheap labor has been fueling China's economic expansion - at a cost.

Policy makers have been very interested in their cheap labor, but rather indifferent to these workers' obligations as husbands, wives, children and parents.

The rising divorce rate is just one result. As the children and elderly parents are left behind to fend for themselves, they suffer too.

Statistics from courts in Nanyang, Henan Province, suggest that the rate of rural divorce in the area has climbed from 29 percent in 2004 to 35 percent in 2006, representing an annual rise of 5.4 percent.

Statistics from Jintan in Jiangsu Province suggest that from 2001 to 2003 the number of rural divorce cases handled by the courts grew by 20 percent annually.

Such trends become more manifest in areas where there are more migrant workers - for instance Sichuan Province, Chongqing Municipality and Anhui Province.

Investigation shows that the majority of rural divorce cases involve spouses who work as migrant workers.

Rural China used to be the bastion of traditional values, where patriarchal authority and family loyalty were strong.

Young couples were under strong obligation to show gratitude to their parents, and respect for their family and village elders.

To be involved in lawsuits was considered ignominious, and it was trusted that family elders could settle most domestic disputes more effectively.

Thus family became the basis of village life, and it took on a religious sanctity by giving the wedded couple a sense of social recognition and continuity.

Marriage was a family affair, since the couple had more obligations towards their parents than each other.

Given these circumstances, unless they were prepared to ruin themselves, no couple in their right minds would ever consider divorce.

Of more than 100 rural relatives of mine, none has ever divorced.

Behind these family ethics are Confucian doctrines, among them the edict, "A man does not travel to distant places when his parents are living. If he does, he must have a definite destination.''

As these traditional values and functions of family life are being steadily eroded, marriage becomes more and more a union of convenience.

And such union can easily dissolve when threatened by a long separation - as in the case of families where spouses work long years in distant cities.

In the case of couples where one person chooses to work as a migrant worker, the urban exposure can be fatal for a marriage.

Though these migrants are often despised and lead only a marginal existence in cities, they seem to be economically superior to their spouses left behind.

Urban life corrupts their values as well as improves their manners.

The divergences lead to chasms and conflicts.

Long-term separation is also fatal.

The migrants, mostly in the prime of their lives, are usually overworked and sexually starved in an alien land.

As they are outside the supervision of their family and neighbors, they become particularly vulnerable to extramarital affairs.

There are families who move wholesale to the cities, but such cases are extremely rare.

No employer of migrants would consider it necessary to provide for their family, and the existence of hukou (residence registration) strictly rules out the possibility of rural residents settling down as naturalized urban residents.

From an economic point of view, unless urban slums are tolerated, there is no possibility of migrant workers settling down as a family unit.

They represent China's cutting edge, but only the thin edge is tolerated.

The steady rise in rural divorce rates has also taken its toll on the older and younger generations.

According to statistics, nationally there were about one million divorces involving rural couples in 2004, affecting about 2 million children.

This number far exceeded the about 1,091,000 children similarly affected in the United States in 1988.

(Source: Shanghai Daily)

Editor: Mo Hong'e

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

More recession.... more divorce - Marriage is all about money

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2008/07/17/as-goes-the-economy-so-go-divorces/

As goes the economy, so go divorces!

Josh Smith

Jul 17th 2008 at 4:30PM

Filed under: Debt, Relationships

divorce on the cheap

The economy is pulling marital bliss right down the crapper along with it and due to fewer assets raising the temperature of already emotional and heated divorces to boiling level. Many divorcees are already fighting over money and with the economy doing so poorly are now dividing up debts rather than fighting over summer homes and frequent flier miles. MSNBC reported on a case in which a freshly divorced husband and wife had to remain living in the same home because they couldn't afford to live elsewhere and another case in which the income of the involved parties had to be adjusted down from $15 million to under $1 million causing even more bitterness!

Historically divorces and the economy have had an interesting relationship, in the last 3 recessions the divorce rates have risen and peaked within a year of the end of the recession. In the early eighties the divorce rate peaked at 5.3 per 1,000 during the recession caused by the Iranian revolution after which it tapered off until the early nineties where it again capped off at 4.8 during a downturn in the industrial and manufacturing industry. Finally the divorce rate climbed back up to its most recent high as the tech bubble popped and dot coms began failing.As the MSNBC article points out research has shown that any appreciable shift in income for a couple increases the risk of divorce. Since the current downturn isn't just affecting the income of couples but preventing a quick disillusion of their home more couples are looking for a cheaper solution to marital strife. These couples concerned with the financial ruin that a divorce can cause are deciding to try out counseling first to see if their marriages and their pocketbooks can be saved. It will be interesting to see if the divorce rates for the years around this economic crisis show when they are released in a few years. Will they be down because we all got stingier or does for richer or poorer really just mean for richer or the same!

Since I would venture to guess that more of us have had roommates than have been through a divorce maybe this analogy will help explain why dealing with a divorce is bitterer when you don't have the luxury of splitting up assets but rather dealing out debts. Do you remember when your first lease ended and the landlord sent you the security deposit? It was relatively easy for the 2 of you to split up. But when the final cable bill came and included a charge for breaking the contract and the un-returned remote, do you remember how heated that argument became? Accusing each other of feeding the remote to the dog or blaming the final DVR charge on your roommate who was the only one who watched that damn thing anyway? Well multiply that situation by years together and we might start to approach the current situation.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

With this fake wife, I divorce thee

Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:43am EDT

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An Indian man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out, lawyers said Friday.

Sanjib Saha presented a woman as his wife in a lower court in the eastern city of Kolkata this month.

Both said they sought a mutual divorce, something the court granted immediately.

Saha's real wife was then asked to leave the marital home. She has since appealed the ruling at a higher court, charged her husband with cheating and the original divorce was suspended.

"The case exposed the legal loopholes in our system," Kaushik Chanda, lawyer of Saha's real wife, said.

(Reporting by Sujoy Dhar, Editing by Bappa Majumdar and Miral Fahmy)

Source URL
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1827940420080718

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Isn't a false 498a creulty enoughfor divorce ? should the male suffer 16 long years ??

Ref :
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7567 of 2004, at SCC
Satish Sitole ...Appellant Vs. Smt. Ganga ...Respondent

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In the instant case the Husband has been acquitted in the false 498a filed by his wife after a eight year legal battle (1995 to 2003). Why isn't that cruelty enough in the eyes of the High court that asked the husband to live with this woman who filed a false 498a ???

Should a man and his family suffer 16 long years because of this woman who filed a false 498a ?

The false 498a seems to be an after thought, filed AFTER the man filed the RCR

Now SC says the marriage is dead ..... Is it just the marriage that is dead ? the prime of his life is dead !! :-( who will bring that life back ???

Why should the husband be made to pay ....even a dime to this female ???

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL No. 7567 of 2004

Satish Sitole ...Appellant

Vs.

Smt. Ganga ...Respondent

J U D G M E N T

ALTAMAS KABIR,J.

1. As far back as on 13.1.1995 two Judges
of this Court in the case of Romesh Chander
V. Savitri (1995) 2 SCC 7) had occasion to
pose the question as to whether a marriage
which is otherwise dead emotionally and
practically should be continued for name
sake. In the

instant appeal, we are also faced with the
same question.

2. Marriage between the appellant and the
respondent was performed on 22.5.1992
according to Hindu rites and customs. On
21.8.1994 the respondent, for whatever
reason, left her matrimonial home and went
back to her parents and the couple have been
living separately ever since. Soon
thereafter, the parties took recourse to the
law when on 30.12.1994 the appellant sent a
notice to the respondent asking her to
return to her matrimonial home. On
20.10.1995 the respondent lodged a complaint
against the appellant and his family members
under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code
alleging demand of dowry and it is only on
2.2.2003 that they were finally acquitted
after a full trial. The appellant also moved
the Court of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate
for issuance of a search warrant consequent
upon which the respondent appeared before
the Magistrates' Court and agreed to return
to the appellant but she did not return as
agreed.

3. Ultimately, on 28.9.1998 the appellant
filed Matrimonial Case No.383/1998 before
the Ninth Additional District Judge, Indore,
(MP), on grounds of cruelty and desertion
under Section 13(1)(1a)(1b) of the Hindu
Marriage Act for dissolution of the
marriage. Despite holding that the
respondent had proved his case on grounds of
cruelty and desertion, the trial court did
not grant a decree for divorce, but thought
it appropriate to pass a decree of judicial
separation instead. On appeal preferred by
the respondent against the decree of
judicial separation passed by the trial
court and the cross appeal filed by the
appellant seeking dissolution of marriage,
the High Court reversed the judgment and
decree of the trial court upon holding that
it was on account of the conduct of the
appellant that the respondent was compelled
to leave her matrimonial home. The learned
Single Judge of the High Court also held
that he was not satisfied that the appellant
had been treated with cruelty by the
respondent-wife. On such finding the High
Court dismissed the appeal filed by the
appellant and his prayer for dissolution of
marriage and, on the other hand, allowed the
appeal filed by the respondent-wife and set
aside the judgment and decree of the trial
court. 4. The respondent is in appeal
against the said judgment of the High Court.

5. Having regard to the finding of the High
Court that the respondent had not treated
the appellant with cruelty and was, on the
other hand, compelled to leave the
matrimonial home on account of the conduct
of the appellant, a different approach was
taken on behalf of the appellant at the time
of hearing of the appeal. It was sought to
be urged that even if the appellant had been
unable to prove his case of cruelty and
desertion as grounds for seeking dissolution
of the marriage, having regard to the
irretrievable breakdown of the marriage,
technicalities should not stand in the way
of this Court granting relief to the
appellant in exercise of its power under
Article 142 of the Constitution. It was
submitted that out of 16 years of marriage,
the parties have lived separately for 14
years, most of which has been spent in
acrimonious allegations against each other
in the litigation embarked upon by both the
parties. It was submitted that there was no
possibility of retrieval of the marriage and
appropriate orders should be passed to end
the agony of both the parties.

6. Since, initially on behalf of the
respondent-wife it was made to appear that
she was ready and willing to go back to the
appellant, subject to certain terms and
conditions, we explored the possibility of
an amicable solution, but such an attempt
ended in failure on account of the rigid
stance taken on behalf of the respondent. On
behalf of the wife it was submitted that
certain orders had been passed by the Courts
below for payment of alimony by the
appellant to the respondent but that the
same had not been complied with. At this
stage it may also be mentioned that a male
child (Chetan) had been born out of the
wedlock on 28.2.1993 and we had hoped that
the child would act as a catalyst to an
amicable settlement, but even the existence
of the child could not bring about a
reconciliation between the parties.

7. Since despite the attempts at
reconciliation the Gordian Knot could not be
untied and clearly the marriage has broken
down irretrievably, it was submitted on
behalf of both the parties that it would
perhaps be to the best interest of the
parties to have the marriage tie dissolved
with adequate provision by way of permanent
alimony for the respondent.

8. It is in this background that we have to
consider the appellant's prayer to set aside
the judgment of the High Court as also that
of the trial court and to grant a decree for
dissolution of the marriage between the
appellant and the respondents.

9. The prayer made on behalf of the
appellant and endorsed by the respondent is
neither novel nor new. At the very beginning
of this Judgment we had referred to the
decision of this Court in the case of Romesh
Chander (supra), where it was held that when
a marriage is dead emotionally and
practically and there is no chance of its
being retrieved, the continuance of such a
marriage would amount to cruelty.
Accordingly, in exercise of powers under
Article 142 of the Constitution of India the
marriage between the appellant and the
respondent was directed to stand dissolved,
subject to the condition that the appellant
would transfer his house in the name of his
wife.

10. The power vested in this Court under
Article 142 of the Constitution was also
exercised in - i)Anjana Kishore vs. Puneet
Kishore, (2002) 10 SCC 194; (ii) Swati Verma
vs. Rajan Verma and ors., (2004) 1 SCC 123;
and (iii) Durga Prasanna Tripathy vs.
Arundhati Tripathy, (2005) 7 SCC 352. Of the
three aforesaid cases, in the first two
cases orders passed were on Transfer
Petitions where ultimately the parties
agreed to divorce by mutual consent under
Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act,
1955. Resorting to the powers reserved to
this Court under Article 142, decrees of
divorce were granted to put a quietus to all
litigations pending between the parties on
the ground that their marriages had broken
down irretrievably. In the last of the three
cases, while holding that the marriage had
broken down irretrievably, this Court
affirmed the decree of divorce passed by the
Family Court, but directed payment of
alimony to the extent of Rs.1,50,000.

11. Having dispassionately considered the
materials before us and the fact that out of
16 years of marriage the appellant and the
respondent had been living separately for 14
years, we are also convinced that any
further attempt at reconciliation will be
futile and it would be in the interest of
both the parties to sever the matrimonial
ties since the marriage has broken down
irretrievably. 12. In the said
circumstances, following the decision of
this Court in Romesh Chander's case (supra)
we also are of the view that since the
marriage between the parties is dead for all
practical purposes and there is no chance of
it being retrieved, the continuance of such
marriage would itself amount to cruelty,
and, accordingly, in exercise of our powers
under Article 142 of the Constitution we
direct that the marriage of the appellant
and the respondent shall stand dissolved,
subject to the appellant paying to the
respondent a sum of Rupees Two lakhs by way
of permanent alimony. In addition, the
appellant shall also pay the costs of this
appeal to the respondent, assessed at
Rs.25,000/-. The appeal is disposed of
accordingly.

.....................................................J.

(Altamas Kabir)

.........................................................J.

(Aftab Alam)
New Delhi
Dated: July 10,2008

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Forced continuance of broken marriage amounts to cruelty: SC

Comments : It has taken 16 years of fighting, a HC appeal and then a Supreme court appeal for a man to be freed from his "BROKEN" marriage ..

It's high time our country wakes up to the reality of women slapping false dowry cases and frees men from such relationships ...

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http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=456400&sid=NAT

Forced continuance of broken marriage amounts to cruelty: SC

New Delhi, July 18: Compelling a man and his wife to remain together when their marriage has irretrievably broken down would itself amount to inflicting "cruelty" on the feuding couple, the Supreme Court has ruled.

"Since the marriage between the parties is dead for all practical purposes and there is no chance of it being retrieved, the continuance of such marriage would itself amount to cruelty," a bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Aftab Alam observed.

The apex court passed the observation while quashing a Madhya Pradesh High Court order which had directed Satish Sitole to live with his wife despite their marriage having broken irretrievably.

The High Court had quashed the decree of judicial separation granted by a matrimonial court after Sitole's estranged wife Ganga challenged the same.

Sitole had argued that during the 16 years of their marriage, Ganga stayed with him for hardly two years and shared a tempestuous relationship.

She also slapped a dowry harassment case on him but the High Court rejected his plea and directed him to continue with the marriage following which he appealed in the apex court.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Thursday, July 17, 2008

CPM’s high ground: My criminal MP more moral than your criminal MP

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/337119.html

CPM's high ground: My criminal MP more moral than your criminal MP

Manoj C G

Posted online: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 0147 hrs Print Email

Slams UPA for getting jailbirds to vote, forgets same jailbirds trotted out for President Patil and V-P Ansari

New Delhi, July 17: Trust the Left to take the moral high ground and not let facts get in the way.

Barred by CPM, rebel leader gains public supportIn event of tie, Speaker will cast his vote against the UPASleepless, UPA can't trust its vote numbers yetGiving away the farm?

A year ago, jailed RJD MPs Pappu Yadav and Mohammed Shahabuddin helped the UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil become the first woman President by casting their votes in a crunch situation.

Yadav and Shahabuddin also voted in favour of Hamid Ansari, the Left's nominee for the Vice Presidential candidate later.

But now the CPM, after its separation from the UPA, is citing "political morality" to slam the ruling alliance's attempts to bring both these jailbirds and LJP MP Suraj Bhan to take part in the crucial July 22 trust vote.

And not naming those jailbird MPs who are likely to vote on the same side as the Left.

"While legally they may get the right to attend Parliament and vote, there is a question of political morality involved," said a CPM Politburo statement today. "The Congress leadership will be seen by the entire country as taking recourse to convicted criminals for sustaining their government."

Yadav was convicted in the CPM MLA Ajit Sarkar murder case and Shahabuddin is jailed in a case of kidnapping with intent to murder. Both had voted in favour of both Patil and Ansari.

While Yadav represents the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, Shahabuddin is elected from Siwan constituency.

Interestingly, the CPM Politburo's statement today mentioned the names of only Yadav, Shahabuddin and Bhan, omitting jailbirds who are expected to vote against the UPA.

These include BSP's Umakant Yadav, Samajwadi Party's Afzal Ansari and expelled SP MP Atiq Ahmed who are being aggressively courted by the BSP.

So far, Ansari hasn't switched, claim SP leaders, while Atiq Ahmed has already said he will vote against the UPA government.

Phoolpur MP Ahmed, expelled from the Samajwadi Party after his name figured in BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, had voted in favour of Left nominee Ansari defying a party whip to vote for UNPA candidate Rashid Masood.

When asked why the Left had not opposed Yadav and Shahabuddin voting during the Presidential election, CPM Central Committee member Nilotpal Basu said, "That we will have to see, those circumstances were different and not the same as this."

CPM leaders claim the party did not include the names of anti-UPA jailbird MPs because they were facing trial and were not convicted.

This argument rings hollow given that Shahabuddin was convicted in May, two months before he voted in the Presidential elections in July last year.

Significantly, the BSP, which has made common cause with the Left to oppose the nuclear deal, is wooing both Ansari, Ahmed, and Umakant Yadav, who was expelled from the party earlier for criminal activities.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Woman claims three year sex with police officer to implicate husband and in - laws

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080057413&ch=7/16/2008%206:51:00%20PM

Kolkata woman alleges rape by city police officer

Press Trust of India

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 (Kolkata)

A woman on Wednesday alleged that an officer of a city police station whom she had approached for help had raped her continuously for three years promising marriage, a charge denied by the officer.

In her complaint to the city police commissioner, the woman alleged that Officer-in-Charge Debashis Baidya, who was recently transferred from Manikatala police station to Lake Police Station, had established physical relation with her promising that he would marry her.

Alleging the police official of avoiding her, the woman said Baidya has been continuously abusing her physically since last three years, which amounted to rape.

The incident, according to the complainant, dates back to 2005 when she thrown out by her in-laws, came to Manikatala police station for help. There she came across Baidya who not only promised to retrieve her furniture and jewellery but also pledged to marry her. He engaged in sex with her till last month.

For the last one month, the woman claimed, Baidya avoided all contact and on Tuesday only she came to know that he had been transferred to Lake Police Station.

When contacted, Baidya said, ''I am innocent and I have nothing else to say.''

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Indian Taxpayer money will be paid to lawyers to screw NRIs

Indian Taxpayer money will be paid to lawyers to screw NRIs

Help at hand for estranged Indian wives of NRI men (Special)

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By Shubha Singh

Young Indian women who have followed their non-resident Indian (NRI) husbands abroad sometimes find that a matrimonial dispute can leave them without the wherewithal to contest a divorce case or file for custody of their children. In some cases, the distressed women are unable to fight for their rights because of some lacunae in their immigration papers. Anuradha, a mother of two children, who was divorced by her husband while she was in India on a visit, has not seen her son for the past three years. After a lot of effort and heartache, Anuradha has finally been able to file a suit for custody of her son and has now been called to make a personal appearance in the American court. Anuradha is fortunate to be one of the first beneficiaries of an Indian government scheme to provide distressed Indian women the means to prepare legal documents and file a legal case.

Anuradha did not have the resources to look for a lawyer in America to file a case for her. She was also debarred from going to the US because of visa complications, but eventually last year she managed to get in touch with SevA Legal Aid Foundation, a US-based legal assistance agency. The Indian government scheme gives the initial money required to file a case and to prepare the legal documents. Anuradha's case is coming up for hearing later this month. According to Anu Peshawaria of SevA, Anuradha has also filed for a waiver of the illegality of her visa status in the United States and is likely to be able to leave for San Francisco shortly for her court appearance.

Anuradha had lived with her husband in San Francisco on the basis of his permanent resident's visa, but her husband had never initiated the process of getting Anuradha's visa status regularised. It is the husband's responsibility as the permanent resident to file the application for permanent residency for his dependent wife. He, however, sent Anuradha back to India with their daughter, while their son stayed on with the father. During this period Anuradha's husband obtained an ex parte divorce from a Californian court and she was effectively prevented from going back to America since she did not have a resident's visa. The husband and his parents, who lived with him in San Francisco, kept the young boy while the husband cut himself off from his daughter in India. Living in Delhi, Anuradha had no means to file for alimony or child support and custody of her young son. After filing the case in San Francisco court, Peshawaria came to know that Anuradha's husband had re-married and had divorced his second wife Sheetal. Sheetal, an NRI who lives in London, has since filed a case against her former husband.

The Indian government scheme for giving legal or financial assistance to women deserted by their overseas Indian spouses is available for Indian citizens whose marriage was solemnised in India. It would be available in instances where the spouse has filed for divorce within five years of marriage or obtained an ex-parte divorce within 10 years of the marriage. The assistance is meant to meet the initial cost and incidental charges for documentation and filing of the case and is to be paid to NGOs or other associations empanelled on a list maintained by the government or the embassy. The government would provide a sum up to $1,000 which can be made available for deserted women living in India or abroad through credible women's organisations and NGOs, which could provide the legal assistance.

Women's associations and NGOs have been taking up the cases of women deserted or maltreated by their husbands while living abroad. But the case of a woman who is in India while proceedings for a divorce and child custody case are being held in a court in another country is even more distressing since there is no remedy available in Indian courts and the woman is not in a position to file a case in some other country.

She is also not in a position to get information about her husband if he moves to a new city or shifts to a new home. The legal aid agency SevA was set up by Peshawaria to provide free legal services for those in need, on matters pertaining to immigration issue and Indian matrimonial law.

Lack of information and plain ignorance of the simple steps taken to regularise their residency status in the US have often led to situations where immigrants find themselves on the wrong side of the immigration laws. As Peshawaria explained, a large number of people are not aware of their rights as immigrants in the US. Anuradha relied on her husband to handle all the documentation and later found herself in a situation where her son was taken away from her. She can now hope to see her son and expect some respite from the court in America.

(Shubha Singh is a writer on the Indian diaspora and international affairs. She can be reached at shubyat@gmail.com)

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Because of FEAR of females, MEN GO GAY ...

Because of FEAR of females, MEN GO GAY ...

"...."Most of them prefer men over women as taking female sex workers to guest houses is risky," adds Suresh, who says there are at least half a dozen men like him in Ahmedabad who regularly entertain clients from Mehsana......"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Sans_females_men_go_gay_in_Mehsana/articleshow/3234150.cms

Sans females, men go gay in Mehsana

15 Jul 2008, 0311 hrs IST, Ankur Jain,TNN

AHMEDABAD: The 2001 census ranked Mehsana as the district with the worst skewed sex ratio of just 801 women per 1000 men. The after effects are being seen now, with the north Gujarat town witnessing a marked increase in gay activity.

All thanks to the dearth of eligible brides because of rampant foeticide over the years. Trends show that many affluent Mehsana men in their 30s are now wining and dining gays from Ahmedabad.

Suresh (name changed), a prominent figure in the gay circuit of Ahmedabad, is now being sought out frequently by unmarried men from Mehsana.

"I get at least eight to 10 calls each month from Mehsana who pick me up from Ahmedabad. We check into guest houses on the Ahmedabad-Mehsana highway," says Suresh, who works in a cloth merchant's office in Kalupur.

"Most of them prefer men over women as taking female sex workers to guest houses is risky," adds Suresh, who says there are at least half a dozen men like him in Ahmedabad who regularly entertain clients from Mehsana.

Increasing homosexuality is seen as the reason why Mehsana ranks after the migrant hub of Surat in terms of HIV prevalence. Mehsana's men have been known to buy brides from tribal areas, as there is an acute shortage of girls in most communities.

"While homosexuality is increasing everywhere, in the case of Mehsana the skewed sex ratio could be fuelling this trend further," says sociologist Gaurang Jani.

Ahmedabad-based doctors, too, admit to getting male patients from Mehsana suffering from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). "I must have treated around 200 men from Mehsana for various STDs and even AIDS in the last one year. Nearly half of them admitted to having relations with other men," says doctor Amrish Tripathi, who is working with HIV/AIDS patients.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

E-zine supports 'harassed' men

E-zine supports 'harassed' men

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Himanshi Dhawan | TNN

New Delhi: A monthly newsletter — Indian Family Times — that has taken up a fight against the anti-dowry law on the internet, has invited contributors to post pictures and profiles of women who have "misused" the law to lodge false dowry cases against men.

The online newsletter, started this month, has also hailed Delhi Police commissioner Y S Dadwal as a "true patriot" while calling women and child development minister Renuka Choudhary a "pinhead".

Terming IPC 498A or the anti-dowry law as "legal terrorism" — that was introduced with good intentions but has been plagued by bad execution — the newsletter claims that it will highlight the harrowing tales of victims who have fallen prey to the misuse.

This comes close on the heels of a consultation by the WCD ministry on the issue following criticism against the Dowry Prohibition Act and the Domestic Violence Act.

"The law is being used by unethical and immoral women and their families to harass the husband's family, humiliate them to accept their improper and illegal demands, and extort money," the newsletter said. The e-zine has a "hall of shame" that includes a woman's name, address, educational qualifications and her family details warning prospective "grooms" to keep away. Its "success story" has details of a man who has been successful in escaping the "trap".

The publication lauds Dadwal for issuing standing instructions that no arrests except for the husband's be made in 498A cases without the permission of the DCP. Referring to WCD minister Renuka Choudhary, the newsletter says that "for her actions against the Indian family and her crazy comments, Ms Choudhary is a pinhead".

Reacting sharply to the remarks, Choudhary said, "This is classic male behaviour. I really pity these men... this is no way to change the system." Referring to the newsletter's move to include women's profiles and pictures, Choudhary added, "It is a democracy and they are free to do what they want but it is an unfortunate thing that they want to put up women's pictures like this. Do we have to upload pictures of dead wives and sisters to make our point?"

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

are these suicides or DOWRY deaths ??

http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=282601&Itemid=79&cattitle=Hyderabad

Women commit suicide over dowry demand

Hyderabad, July 16 (Siasat News): Two incidents of dowry deaths came to the light during the last 24 hours from the suburban areas of Santhanagar and Kukatpally.

According to the details, N Subhadradevi committed suicide by hanging in Kukapally's Allwyn colony. The deceased, an employee of the Country Club, had love married N Anjayelu seven months ago. However, Anjayelu started harassing his wife for more dowry compelling Subhadra to take the extreme step.

In the second incident occurred in Sanathnagar, where one D Vijayalaxmi committed suicide in similar fashion. Police said that 30-year-old Vijayalaxmi got married to one Nagraj. However, sometime, he also started demanding more dowry and in the bargain, kept on harassing Vijayalaxmi.

When the harassment became unbearable, she took the extreme step. Vijayalaxim's parents alleged that her husband and in-laws had killed her and later hanged the dead body to the roof. Police has registered separate cases.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Is the police officer supposed to act and arrest as per law ? or is he supposed to act as per the WISHES of the daughter in law ??

Questions :

Is the police officer supposed to act and arrest as per law ? or is he supposed to act as per the WISHES of the daughter in law ??

In the case of theatre director Mrs. Usha Ganguly - Kolkatta : Why is this officer stating "..The police, however, did not start any probe. "Smita did not seek any lawful action against her mother-in-law and husband. She only wanted police protection," said an officer...."

The law and numerous courts have ruled :
when there is a complaint where an cognizable offence is alleged
- an FIR has to be registered
- and an inquiry conducted ...

Why is this police NOT conducting an inquiry or taking action in this case ?

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080714/jsp/calcutta/story_9545281.jsp

Dowry 'proof' claimed

A STAFF REPORTER

Smita Chakrabartty Ganguly, the daughter-in-law of theatre director Usha Ganguly, handed over some papers to police on Sunday claiming that her mother-in-law and husband Hirakendu had taken dowry.

Accompanied by a woman rights activist, Smita produced bank account details and other papers at Lake police station to back her claim that her father had issued a cheque for Rs 1 lakh for dowry.

"She mentioned the cheque number and the name of the nationalised bank and the branch that purportedly issued it," said Debasish Baidya, the officer-in-charge of Lake police station.

Usha and Hirakendu, who works with a foreign bank, denied Smita's charges. "We are seeking legal help. We won't comment now," Usha told Metro on Sunday evening.

On Saturday afternoon, Smita, who graduated from Presidency College with philosophy honours in 2007, lodged a complaint against Usha and Hirakendu, alleging that the duo used to torture her. "I was constantly insulted by Usha Ganguly because my father was unable to fulfil her financial expectations," she had stated.

The complaint followed a diary lodged by Hirakendu, accusing Smita of torturing him.

The officers of Lake police station assured Smita of help. "She wants to stay at her in-laws' house on Prince Anwar Shah Road. We've given her the contact numbers of our officers and the police station. Help will reach her within 10 minutes of her informing the police station," Baidya said.

The police, however, did not start any probe. "Smita did not seek any lawful action against her mother-in-law and husband. She only wanted police protection," said an officer.

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Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Wife cries Dowry !!! Husband says doctor found her MAD !!!

http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/16/stories/2008071658290100.htm

Harassment charge against IAS officer Staff Reporter

CHANDIGARH: A criminal case has been registered against Ravneet Singh, a 2005 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, his parents and younger brother for allegedly demanding a Mercedes car as dowry and showing cruelty to his wife.

Showing a copy of the FIR registered at the city police station in Muktsar, Pritpal Singh Dhaliwal, a medical officer in Muktsar, alleged that his daughter's marriage was not consummated because the demand for the car as dowry could not be met.

"I spent more than Rs. 50 lakh on her wedding and even paid about Rs. 8 lakh in two instalments to them when they first threatened my daughter with the break-up," he said.

Preet Inder Kaur, a rural health officer, said in her complaint that she was married to Mr. Ravneet Singh.

She had given a dowry of jewellery and diamonds worth Rs. 15 lakh and Rs. 20 lakh in cash at the time of marriage. Still she was harassed since the first day of her marriage.

The police booked Mr. Ravneet Singh, his father Pritpal Singh, mother Jaswant Kaur and younger brother Ravpreet Singh on July 5.

Mr. Pritpal Singh, speaking to The Hindu over phone from Hoshiarpur said, "On the day of the wedding we came to know about the mental disorder of the girl. She was taken to the DMC, Ludhiana, for a check-up and doctors confirmed the ailment."

He rubbished the charges, saying they were a bundle of lies.

Even former wife can file 498a
High court acquits, Supreme court convicts

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Marriage fraud lands innocent Sikh in prison - News and comments

Marriage fraud lands innocent Sikh in prison
Tuesday, 07.15.2008, 06:48am (GMT-7)

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