Shortest and simplest way to end the nonsense?? Yes there indeed is ! step 1: get elected to Parliament step 2: become law minister step 3: call for review of the law step 4: simply scrap with a simple bill basing on review material. Plz proceed.
498A had been introduced into criminal law after experiences of 1000s of dowry deaths and untold sufferings by women. After pooling of deliberations of legal and social intelligentia the section was introduced for protection of poor women who are exposed to dowry related harrassments. But, unfortunately this has become a undue weapon for misuse to the same 'womenkind' who intend to harrass their husbands' even at cost of their own marriage.
Misuses are highlighted but how many 'uses' you heard about? Positively there are lots of. This section is nodoubt protecting the deserved women. Somany women are protected and live unharmed just because of existence of this section in criminal law and thanks to generation of its awareness among masses mostly, by misusers!.
Just because there is an infection in the eye we dont remove our eye rather we try to treat it and protect it from further contamination and blindness. The same way, this social contamination caused by the misuse of 498A should have a proper treatment, else it will ruin the unique 'indian family' setup - and all such valuable deliberations on treatment to 498A social contamination, you collect here from this thread compile them send to our law ministry. Thats the best an ordinary can do.