The govt is not sleeping..they are well aware of the facts...it is the vote bank politics coupled with the fact that the voice raised on these draconian laws are not made in a concerted manner.
If you google there are numerous websites www.498.org,www.mynation.net,saveindia,LCI and host of others,numerous posts in wordpress and independent websites where people who have suffered have vent their voice.Then we have some individuals who have selflessly gone in length to describe about this subject and its abuseThough all these forces are trying their best...but still the voice is not concerted enough to sound in the power corridors.of Delhi.
The supreme court which has gone to the extent of terming the laws as legal extortion but still we men are unable to encash it.
im a 3 month baby in this forum and have seen some distinguished lawyers taking the moral line acting as moral policemen whenever some aggrieved posts his real life experiences and acts as support to an another aggrieved but the same moral line is not taken or policing is not done when some lawyers of these blatantly and recklessly advise the authors to file 498 cases even though there is no mention of dowry harassment and then you have the same set of lawyers who ask for reconcillation eventhough the husband his family have bore the brunt of arrest and unwanted
We know it all and it goes without saying that filing a false 498 criminal case is so easy that I or as a matter of fact any programmmer with web skills C#,Java or Perl can make a web page ,website called www.filemy498.com and all it would do will file the FIR to the wanted police station.Also it could be.made more sophisticated by adding plugins to the interpol.It could be made more easier than filng a document via eSeva.I say easier than eSeva as even eSeva requires some sort of authentication.
No authentication required.No proofs required.
A sample form will be like the below.Answers Y/N always defaulted to Y irrespective of what you choose and submitted.
1.have you been harassed for dowry (Y/N)
2.Were you beaten,kicked for more dowry (Y/N)
3.Were you thrown out of the house for more dowry (Y/N)
and host of others depending.Answers always defaulting to yes before submission.This will reach the nearest police station who will be provided more spicier options before they submit to the court.
What more can be said.I think the Bar council of India has also its set of obligations to whom it issues licences.