The good or bad motives of 498 A
First Money: The greatest of motivators. A 498A can lead to great termscan be for a fat cash settlement, or help her dad or sibling in their ventures, etc..
• Counterblow: She will have her revenge and your family will collectively bear the brunt of it. The 498A Wives have a soft corner for your mother and your sister (s). Prepare your mom and sister(s) for special treatment. They may very well see the inside of a prison.
• Blame: She’s done something wrong, may have committed adultery and got caught in the act. She wants to cover it up with a dowry harassment case to garner sympathy and to provide cover for her guilt. It also puts her in a good position to negotiate a fat settlement and gain custody of kids, if kids are involved. 498A will be filed when paternity is in question. Don’t count on DNA report evidence, as the courts are unwilling to allow it.
Indian law is still ruled by the evidence act from 1872.
• She Just doesn’t like you: I’m sorry to hurt your pride, but she just doesn’t like you and wants to get out of the marriage. The 498A is a convenient tool to do so.
• She is a control Bug: She wants to control you in every possible way. She may also want you to not support your parents and siblings in any fashion regardless of your ability to do so. She may want you to throw your parents out of your/their house. Her goal is to gain control of all aspects of your life, including
finances and to break the bonds and responsibilities that tie you to your family. Her failure to do so will result in a 498A.
• To Marry The Boyfriend: This is a new trend whereby she will file a 498A just to force you into settling the divorce with a chunk of cash and then go on to marry her boyfriend.
In most cases, the members of her family are the instigators. If her mother was the instigator, you’ve possibly married into a family where the mother is a dominatrix. The woman you married thinks that you should be under her control, because her mother wears the pants in her house.
As statistics said, 75,000 cases pending ,27,000 women are arrested under this law, the majority of which are acquitted later. This translates to the fact that one woman is arrested EVERY 23 minutes So how does 498A become a women protection law? Resently supreme court send report to the central government for changing the law.Isn’t it time for an amendment? when it comes we dont know.Hope the government will quickly fix this issue.
