Originally posted by :Amit |
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Thnaks for all your sugestions. Regarding 498A we gone to police and they are not registering the case saying your mater is already in court and we cant do anything. What are other option left with US ?
DO you realy recommend a mutual consent ?
She want to teach her hushband a lesson but how as we tried to register a 498A which is not through.
Amit |
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Regarding non-filing of section 498-A, the police is doing injustice to the woman. If she is physically and/or mentally harassed by husband or his relatives for dowry or for any other reason, she is entitled to file a complaint in the police station. The police has to call the husband and try to reconcile the matter and if it is not reconciled, then register the FIR and send the same to Magistrate court. There, the trial starts. If the police is not doing its job on the pretext that there is alredy divorce case is going on, it is injustice to the woman. If it is so, you engage an advocate and file a criminal complaint under Section 200 read with Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. The magistrate gives a direction to the police to register the FIR and after completing the investigation file the challan. This is the way to deal, when police is not cooperating with the complainant. If the case is proved, the accused will be convicted and sent to jail and the maximum punishment is 3 years imprisonment with fine.
No. I do not recommend mutual consent divorce only on the ground that section 498-A case has not been registered or husband has filed divorce petition and so at the end of the day there will be only divorce. If husband has filed divorce petition means he wants divorce. That does not mean that she wants divorce. If she does not want divorce and does not want to remarry, does want to take revenge for the atrocities she met at matrimonial home during married life, WHY SHOULD SHE GIVE DIVORCE? IS IT ONLY MEN'S WORLD? IF THEY WANT DIVORCE, THEY HAVE TO GET IT? IF THEY WANT TO BRING ANOTHER DOLL IN THEIR LIFE, THEY THROW AWAY THE OLD DOLL JUST LIKE CHANGING OF SHIRT. WHAT TYPE OF JUSTICE IS THIS? IF ONE OF THE SPOUSES WANTS DIVORCE, ANOTHER SPOUSE HAS TO OBEY IT BY GOING FOR MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE BY ACCEPTING THE COMPENSATION. IS THIS PURPOSE, MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE IS PUT IN STATUTE BOOK. IT IS NOTHING BUT TOTAL MISUSE OF MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE PROVISION.
I also suggest her to withdraw the Restitution of conjugal rights petiton. The reason is that if she files RCR petition, it means that she is condoning his cruel acts. Actually, her intention is not like that. Next, it will dilute her section 498-A case. Lastly, if she succeeds in RCR case, then also the husband will not allow her to stay with him and after one year he will get divorce on the ground that co-habitation has not happened during the one year period after passing of RCR decree. In such circumstances, the court has to give him the decree of divorce. By filing RCR she is helping him in his cause. So, I suggest withdrawal of RCR case.