I strongly support Sri Rajesh Kumar. We can't expect that everybody will accept the truth.
Also I agree with Mr. Prabhakar's point - "From centuries, women have been suffering. The favourable provisions in some acts in favour of women are only due to this reason, in our holy country, we treat our women just like dirt. We never treat them equal. Now, in the areas, where women are economically empowered, they are ascertaining their rights and it is undigestable to us. We shout at house tops that the misuse of Section 498-A, 304 B etc. etc."
Women are always exploited by well educated persons. Here the picture how women loss their life for a small glitch in their marital life. This news shows (in last point in red colour) how an educated person exploit a woman when she seek legal advice to save her marriage.
This is not my personal opinion, but from the news source:
Husbands, in-laws are easy scapegoats under provisions for dowry
harassment The city women have no other complaint against their husbands and in-laws, but just `dowry-demand' and related harassment.
WHILE 99 per cent complaints received at the city's specialised ISO-9000 certified unit " Woman and Child Support Unit " corroborates this`myth', the truth is unveiled during investigations in such cases. Asagainst more than 1,200-1,300 complaints under dowry provisions filed every year against husbands and in-laws, not more than 80-90 mature into criminal cases.
Nearly 1,200 complaints have been received in the year 2007, as
against the 1,150 complaints filed last year. More than 99 per cent of the complaints are based on dowry demand and the related ill treatment. While most of the complaints are found frivolous, no offence was made out during investigations in more than 50 per cent of the complaints in 2006 or 2007.
"The trend of filing complaints against husbands and in-laws is picking up these days. Women, who are even married to places as distant as South India or distant areas in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are lodging complaints against their husbands and in-laws in Chandigarh, because of the designated unit here "Woman and Child Support Unit " that takes prompt action and summons the `culprits' in Chandigarh.
The truth, however, is something else. "Mere confrontation and difference of opinion is misunderstood as harassment, whereas dowry provisions are considered only tools for `teaching a lesson' to the in-laws," says an investigating official posted at the Woman and Child Support Unit.
Anushka, a Panchkula resident, who had lodged a complaint against her
husband Manish, and his parents had been crying hoarse, accusing her
husband and in-laws that they were demanding dowry from her. During
the investigations, however, it came out that Manish's family was much
more financially stronger than Anushka's and they had not even accepted a single penny as dowry at the time of marriage.
Both parties were called to the Woman and Child Support Unit, and
after repeated counselling sessions it came out that the husband and
wife had developed an ego-hassle and the wife just wanted to teach him
a lesson.
In another such incident, Poornima Thakur, a Kalka resident, whose
parents live in Chandigarh, had filed a complaint against her husband
Arun, alleging demand for dowry from her parents. It was later found
out that Arun's mother was not getting along well with Poornima, which
had developed into frequent altercations between the two. "After our
counselling, both Poornima and Arun have started living separately
from their families, and have seen improvement in their matrimonial
life," said the official who dealt with their case.
"It becomes extremely difficult to assess the authenticity of the complaint, whether it any motive behind, or the woman is genuinely being harassed in the name of an evil like dowry. We thoroughly investigate the complaint and then only recommend registration of a case," said a senior police official.
Procedures adopted
* A complaint is received at the Woman and Child Support Unit (W&CSU).
Both the parties (husband and wife) are summoned to the unit with
their families and relatives.
* Counselling sessions begin after recording statements of both
parties at length.
* Initially, the police officials posted at W&CSU conduct the
counselling sessions, which are followed by the trained counsellors
associated with various non-governmental organisations.
* Most of the disputes get settled during counselling sessions.
However, if during counselling, it appears that a woman is genuinely
being harassed, the case is recommended against the guilty
* A report is forwarded to the UT Inspector General of Police, without
whose approval, no case is registered on charges of dowry
Certain facts
harassment The city women have no other complaint against their husbands and in-laws, but just `dowry-demand' and related harassment.
WHILE 99 per cent complaints received at the city's specialised ISO-9000 certified unit " Woman and Child Support Unit " corroborates this`myth', the truth is unveiled during investigations in such cases. Asagainst more than 1,200-1,300 complaints under dowry provisions filed every year against husbands and in-laws, not more than 80-90 mature into criminal cases.
Nearly 1,200 complaints have been received in the year 2007, as
against the 1,150 complaints filed last year. More than 99 per cent of the complaints are based on dowry demand and the related ill treatment. While most of the complaints are found frivolous, no offence was made out during investigations in more than 50 per cent of the complaints in 2006 or 2007.
"The trend of filing complaints against husbands and in-laws is picking up these days. Women, who are even married to places as distant as South India or distant areas in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are lodging complaints against their husbands and in-laws in Chandigarh, because of the designated unit here "Woman and Child Support Unit " that takes prompt action and summons the `culprits' in Chandigarh.
The truth, however, is something else. "Mere confrontation and difference of opinion is misunderstood as harassment, whereas dowry provisions are considered only tools for `teaching a lesson' to the in-laws," says an investigating official posted at the Woman and Child Support Unit.
Anushka, a Panchkula resident, who had lodged a complaint against her
husband Manish, and his parents had been crying hoarse, accusing her
husband and in-laws that they were demanding dowry from her. During
the investigations, however, it came out that Manish's family was much
more financially stronger than Anushka's and they had not even accepted a single penny as dowry at the time of marriage.
Both parties were called to the Woman and Child Support Unit, and
after repeated counselling sessions it came out that the husband and
wife had developed an ego-hassle and the wife just wanted to teach him
a lesson.
In another such incident, Poornima Thakur, a Kalka resident, whose
parents live in Chandigarh, had filed a complaint against her husband
Arun, alleging demand for dowry from her parents. It was later found
out that Arun's mother was not getting along well with Poornima, which
had developed into frequent altercations between the two. "After our
counselling, both Poornima and Arun have started living separately
from their families, and have seen improvement in their matrimonial
life," said the official who dealt with their case.
"It becomes extremely difficult to assess the authenticity of the complaint, whether it any motive behind, or the woman is genuinely being harassed in the name of an evil like dowry. We thoroughly investigate the complaint and then only recommend registration of a case," said a senior police official.
Procedures adopted
* A complaint is received at the Woman and Child Support Unit (W&CSU).
Both the parties (husband and wife) are summoned to the unit with
their families and relatives.
* Counselling sessions begin after recording statements of both
parties at length.
* Initially, the police officials posted at W&CSU conduct the
counselling sessions, which are followed by the trained counsellors
associated with various non-governmental organisations.
* Most of the disputes get settled during counselling sessions.
However, if during counselling, it appears that a woman is genuinely
being harassed, the case is recommended against the guilty
* A report is forwarded to the UT Inspector General of Police, without
whose approval, no case is registered on charges of dowry
Certain facts
* When women write a complaint on their own, they mostly give the true picture of the trouble. The problem, however, arises when advocates draft such complaints. The advocates try to push in ingredients of dowry demand and maltreatment in the complaint, which is in a quantity that is sufficient enough to invoke criminal case against the husband and in-laws.
* In certain cases, the dowry-provisions and complaints containing such provisions are being used to `extort' money from the in-laws and an easy way to show a `revengeful feeling'.
