• When an FIR under IPC section 498A (498a) is
registered, the accused are automatically arrested
and jailed without investigation. The Supreme Court
of India has ruled several times that arrest should be
an exception, and not a compulsory. Why is there no
penalty for disobeying the Supreme Court’s orders?
Is it not mental cruelty to subject a person to arrest
without investigation or reasonable cause?
• Why is there no provision in the criminal law that can
serve to deter false and exaggerated claims?
• Why does not the judicial system use its power to
deter frivolous complaints made by unscrupulous
individuals and prosecutions by corrupt law and order
personnel for wasting the honorable courts’ precious
time and imposing the financial burden on the public
exchequer?
• Why is there no provision by which the costs relating
to false 498a cases can be recorded and recovered
from the complainants to compensate the falsely
accused?
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Why is there no penalty for the complainant who does
not appear to the court proceedings?
According to established research, the frequency of
husbands committing suicide is three times that of
wives committing suicide. When a wife commits
suicide it is automatically deemed to be dowry death,
under IPC section 304B. Why do we have no such
protection for husbands? [ref: https://www.flonnet.
com/fl1821/18210960.htm]
• The existing laws protect a woman from cruelty and
harassment by her husband and in-laws. Why does
the law not provide protection to a man against
cruelty and harassment by his wife and in-laws?
• The Dowry Prohibition Act clearly states that the dowry
giver is also punishable under the said Act. Why do
the police and judicial authorities not take any action
against those who admit that they gave dowry?
• Dowry laws were made to protect women from
harassment. What legal protection is available to a
woman who is being harassed by a daughter-in-law
or sister-in-law? What legal remedies are available to
a woman whose daughter-in-law or sister-in-law has
booked a false dowry case against her?
