@Salma
then how can you make a statement that real victims of DV are only those illiterate women who dont even know their rights...were you illiterate...were you not aware of your rights....weren't you subjected to cruelty...
domestic violence is not just physical abuse...each of verbal, mental, emotional and economic abuse also counts under DV.
the people out here did guide you right to some extent but then even confused you..your case only calls for DV not dowry...so good that you did not file for 498A...but you could have filed for DV...how would your in-laws suffer if you did that...you were not going to file it on your in-laws...you did not file for DV...its your personal choice..but your assumptions are not completely correct...you have been misguided...DV case not just gives monetary benefis...it also provides protection...it also gives a last warning to husband \...if he repeats this to his wife or even to his next wife, that will be treated as a criminal offence...
also, once you file a 498A, your husband is in same trouble again...if he repeats this even to his next wife, a single complaint from his future wife to be, and this time he will not even get bail...
why do you think guys are so desperate to give huge amount out-of-court instead of fighting the case legally...only becasue they want to do it again and hence be safe...an innocent guy will never ask for out-of-court settlement...he will fight till the end...all those women who knew that their husbands would never change their attitude and still went for out of court settlement and withdrew the cases and all those women like you who just let go of such husbands have all put another women in danger...
...zulm ke khilaf aawaz na uthana bhi zulm sehna hi hota hai...
