Save Indian Family (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saveindianfamily/) is a strong team of dedicated families comprising of victims of "misuse of 498a", including NRIs, Senior citizens who campaign and create awareness about gross injustice and abuse that happen in Indian Legal system.
We specifically fight against:
1) Abuse of old and sick people, especially by Legal means when
they are arrested and put in jail (without investigation) just by one
line of false complaint by their daughter-in-law. We want this law
for daughter-in-law section 498a to be changed.
2) Counsellors from NGOs forcing men to diswon parents and live as
slaves of their wives and in-laws.
3) Large scale Techie-NRI bashing by NGOs and by Media without
considering their great contribution to making India a global power.
4) Draconian laws which are abused by dishonest daughter-in-law to
victimise innocent mothers and unmarried sisters.
5) Daughter-in-laws mentally and physically harassing old, sick in-
laws and not providing them with proper food and healthcare.
6) We fight against NGOs/feminists who support jailing of old and
sick innocent people without investigations under section 498a.
More details :
24-hour All India Helpline Number: +91-09243473794
http://www.saveindianfamily.org
http://www.498a.org/
http://www.mynation.net/
http://www.asha-kiran.org/
Asha Kiran. 1252/6, P.M. Lakshmia Layout, Magdi Cord Road Layout, 1 st Main, Vijay Nagar. Bangalore 560 040. Helpline: 91-80- 55334135
Mobile : 9845986250
Delhi: 9810611534, 9911119113
Chandigarh: 9888562582
Mumbai: 9224335577
Jaipur: 09352562456
Showing posts with label 498A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 498A. Show all posts
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
A Humanitarian Perspective on Gender-biased Laws and Dowry
Oftentimes, we read articles against dowry. I believe that it is a scourge on our society and should be eradicated immediately. However, what is happening in reality is scary. The problem is rapidly expanding: the perpetrators of dowry-related crimes are no longer largely men. Seeking money from men by making false dowry allegations has now become a commonplace. What needs to be understood is that whether money is sought from a woman or from a man, both are two different forms of dowry and are equally harmful to the well being of a family and the society. The need to combat dowry urgently, therefore, is far more today than ever before.
In order to combat dowry effectively, we must realize that the fight against dowry is not the fight of a particular sex against a particular sex, but it is the fight of the entire humanity against the perpetrators of dowry-related crime, which could be men or women. I stress on the fact that it is the fight of the entire humanity against the greedy devils of the society, because no matter which sex committed the crime, the sufferer, whether a woman or a man, undergoes the trauma to the same extent.
If we make it a fight against a particular sex, and not against the actual perpetrators of the crime, the consequences will be very grave. Our laws to contain dowry will be gender-biased. The gender-biased laws will encourage people to develop gender-biased mindset, calling for more gender-biased laws to address that mindset. A vicious cycle will begin and every cycle will be a lot more complicated and difficult-to-handle than the previous one. These gender-biased laws will also be susceptible to be misused, some by men and some by women. Misuse of law brings injustice to the innocent. Injustice is bad not only to an individual but also to the entire society, as it breeds criminality. The example of Phoolan Devi comes readily to the mind.
A law that brings injustice by punishing an innocent is nothing but legal terrorism. And Supreme Court of India rightly called 498A Act legal terrorism, as it is not only being misused against innocent of both the sexes but also torturing the masses. Our society doesn't need gender-biased acts and legal terrorism. All it needs is an end to dowry, no matter whether it is sought from a woman or from a man, and the establishment of harmony and equality between and among the sexes and within families.
In order to combat dowry effectively, we must realize that the fight against dowry is not the fight of a particular sex against a particular sex, but it is the fight of the entire humanity against the perpetrators of dowry-related crime, which could be men or women. I stress on the fact that it is the fight of the entire humanity against the greedy devils of the society, because no matter which sex committed the crime, the sufferer, whether a woman or a man, undergoes the trauma to the same extent.
If we make it a fight against a particular sex, and not against the actual perpetrators of the crime, the consequences will be very grave. Our laws to contain dowry will be gender-biased. The gender-biased laws will encourage people to develop gender-biased mindset, calling for more gender-biased laws to address that mindset. A vicious cycle will begin and every cycle will be a lot more complicated and difficult-to-handle than the previous one. These gender-biased laws will also be susceptible to be misused, some by men and some by women. Misuse of law brings injustice to the innocent. Injustice is bad not only to an individual but also to the entire society, as it breeds criminality. The example of Phoolan Devi comes readily to the mind.
A law that brings injustice by punishing an innocent is nothing but legal terrorism. And Supreme Court of India rightly called 498A Act legal terrorism, as it is not only being misused against innocent of both the sexes but also torturing the masses. Our society doesn't need gender-biased acts and legal terrorism. All it needs is an end to dowry, no matter whether it is sought from a woman or from a man, and the establishment of harmony and equality between and among the sexes and within families.
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