Why men's rights activists won't mourn Justice Verma's death

Why men's rights activists won't mourn Justice Verma's death
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Justice JS Verma, who finished the marathon task of refurbishing the anti-rape laws in the country in a record 29 days, after the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old paramedical student on a moving bus in the national capital, passed away Monday night after suffering from liver failure and abdominal problems.

Justice Verma who was India's 27th chief justice and served from 1997 to 1998, was head of the government-appointed panel that was tasked with recommending legal reforms and other ways to reduce sexual violence against women.

The panel's report that was submitted to the government in January, paved the way for tough new-anti-rape laws, recommending stringent punishment for rapists. Expressing grief over the demise of Justice Verma, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in his official statement said, “Justice Verma was a man of vast understanding and knowledge of Law. He was respected for his path breaking judgments, his deep sensitivity to the concerns of the common man and commitment to public good. I will miss him very much for his generous advice and guidance on matters of public importance.”
Chief of Press Council of India and former High Court judge Markandey Katju while expressing his condolence over the death of justice Verma, hailed the marathon task he finished by preparing the report on laws dealing with the crimes against women.
“Justice J.S. Verma was one of the giants of the Indian Judiciary, who set very high standards of integrity on the bench & even thereafter. His completion of the report on crimes against women in 29 days is a model as to how such reports should be made. In his sad demise the entire legal fraternity as well as the country has suffered a great loss,” Katju said.
No doubt justice Verma will be remembered in the country every time violence takes place against any woman. However, the men's right activists have quite an opposite take on Justice Verma, as they accuse him of ignoring their suggestions in the report he prepared for the sake of women safety.
Men's rights activist, Virag Dhulia, Head, Gender Studies, Confidare Research; and an active member of Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) is not happy with the outcome of the final report compiled by the panel led by justice Verma, and calls it “biased against male fraternity.”
“Justice Verma has done grave injustice to men by making highly anti-male recommendations in his report. We sent him a representation but it was thoroughly ignored, and he said that Indian women don't lie so we don't need misuse clause whereas scores of false cases are getting registered every year and millions of innocent men are suffering, committing suicides due to false allegations and no justice,” Dhulia told this citizen journalist .
Dhulia added that justice Verma failed to show any compassion for the men's rights. “Justice Verma had shown no compassion for men. He just behaved like a feminist puppet and blabbered whatever the male haters wanted him to blabber,” Dhulia said.