Saturday 31 August 2013
Friday 30 August 2013
Man attempts suicide inside police station as police ignore complaint
Man attempts suicide inside police station as police ignore complaint
A 60-year-old man, tortured by his daughter-in-law, attempted suicide inside a police station in Delhi on Thursday when policemen cold-shouldered his complaint.
Rajbeer Singh consumed a poisonous substance inside west Delhi's Kanjhawala police station premises after police personnel did not pay heed to his complaint against his daughter-in-law.
Singh was rushed to a hospital where his condition was stated to be out of danger.
A police officer said Rajbeer had approached the police station a day ago and informed that his daughter-in-law had thrown him out of his house after usurping his property.
However, the policemen sent him home, telling him to come if his daughter-in-law did not mend her ways.
According to sources, Rajbeer arrived at the police station today (Thursday) but, once again, the policemen turned a deaf ear to his pleas. Frustrated, he then consumed the poisonous substance.
http://m.ibnlive.com/news/man-attempts-suicide-inside-police-station-as-police-ignore-complaint/418299-3-244.html
A 60-year-old man, tortured by his daughter-in-law, attempted suicide inside a police station in Delhi on Thursday when policemen cold-shouldered his complaint.
Rajbeer Singh consumed a poisonous substance inside west Delhi's Kanjhawala police station premises after police personnel did not pay heed to his complaint against his daughter-in-law.
Singh was rushed to a hospital where his condition was stated to be out of danger.
A police officer said Rajbeer had approached the police station a day ago and informed that his daughter-in-law had thrown him out of his house after usurping his property.
However, the policemen sent him home, telling him to come if his daughter-in-law did not mend her ways.
According to sources, Rajbeer arrived at the police station today (Thursday) but, once again, the policemen turned a deaf ear to his pleas. Frustrated, he then consumed the poisonous substance.
http://m.ibnlive.com/news/man-attempts-suicide-inside-police-station-as-police-ignore-complaint/418299-3-244.html
Government encouraging Male employees to have girl friend
आता शासकीय अधिकाऱ्यांच्या विवाहबाह्य प्रेयसींनाही पेन्शन
आता शासकीय अधिकाऱ्याच्या मृत्यूपश्चात त्याच्या पत्नीसोबत त्याच्या प्रेमिकेलाही पेन्शन मिळणार आहे. अधिकाऱ्याच्या मृत्यूनंतर प्रेमिकेने हक्क सांगितला तर तिला पेन्शन देण्याचा निर्णय घेण्यात आला आहे.
याशिवाय शासकीय अधिकाऱ्याच्या घटस्फोटित पत्नीला आणि तिच्या मुलांनाही पेन्शनमध्ये वाटा मिळणार आहे. आयएएस, आयपीएस, फॉरेस्ट सर्व्हिसमधील अधिकाऱ्यांना अशा पद्धतीचं पेन्शन सुरू होणार आहे. केंद्र सरकारच्या नव्या नियमानुसार अधिकाऱ्याचे अनैतिक संबंध असलेल्या प्रेयसीलाही पेन्शन मिळेल. नव्या नियमानुसार 'ऑल इंडिया सर्व्हिस'च्या अधिकाऱ्यांना २० टक्के अतिरिक्त पेन्शन मिळणार आहे. वयाची ८५ वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्या अधिकाऱ्यांना ३० %, ९० वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना ४०%, ९५ वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना ५०% आणि १०० वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना १००% पेन्शन मिळेल.
पती आणि पत्नी दोघंही शासकीय सेवेत असल्यास निवृत्त सेवेनंतर किंवा मृत्यूनंतर मिळणारी पेन्शन ही दुसऱ्या एकाच्या नावे होईल. तसंच पती आणि पत्नी या दोघांचाही मृत्यू झाल्यास त्यांचे मुले पेन्शनसाठी पात्र ठरतील असे, या नियमात सांगण्यात आले आहे.
http://zeenews.india.com/marathi/news/india/new-laws-of-pension-for-ais-officers/162668
आता शासकीय अधिकाऱ्याच्या मृत्यूपश्चात त्याच्या पत्नीसोबत त्याच्या प्रेमिकेलाही पेन्शन मिळणार आहे. अधिकाऱ्याच्या मृत्यूनंतर प्रेमिकेने हक्क सांगितला तर तिला पेन्शन देण्याचा निर्णय घेण्यात आला आहे.
याशिवाय शासकीय अधिकाऱ्याच्या घटस्फोटित पत्नीला आणि तिच्या मुलांनाही पेन्शनमध्ये वाटा मिळणार आहे. आयएएस, आयपीएस, फॉरेस्ट सर्व्हिसमधील अधिकाऱ्यांना अशा पद्धतीचं पेन्शन सुरू होणार आहे. केंद्र सरकारच्या नव्या नियमानुसार अधिकाऱ्याचे अनैतिक संबंध असलेल्या प्रेयसीलाही पेन्शन मिळेल. नव्या नियमानुसार 'ऑल इंडिया सर्व्हिस'च्या अधिकाऱ्यांना २० टक्के अतिरिक्त पेन्शन मिळणार आहे. वयाची ८५ वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्या अधिकाऱ्यांना ३० %, ९० वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना ४०%, ९५ वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना ५०% आणि १०० वर्षं पूर्ण करणाऱ्यांना १००% पेन्शन मिळेल.
पती आणि पत्नी दोघंही शासकीय सेवेत असल्यास निवृत्त सेवेनंतर किंवा मृत्यूनंतर मिळणारी पेन्शन ही दुसऱ्या एकाच्या नावे होईल. तसंच पती आणि पत्नी या दोघांचाही मृत्यू झाल्यास त्यांचे मुले पेन्शनसाठी पात्र ठरतील असे, या नियमात सांगण्यात आले आहे.
http://zeenews.india.com/marathi/news/india/new-laws-of-pension-for-ais-officers/162668
Thursday 29 August 2013
Ensure women's safety = Ignore men's safety?
Recently
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil assured all women journalists that
the Government would provide them special security when they are out on
their job.
Sounds like a populist measure dreamt up without considering the root cause of why crime in the society is on the rise.
Go
through the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report which states
that ‘crimes against men are increasing rapidly' and more than 75% of
murders reported in this country are against men.
Take a look at the Murder rate of Men vs Women:
Male Victims-24,441, Female Victims-8,718 Total Victims-33,159
Culpabale Homicide Not Amounting To Murder (Sec.304 and 308 IPC) During 2009
Male Victims=3,529, Female Victims=753 Total Victims=4282
Now
we wonder, can a society provide safety to women, while men themselves
are not safe? The NCRB report summarized the data of crimes against
women and children, but they did not provide any details of crimes
against men.
Since
2005, we have been providing the crime and murder data compiled by the
NCRB to the Government, but they fed it to the bins as media never
showed any concern over the safety of men, which is a need of society.
If
you go through the report of "Committee to protect Journalists " and
click on Gender, it clearly mentions that 97% of the journalists killed
were men.
On
August 24th, a Journalist from UP, Mr. Akhilesh, was killed. But there
was hardly any protest from the journalists associations or any
candlelight vigils by common people of society.
I
am really not surprised given the biased approach prevalent in every
institution. We have death penalty for murder, but the cases are
increasing day by day. It is evident beyond reasonable doubt that
increasing the punishment alone won’t help in reducing crime.
When
someone commits a crime, what are the chances that he gets caught?
Currently the number stands at 10 to 15 per cent on an average.Today the
police can trap any innocent law abiding citizen in criminal cases but
fails to catch the real criminal for months/years.
Once
a criminal is caught the law punishes him for 10 to 12 years and if
someone wants to prove his innocence it takes 10 to 12 years. So, the
root cause is the failure of our criminal justice system and the police.
More
stringent laws mean more power to police/judiciary, which could lead to
abuse of power and more corruption. The failure of police to provide
safety to Indian men never gets highlighted.
All women activists/media are running behind the women safety issue, like in a desert desperately trying to find a mirage.
History itself states that where men are not safe, dreaming of safety for women is nothing but fooling yourself.
Safety/violence
is never a gender issue. Media friends must also understand the pain of
a woman when she loses her brother or son or father.
HC asks sessions court to decide on bail plea of Yukta`s husband
MUMBAI: The Bombay HC on Wednesday asked a sessions court to decide on the anticipatory bail plea filed by former Miss World Yukta Mookhey's estranged husband Prince Tuli on August 30.
"The sessions judge has not taken into consideration that the offence under Section 498A is a continuing offence," said Justice Sadhna Jadhav. She said the trial judge did not consider the 15 non-cognisable offences, proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act and two complaints filed by Yukta. She had challenged the interim protection to Tuli and the sessions judge's observation that a case under Section 498 A could not be made out.
Additional public prosecutor P P Shinde told the high court that the investigation officer would place before the sessions court all the materials in the case, including the complaints filed by Mookhey. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-asks-sessions-court-to-decide-on-bail-plea-of-Yuktas-husband/articleshow/22130136.cms
"The sessions judge has not taken into consideration that the offence under Section 498A is a continuing offence," said Justice Sadhna Jadhav. She said the trial judge did not consider the 15 non-cognisable offences, proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act and two complaints filed by Yukta. She had challenged the interim protection to Tuli and the sessions judge's observation that a case under Section 498 A could not be made out.
Additional public prosecutor P P Shinde told the high court that the investigation officer would place before the sessions court all the materials in the case, including the complaints filed by Mookhey. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/HC-asks-sessions-court-to-decide-on-bail-plea-of-Yuktas-husband/articleshow/22130136.cms
Encouraging Divorce - Children of divorced, illegally wedded wives of deceased officers entitled to pension
NEW DELHI: Children of divorced or those born to illegally wedded wife
of a deceased all India services officer are entitled to get family
pensions, according to new rules notified by the central government.
"Where the deceased member of service or pensioner is survived by a widow but has left behind eligible child or children from a divorced or an illegally wedded wife or wives, the eligible child or children shall be entitled to the share of family pension which the mother would have received at the time of the death of the member of service or pensioner had she not been so divorced or had she been legally wedded," they say.
All India services comprise IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service.
Earlier, children born outside wedlock of a government servant had no claim on family pension and the legally wedded wife was the sole recipient of the post-retirement benefit.
The amended All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, also have provisions to provide equal share of pension to more than one widow of a deceased officer.
The rules have a provision to recognise marriage and family of a member of the services after his or her retirement and have made such family member eligible to receive pension after the death of an officer.
They also provide for monetary support to mentally retarded children of an officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS).
"If the son or daughter of a member of service is suffering from any disorder or disability of mind including the mentally retarded or is physically crippled or disabled so as to render him or her unable to earn a living even after attaining the age of twenty-five years, the family pension shall be payable to such son or daughter for life," the rules said.
If there are more than one such son or daughter suffering from disorder or disability of mind or who are physically crippled or disabled, the family pension shall be paid in the order of their birth and the younger of them will get the family pension only after the elder next above him or her ceases to be eligible, the rules clarified.
In case both wife and husband are members of service and are governed by the provisions of the rules and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased shall become payable to the surviving husband or wife and in the event of the death of the husband or wife, the surviving child or children shall be granted the two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents, they said.
Retired all India service officials will also get additional pensions after completing 80 years of age, according to them.
Such retired government officials will get 20 per cent of additional pension after they complete 80 years of age, 30 per cent of after completing 85 years, 40 per cent after crossing 90 years of age, 50 per cent after reaching 95 years and 100 per cent of additional pension after completing 100 years of age, the rules said.
If there are more than one such son or daughter suffering from disorder or disability of mind or who are physically crippled or disabled, the family pension shall be paid in the order of their birth and the younger of them will get the family pension only after the elder next above him or her ceases to be eligible, the rules clarified.
In case both wife and husband are members of service and are governed by the provisions of the rules and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased shall become payable to the surviving husband or wife and in the event of the death of the husband or wife, the surviving child or children shall be granted the two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents, they said.
Retired all India service officials will also get additional pensions after completing 80 years of age, according to them.
Such retired government officials will get 20 per cent of additional pension after they complete 80 years of age, 30 per cent of after completing 85 years, 40 per cent after crossing 90 years of age, 50 per cent after reaching 95 years and 100 per cent of additional pension after completing 100 years of age, the rules said.
"Where the deceased member of service or pensioner is survived by a widow but has left behind eligible child or children from a divorced or an illegally wedded wife or wives, the eligible child or children shall be entitled to the share of family pension which the mother would have received at the time of the death of the member of service or pensioner had she not been so divorced or had she been legally wedded," they say.
All India services comprise IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service.
Earlier, children born outside wedlock of a government servant had no claim on family pension and the legally wedded wife was the sole recipient of the post-retirement benefit.
The amended All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, also have provisions to provide equal share of pension to more than one widow of a deceased officer.
The rules have a provision to recognise marriage and family of a member of the services after his or her retirement and have made such family member eligible to receive pension after the death of an officer.
They also provide for monetary support to mentally retarded children of an officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS).
"If the son or daughter of a member of service is suffering from any disorder or disability of mind including the mentally retarded or is physically crippled or disabled so as to render him or her unable to earn a living even after attaining the age of twenty-five years, the family pension shall be payable to such son or daughter for life," the rules said.
If there are more than one such son or daughter suffering from disorder or disability of mind or who are physically crippled or disabled, the family pension shall be paid in the order of their birth and the younger of them will get the family pension only after the elder next above him or her ceases to be eligible, the rules clarified.
In case both wife and husband are members of service and are governed by the provisions of the rules and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased shall become payable to the surviving husband or wife and in the event of the death of the husband or wife, the surviving child or children shall be granted the two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents, they said.
Retired all India service officials will also get additional pensions after completing 80 years of age, according to them.
Such retired government officials will get 20 per cent of additional pension after they complete 80 years of age, 30 per cent of after completing 85 years, 40 per cent after crossing 90 years of age, 50 per cent after reaching 95 years and 100 per cent of additional pension after completing 100 years of age, the rules said.
If there are more than one such son or daughter suffering from disorder or disability of mind or who are physically crippled or disabled, the family pension shall be paid in the order of their birth and the younger of them will get the family pension only after the elder next above him or her ceases to be eligible, the rules clarified.
In case both wife and husband are members of service and are governed by the provisions of the rules and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased shall become payable to the surviving husband or wife and in the event of the death of the husband or wife, the surviving child or children shall be granted the two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents, they said.
Retired all India service officials will also get additional pensions after completing 80 years of age, according to them.
Such retired government officials will get 20 per cent of additional pension after they complete 80 years of age, 30 per cent of after completing 85 years, 40 per cent after crossing 90 years of age, 50 per cent after reaching 95 years and 100 per cent of additional pension after completing 100 years of age, the rules said.
Wednesday 28 August 2013
पिटाई? ओमपुरी ने बीवी पर ही लगा दिए हजार आरोप
मुंबई।। पत्नी को डंडे से पीटने के आरोप में पुलिस द्वारा भगोड़ा साबित किए
गए जाने-माने ऐक्टर ओम पुरी का कहना है कि उनके घर में कोई डंडा है ही
नहीं। उन्होंने अपने ऊपर लगे घरेलू हिंसा के आरोप को नकारते हुए कहा कि घर
में एकमात्र बांस की सजावटी छड़ी है जिसे खुद उनकी पत्नी खरीदकर लाई थीं और
इसे भी वह फरेंसिक जांच के लिए भेजने को तैयार हैं।
टीओआई से खास बातचीत में उन्होंने कहा, 'वह कहती हैं कि मैंने उन्हें सुबह 9:30 पर पीटा.. अगर ऐसा है तो वह पुलिस के पास शाम 4:30 बजे रपट लिखाने क्यों पहुंचीं.. आखिर सात घंटे वह किस बात का इतंजार कर रही थीं?' उन्होंने कहा कि छह हफ्ते पहले भी नंदिता उन पर और उनकी पूर्व पत्नी सीमा पर उनके बेटे को किडनैप करने की कोशिश का आरोप लगा चुकी हैं। जबकि, अगले ही दिन वह अपनी बात से पलट गईं और कहा कि उन्हें शक है कि हम ऐसा कर सकते हैं। ओम पुरी ने कहा, 'इस घटना से उनकी मानसिक हालत बयां होती है।'
ओम पुरी ने नंदिता की मानसिक हालत पर ही सवालिया निशान लगा दिया। पूरे मामले पर उनका कहना था, 'जिस समय कहासुनी हुई, उस समय नंदिता ने मेरा कॉलर पकड़ा और मुझे गालियां दीं। मैंने शांत रहने की कोशिश की और मैं घर से बाहर जाने लगा। लेकिन, उसने मेरा रास्ता रोक लिया और जब मैंने जबरदस्ती निकलने की कोशिश की तो उन्होंने कहना शुरू कर दिया कि मैं उनपर हमला कर रहा हूं।'
पत्नी नंदिता की पुलिस शिकायत पर ओम पुरी अग्रिम जमानत की कोशिश कर रहे हैं। ओम पुरी का कहना है कि नंदिता को वह घर और बेटे के लिए अच्छी खासी रकम देते हैं। लेकिन नंदिता काफी खर्चीली किस्म की हैं जबकि वह ग्रामीण परिवेश में पले-बढ़े हैं। बकौल ओम पुरी, 'नंदिता चाहती हैं कि वह आजीवन मिसेज ओम पुरी कहलाएं इसलिए वह तलाक भी नहीं ले रही हैं। साथ ही उन्हें अपने हाथ से वह रकम निकल जाने का भी डर है जो मैं उन्हें देता हूं।' उन्होंने नंदिता के इस दावे को भी खारिज कर दिया कि वह घर के रखरखाव के लिए पैसे नहीं देते हैं। उन्होंने कहा, 'वह घर के सभी तरह के बिल चुकाते हैं और तीन फ्लैट्स की हमारी जॉइंट ओनरशिप है। 'लेकिन, नंदिता को अपने खर्चों पर लगाम लगानी आती ही नहीं।'
सवालों के जवाब में ओम पुरी ने यह भी कहा कि वह नंदिता से तलाक के बाद अपनी पहली पत्नी के साथ रहना पसंद करेंगे।
ओम पुरी के शब्दों में: क्या हुआ था उस दिन?
ओम पुरी का कहना है कि राखी वाले दिन नंदिता ने उनसे 10 हजार रुपए मांगे। नंदिता यह रकम उन 10 लड़कियों को देना चाहती थी जिसने उनके बेटे ईशान को राखी बांधी थी। ओम पुरी के अनुसार, जब वह मांगे हुए पैसे दे चुके तो कुछ देर बाद फिर से नंदिता ने उनसे 3 हजार रुपए मांगे। नंदिता ने 3 हजार रुपए का मोबाइल घर की नौकरानी को दे दिया था क्योंकि नौकरानी ने भी ईशान को राखी बांधी थी। इस रकम को लेकर दोनों में कहासुनी हो गई और बकौल ओम पुरी, उन्हें अगले दिन पता चला कि उनके खिलाफ घरेलू हिंसा का केस दर्ज करवा दिया गया है।
पुलिस के अनुसार: क्या हुआ था उस दिन?
पुलिस का कहना है कि मियां-बीवी के बीच अंधेरी के वर्सोवा इलाके में सेवेन बंगलोज स्थित त्रुशिल बिल्डिंग में अपने फ्लैट के रखरखाव को लेकर कहासुनी शुरू हुई। उसके बाद नाराज ऐक्टर ने कथित तौर पर गुरुवार को रात नौ बजे के करीब छड़ी से अपनी पत्नी नंदिता की पिटाई की।
http://m.nbt.in/text/details.php?storyid=22120224§ion=top-news
टीओआई से खास बातचीत में उन्होंने कहा, 'वह कहती हैं कि मैंने उन्हें सुबह 9:30 पर पीटा.. अगर ऐसा है तो वह पुलिस के पास शाम 4:30 बजे रपट लिखाने क्यों पहुंचीं.. आखिर सात घंटे वह किस बात का इतंजार कर रही थीं?' उन्होंने कहा कि छह हफ्ते पहले भी नंदिता उन पर और उनकी पूर्व पत्नी सीमा पर उनके बेटे को किडनैप करने की कोशिश का आरोप लगा चुकी हैं। जबकि, अगले ही दिन वह अपनी बात से पलट गईं और कहा कि उन्हें शक है कि हम ऐसा कर सकते हैं। ओम पुरी ने कहा, 'इस घटना से उनकी मानसिक हालत बयां होती है।'
ओम पुरी ने नंदिता की मानसिक हालत पर ही सवालिया निशान लगा दिया। पूरे मामले पर उनका कहना था, 'जिस समय कहासुनी हुई, उस समय नंदिता ने मेरा कॉलर पकड़ा और मुझे गालियां दीं। मैंने शांत रहने की कोशिश की और मैं घर से बाहर जाने लगा। लेकिन, उसने मेरा रास्ता रोक लिया और जब मैंने जबरदस्ती निकलने की कोशिश की तो उन्होंने कहना शुरू कर दिया कि मैं उनपर हमला कर रहा हूं।'
पत्नी नंदिता की पुलिस शिकायत पर ओम पुरी अग्रिम जमानत की कोशिश कर रहे हैं। ओम पुरी का कहना है कि नंदिता को वह घर और बेटे के लिए अच्छी खासी रकम देते हैं। लेकिन नंदिता काफी खर्चीली किस्म की हैं जबकि वह ग्रामीण परिवेश में पले-बढ़े हैं। बकौल ओम पुरी, 'नंदिता चाहती हैं कि वह आजीवन मिसेज ओम पुरी कहलाएं इसलिए वह तलाक भी नहीं ले रही हैं। साथ ही उन्हें अपने हाथ से वह रकम निकल जाने का भी डर है जो मैं उन्हें देता हूं।' उन्होंने नंदिता के इस दावे को भी खारिज कर दिया कि वह घर के रखरखाव के लिए पैसे नहीं देते हैं। उन्होंने कहा, 'वह घर के सभी तरह के बिल चुकाते हैं और तीन फ्लैट्स की हमारी जॉइंट ओनरशिप है। 'लेकिन, नंदिता को अपने खर्चों पर लगाम लगानी आती ही नहीं।'
सवालों के जवाब में ओम पुरी ने यह भी कहा कि वह नंदिता से तलाक के बाद अपनी पहली पत्नी के साथ रहना पसंद करेंगे।
ओम पुरी के शब्दों में: क्या हुआ था उस दिन?
ओम पुरी का कहना है कि राखी वाले दिन नंदिता ने उनसे 10 हजार रुपए मांगे। नंदिता यह रकम उन 10 लड़कियों को देना चाहती थी जिसने उनके बेटे ईशान को राखी बांधी थी। ओम पुरी के अनुसार, जब वह मांगे हुए पैसे दे चुके तो कुछ देर बाद फिर से नंदिता ने उनसे 3 हजार रुपए मांगे। नंदिता ने 3 हजार रुपए का मोबाइल घर की नौकरानी को दे दिया था क्योंकि नौकरानी ने भी ईशान को राखी बांधी थी। इस रकम को लेकर दोनों में कहासुनी हो गई और बकौल ओम पुरी, उन्हें अगले दिन पता चला कि उनके खिलाफ घरेलू हिंसा का केस दर्ज करवा दिया गया है।
पुलिस के अनुसार: क्या हुआ था उस दिन?
पुलिस का कहना है कि मियां-बीवी के बीच अंधेरी के वर्सोवा इलाके में सेवेन बंगलोज स्थित त्रुशिल बिल्डिंग में अपने फ्लैट के रखरखाव को लेकर कहासुनी शुरू हुई। उसके बाद नाराज ऐक्टर ने कथित तौर पर गुरुवार को रात नौ बजे के करीब छड़ी से अपनी पत्नी नंदिता की पिटाई की।
http://m.nbt.in/text/details.php?storyid=22120224§ion=top-news
Send that ‘stick’ for forensic test, demands Om Puri
The official version says that Om Puri
is 'absconding' after estranged wife Nandita filed a police complaint
accusing him of domestic violence. But TOI tracked down the actor to
quiz him about his headline grabbing personal life. Excerpts from the
interview.
Your estranged wife Nandita has accused you of physical violence...
She has gone to town saying that I hit her with a stick. Pray, who keeps sticks at home? There is a bamboo cane at home, a decorative item purchased by Nandita. I am ready to send that for forensic tests. She complained to the cops at 4.30 pm claiming that I had beaten her up at 9.30 am. What made her wait for seven hours?
Are you seeking anticipatory bail?
Yes. What else can I do? Our legal system is soft on women in such cases. But I have nothing to fear. I have been in the film industry for 35 years and everyone including the spot-boys will vouch for my character. Six weeks ago, Nandita filed a criminal case against me and my ex-wife Seema Kapoor accusing us of trying to kidnap our son Ishaan. The very next day she backtracked saying she 'suspects' that we will kidnap him. That just explains her state of mind.
What transpired on August 22?
We simply had an argument. She said I had to shell out Rs 10,000 to ten girls who had tied a rakhi to my son, Ishaan. I handed over Rs 10,000. Then she said that our maid had also tied a rakhi and she had given her a mobile phone worth Rs 3,000 and she demanded that I pay for that too. I put my foot down. The next thing I knew I was accused of domestic violence. I never thought our marriage will come to such a sorry pass.
What went wrong in the marriage?
We've not been getting along for the past 15 years. We are two very different people. While my roots are absolutely rural, her tastes are very elitist. Yes, I smoke a few cigarettes and have an occasional drink. But that's it. I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays. She has taken 35 holidays abroad in 15 years. She dropped in on every foreign shoot and I had to pay through my nose every time.
Nandita says you've stopped paying for household expenses. Is that true?
Rubbish! I am paying for everything in her and Ishaan's life and I am not complaining. Be it electricity bills, telephone bills, chaffeur or servants. But Nandita does not know how to control her expenses. It was her idea to sign a MOU, then I gave her joint ownership of three flats and transferred two-thirds of the contents of my bank account to her and Ishaan, but she still wants more. She refuses to sign divorce papers because she doesn't want to give away a single penny. Moreover, she always wants to be known as Mrs Om Puri.
How much has this affected Ishaan?
I try my best to keep him out of this. But he is totally under Nandita's influence. Yesterday I tried to reach him on the domestic help's phone, but I overheard him saying, 'Tell him I have a sore throat'. Now I am going to request the Court to provide me access to him on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
You were recently on a holiday with Nandita and Ishan. Pictures suggested everything was fine...
I wish it was true. I wanted to enjoy a holiday with my son but Nandita tagged along.
How has Nandita behaved during this conflict?
She is very aggressive and uses abusive language against me. She has grabbed my collar on more than one occasion. I try to remain calm and just walk out of the house. But she stands by the door blocking my way and if I try to make my way past her, she says that I am attacking her. She went to Seema's building and screamed expletives.
Would you like to stay with Seema after the divorce?
I can go and live with anybody, but first let me get out of this mess.
That doesn't answer my question.
Yes. I would like to live with Seema, I like her. But if that happens, it would happen only when I have legally parted ways with Nandita.
Nandita says you are in an adulterous relationship with Seema. Is there truth in the allegation?
At the age of 64? I can't write properly, my signature has changed because my hands shake. How will I indulge in adultery? And let me tell you Nandita is responsible for my ill health too. We were in Punjab, when I suffered a neuro problem. The doctors told her to fly me back to Mumbai/Delhi and get a spine surgery done but she ignored the doctors and did not inform me too. Was her holiday more important than my health? I got the surgery done when a doctor in Mumbai pressed the panic button but it was too late.
Have you lost out on work because of problems at home?
Workwise, I won't blame Nandita. Perhaps age has caught up with me. Also stars like Amitabh and Rishi have started doing character roles. But I did a nice film Trafficker in Bangkok recently. And I am doing a film with Spielberg.
Your estranged wife Nandita has accused you of physical violence...
She has gone to town saying that I hit her with a stick. Pray, who keeps sticks at home? There is a bamboo cane at home, a decorative item purchased by Nandita. I am ready to send that for forensic tests. She complained to the cops at 4.30 pm claiming that I had beaten her up at 9.30 am. What made her wait for seven hours?
Are you seeking anticipatory bail?
Yes. What else can I do? Our legal system is soft on women in such cases. But I have nothing to fear. I have been in the film industry for 35 years and everyone including the spot-boys will vouch for my character. Six weeks ago, Nandita filed a criminal case against me and my ex-wife Seema Kapoor accusing us of trying to kidnap our son Ishaan. The very next day she backtracked saying she 'suspects' that we will kidnap him. That just explains her state of mind.
What transpired on August 22?
We simply had an argument. She said I had to shell out Rs 10,000 to ten girls who had tied a rakhi to my son, Ishaan. I handed over Rs 10,000. Then she said that our maid had also tied a rakhi and she had given her a mobile phone worth Rs 3,000 and she demanded that I pay for that too. I put my foot down. The next thing I knew I was accused of domestic violence. I never thought our marriage will come to such a sorry pass.
What went wrong in the marriage?
We've not been getting along for the past 15 years. We are two very different people. While my roots are absolutely rural, her tastes are very elitist. Yes, I smoke a few cigarettes and have an occasional drink. But that's it. I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays. She has taken 35 holidays abroad in 15 years. She dropped in on every foreign shoot and I had to pay through my nose every time.
Nandita says you've stopped paying for household expenses. Is that true?
Rubbish! I am paying for everything in her and Ishaan's life and I am not complaining. Be it electricity bills, telephone bills, chaffeur or servants. But Nandita does not know how to control her expenses. It was her idea to sign a MOU, then I gave her joint ownership of three flats and transferred two-thirds of the contents of my bank account to her and Ishaan, but she still wants more. She refuses to sign divorce papers because she doesn't want to give away a single penny. Moreover, she always wants to be known as Mrs Om Puri.
How much has this affected Ishaan?
I try my best to keep him out of this. But he is totally under Nandita's influence. Yesterday I tried to reach him on the domestic help's phone, but I overheard him saying, 'Tell him I have a sore throat'. Now I am going to request the Court to provide me access to him on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
You were recently on a holiday with Nandita and Ishan. Pictures suggested everything was fine...
I wish it was true. I wanted to enjoy a holiday with my son but Nandita tagged along.
How has Nandita behaved during this conflict?
She is very aggressive and uses abusive language against me. She has grabbed my collar on more than one occasion. I try to remain calm and just walk out of the house. But she stands by the door blocking my way and if I try to make my way past her, she says that I am attacking her. She went to Seema's building and screamed expletives.
Would you like to stay with Seema after the divorce?
I can go and live with anybody, but first let me get out of this mess.
That doesn't answer my question.
Yes. I would like to live with Seema, I like her. But if that happens, it would happen only when I have legally parted ways with Nandita.
Nandita says you are in an adulterous relationship with Seema. Is there truth in the allegation?
At the age of 64? I can't write properly, my signature has changed because my hands shake. How will I indulge in adultery? And let me tell you Nandita is responsible for my ill health too. We were in Punjab, when I suffered a neuro problem. The doctors told her to fly me back to Mumbai/Delhi and get a spine surgery done but she ignored the doctors and did not inform me too. Was her holiday more important than my health? I got the surgery done when a doctor in Mumbai pressed the panic button but it was too late.
Have you lost out on work because of problems at home?
Workwise, I won't blame Nandita. Perhaps age has caught up with me. Also stars like Amitabh and Rishi have started doing character roles. But I did a nice film Trafficker in Bangkok recently. And I am doing a film with Spielberg.
Marriage law: The 'Inter Continental Ballistic Missile' of a Bill
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, approved by the Rajya Sabha on
Monday, has long been pegged the 'Intercontinental Continental Ballistic
Missile' (ICBM) Bill by protesting men's groups, for its inclusion of
the 'Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage (IBM)' clause as a valid
condition for divorce.
Virag Dhulia, a men's rights activist and head of gender studies at the Bangalore-based Confidare Research says, "The Rajya Sabha has betrayed us. We now hope the Lok Sabha MPs will not let us down." Men's groups like Dhulia's partnered with Men's Rights Association, Pune and have been protesting the Bill for months now. In December 2012 they led a rally to Jantar Mantar and courted detention on May 1, 2013 en route the Prime Minister's residence. Their objections to the Bill are that it will blindly give away property in the name of marriage, that men will stop marrying to prevent this, thus destabilizing the institution of marriage.
"Whichever country has these clauses also has supportive laws like a legalization of pre-nuptial agreements, which India doesn't have. India is cherry picking laws that suit them, which can prove disastrous. In 2011, China rolled back a law like this because men had stopped marrying and stopped buying property" Dhulia warns.
But the Bill is in fact far reaching and thought out over a period of decades. The first proposals for amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act came from the Law Commission in 1978. Two more Law Commission reports, several Supreme Court Judgements and after much debate among invested parties led by women's groups like Majlis, the Bill has been tabled.
Chakshu Roy, head of technology initiatives at PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi says, "The Law Commission and the Supreme Court have on a number of occasions recommended the inclusion of irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce. The Law Commission suggested that before a divorce is granted on this ground, the court should ensure adequate financial arrangements have been made for the parties and children. The Bill incorporates these suggestions and introduces this ground for divorce and makes financial provision for the wife and children."
What the Bill essentially says is that there are certain conditions based on which either the husband or wife can apply for divorce. These are cruelty, medical reasons such as communicable diseases, mental illnesses, desertion. The Bill essentially sought to correct the lacuna that arose from the need to dissolve the marriage in the eventuality that none of these stand i.e. the dissolution of marriage due to an organic breakdown.
The Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage clause allows a woman or a man to exit on the premise that she is unfulfilled or unhappy in a marriage after a three year period of separation. The wife also bears the right to block a divorce thrust upon her if she can prove she will be in grave financial hardship. The Bill will also allow the court to consider a waiver of the 6-18 month lock-in period for couples who file by mutual consent.
A huge triumph, points out activist and head of women's group Majlis, Flavia Agnes, is the Bill's determination of the compensation due to the wife. In doing so, the Bill now allows the court to take into account inherited and inheritable properties. This becomes a crucial factor in cases where husbands are able to sell off properties in their name and prove they have no assets, leaving the wife without compensation.
Men's groups protest this clause saying it allows women to divorce a man after five days and "clean him out". Agnes dismisses concerns stating that women have gotten the short end of the stick for far too long.
A lot of the debate has been ill-informed. Advocates state that the court will consider many factors while making such a decision. As any nuclear armed country knows, setting off a missile isn't so simple, there are many check points.
Virag Dhulia, a men's rights activist and head of gender studies at the Bangalore-based Confidare Research says, "The Rajya Sabha has betrayed us. We now hope the Lok Sabha MPs will not let us down." Men's groups like Dhulia's partnered with Men's Rights Association, Pune and have been protesting the Bill for months now. In December 2012 they led a rally to Jantar Mantar and courted detention on May 1, 2013 en route the Prime Minister's residence. Their objections to the Bill are that it will blindly give away property in the name of marriage, that men will stop marrying to prevent this, thus destabilizing the institution of marriage.
"Whichever country has these clauses also has supportive laws like a legalization of pre-nuptial agreements, which India doesn't have. India is cherry picking laws that suit them, which can prove disastrous. In 2011, China rolled back a law like this because men had stopped marrying and stopped buying property" Dhulia warns.
But the Bill is in fact far reaching and thought out over a period of decades. The first proposals for amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act came from the Law Commission in 1978. Two more Law Commission reports, several Supreme Court Judgements and after much debate among invested parties led by women's groups like Majlis, the Bill has been tabled.
Chakshu Roy, head of technology initiatives at PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi says, "The Law Commission and the Supreme Court have on a number of occasions recommended the inclusion of irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce. The Law Commission suggested that before a divorce is granted on this ground, the court should ensure adequate financial arrangements have been made for the parties and children. The Bill incorporates these suggestions and introduces this ground for divorce and makes financial provision for the wife and children."
What the Bill essentially says is that there are certain conditions based on which either the husband or wife can apply for divorce. These are cruelty, medical reasons such as communicable diseases, mental illnesses, desertion. The Bill essentially sought to correct the lacuna that arose from the need to dissolve the marriage in the eventuality that none of these stand i.e. the dissolution of marriage due to an organic breakdown.
The Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage clause allows a woman or a man to exit on the premise that she is unfulfilled or unhappy in a marriage after a three year period of separation. The wife also bears the right to block a divorce thrust upon her if she can prove she will be in grave financial hardship. The Bill will also allow the court to consider a waiver of the 6-18 month lock-in period for couples who file by mutual consent.
A huge triumph, points out activist and head of women's group Majlis, Flavia Agnes, is the Bill's determination of the compensation due to the wife. In doing so, the Bill now allows the court to take into account inherited and inheritable properties. This becomes a crucial factor in cases where husbands are able to sell off properties in their name and prove they have no assets, leaving the wife without compensation.
Men's groups protest this clause saying it allows women to divorce a man after five days and "clean him out". Agnes dismisses concerns stating that women have gotten the short end of the stick for far too long.
A lot of the debate has been ill-informed. Advocates state that the court will consider many factors while making such a decision. As any nuclear armed country knows, setting off a missile isn't so simple, there are many check points.
Court sentences 7 year imprisonment to woman for buying minor
A woman has been sent to for seven years by a Delhi court for buying two minor girls for prostitution and abetting their rapes.
Additional Sessions Judge T R Naval sentenced 30-year-old Pooja to seven years rigorous imprisonment for the crime, saying it has been proved that she purchased the for the purpose of prostitution, wrongfully confined them and also abetted other persons to forcefully have sexual intercourse with the girls.
"This court has come to the conclusion that entire evidence has proved that accused Pooja committed offence of buying minors for the purpose of , offence of wrongfully concealing and confining prosecutrix No. 1 and 2 (victims) and other girls after kidnapping them with the purpose to use them for the purpose of prostitution.
Court sentences 7 year imprisonment to woman for buying minor The judge said it has been proved that she used to present the girls to many customers, who used to pay her for the purpose of physical relations.
It imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Pooja and said that Rs 5,000 each be given to the two victim and that they will also be entitled for other compensation as per law.
Out of the two accused, Meena was declared a proclaimed offender and the court said the evidence placed on record will be read against her. Another accused Mohd Saleem was earlier convicted by the court after he had confessed his guilt.
According to the prosecution, the police conducted a raid at a house in Laxmi Nagar and at a brothel in in April 2004 and two girls were rescued. The girls told the police that they were kidnapped by the accused persons after being given a sedatives-laced drink.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/court-sentences-7-year-imprisonment-to-woman-for-buying-minor/417385-3-244.html
TMC नेता की पत्नी नकल करते पकड़ी गईं, तो कॉलेज की प्रिंसिपल और शिक्षक पिटे
देश के नेता समाज की सेवा के लिए हैं, लेकिन आए दिन उनकी दबंगई के किस्से
सुनने में आ जाते हैं. ऐसा ही एक मामला पश्चिम बंगाल के दिनाजपुर जिले में
इतहार के कॉलेज में सामने आया है. परीक्षा के दौरान तृणमूल कांग्रेस
(टीएमसी) के एक नेता की पत्नी को नकल करते हुए पकड़ लिया गया तो पार्टी के
कथित कार्यकर्ताओं ने कॉलेज की प्रिंसिपल और अन्य शिक्षकों के साथ मारपीट
कर दी.
मेघनाद साहा कॉलेज की प्रिंसिपल स्वप्न मुखर्जी ने कहा कि निरीक्षकों ने बीए फर्स्ट ईयर की परीक्षा के दौरान एक महिला को नकल करते हुए पकड़ लिया. मुखर्जी ने महिला की अंसरशीट और नकल की पर्ची जब्त कर ली और कमरे से चली गईं.
जिस महिला को नकल करते हुए पकड़ा गया, वो तृणमूल कांग्रेस के नेता गौतम पाल की पत्नी हैं. सूत्रों ने बताया कि घटना के कुछ ही देर बाद बाहरी लोगों के एक समूह ने पहुंचकर महिला की कॉपी लौटाने के लिए दबाव बनाया. ये सभी तृणमूल के कार्यकर्ता थे.
प्रिंसिपल का आरोप है कि जब उनकी मांग नहीं मानी गई तो उन्होंने मुखर्जी और दो अन्य शिक्षकों पर हमला कर दिया. इनमें एक महिला टीचर थी शामिल थी. मुखर्जी ने कहा कि लिखित शिकायत तैयार करके जल्दी दाखिल की जाएगी.
घटना उस दिन घटी है जब मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी ने पार्टी की छात्र इकाई के सदस्यों से कानून अपने हाथ में नहीं लेने की नसीहत दी है.
मेघनाद साहा कॉलेज की प्रिंसिपल स्वप्न मुखर्जी ने कहा कि निरीक्षकों ने बीए फर्स्ट ईयर की परीक्षा के दौरान एक महिला को नकल करते हुए पकड़ लिया. मुखर्जी ने महिला की अंसरशीट और नकल की पर्ची जब्त कर ली और कमरे से चली गईं.
जिस महिला को नकल करते हुए पकड़ा गया, वो तृणमूल कांग्रेस के नेता गौतम पाल की पत्नी हैं. सूत्रों ने बताया कि घटना के कुछ ही देर बाद बाहरी लोगों के एक समूह ने पहुंचकर महिला की कॉपी लौटाने के लिए दबाव बनाया. ये सभी तृणमूल के कार्यकर्ता थे.
प्रिंसिपल का आरोप है कि जब उनकी मांग नहीं मानी गई तो उन्होंने मुखर्जी और दो अन्य शिक्षकों पर हमला कर दिया. इनमें एक महिला टीचर थी शामिल थी. मुखर्जी ने कहा कि लिखित शिकायत तैयार करके जल्दी दाखिल की जाएगी.
घटना उस दिन घटी है जब मुख्यमंत्री ममता बनर्जी ने पार्टी की छात्र इकाई के सदस्यों से कानून अपने हाथ में नहीं लेने की नसीहत दी है.
Bill weathers‘anti-men’ cry
SOBHANA K.
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New Delhi, Aug. 26: The
Rajya Sabha today passed amendments to the divorce law but not before
several male members dubbed them anti-men and an assault on “human
rights”.
The Marriage Laws
(Amendment) Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha in the last session, promises
women a larger share of their husband’s property during divorce. (See chart)
Trinamul Congress member Derek O’Brien led the charge, asking: “Why empower women at the expense of men?”
He argued the bill
should be made gender-neutral, giving men the same rights as women.
Replace the words “wife” and “husband” in the bill with “spouse”,
O’Brien said.
Samajwadi Party member Arvind Kumar Singh claimed the bill could be misused like the anti-dowry law.
“If you read this
bill, it seems that husbands alone are responsible for divorce. This law
is being made to enslave men. One party should not get
disproportionately high benefits while the other stands to lose all,”
Singh said.
While many women MPs protested against this logic, Vandana Chavan of the Nationalist Congress Party stood on the men’s side.
“There are many
women who may be earning the same as their husbands or sometimes even
more. We have to fight not just for women’s rights but for human
rights. Why make the current generation of men suffer?” Chavan said.
Many members wanted know how unemployed husbands fared in the bill.
“If the husband
has no property, does he have a right over the (wife’s) property in
case of a divorce?” asked Bahujan Samaj Party member Narender Kumar
Kashyap.
Bharat Kumar Raut
of the Shiv Sena said the bill would bring family pressure on women not
to get a divorce. “Families will think that despite couples having
differences, it would be better to stay together to avoid a division of
the property,” Raut said.
DMK member Kanimozhi defended the bill stoutly.
“That women will
misuse the bill and use it (to seek) revenge against their husbands and
mothers-in-law seems to be the dominant thought here. When we have 50
per cent women in this House, we will talk about making such bills
gender-neutral,” she said.
BJP members,
however, ignored the issue as they pressed their long-standing demand
for a uniform civil code. Party member Najma Heputallah accused the
government of ignoring the plight of the country’s Muslim women.
Law minister Kapil
Sibal said the bill was obviously pro-women and would send a clear
message that Parliament was on the women’s side.
“Women’s rights
have to be protected. We are in a patriarchal society. Around the world,
while women constitute 50 per cent of the population, they own only 2
per cent of global assets,” Sibal said.
Addressing
members’ concern about unemployed husbands, Sibal said men were
entitled to alimony “under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act”. The
bill was cleared as presented by the government.
The Rajya Sabha later discussed the Mumbai gang rape, with junior home minister R.P.N. Singh making a statement.
रेप के बढ़ते मामलों के लिए मैं जिम्मेदार नहीं: पूनम पांडे
अपने बोल्‍ड अंदाज और उससे भी बोल्‍ड टिप्‍पणियों के लिए मशहूर विवादास्‍पद
एक्‍ट्रेस और मॉडल पूनम पांडे का कहना है कि रेप के बढ़ते मामलों के लिए
मुझे दोषी न ठहराएं. हाल ही में फिल्‍म नशा में जमकर अंग प्रदर्शन करने
वाली पूनम इस बात से हैरान और नाराज हैं कि महिलाओं के खिलाफ बढ़ते अपराधों
के लिए कुछ लोग उन्हें दोषी ठहरा रहे हैं.
पूनम पांडे की तस्वीरें, जिन्‍होंने बटोरी सुर्खियां
दरअसल इन दिनों पूनम को हर तरफ से यही सुनने को मिल रहा है कि इंटरनेट और मैगजीनों में उनकी भड़काऊ तस्वीरें महिलाओं के लिए खतरनाक साबित हो रही हैं. पूनम ने कहा कि मुंबई में महिला फोटोजर्नलिस्‍ट के साथ गैंगरेप की घटना के बाद से ही उन्हें बार-बार और लगातार खुद को दोषी मानने पर मजबूर किया जा रहा है.
पूनम ने सवालिया अंदाज में कहा, ‘मेरी तस्वीरें महिलाओं के खिलाफ हो रहे अपराधों के लिए जिम्मेदार हैं, क्या सचमुच यही बात है. दिल्ली गैंगरेप के समय भी मुझ पर इस तरह के आरोप लगाए गए थे. मैं उन सभी लोगों से एक सवाल पूछना चाहती हूं, जो मुझे इन सब के लिए दोषी मान रहे हैं कि क्या मेरे चर्चा में आने से पहले महिलाओं के खिलाफ अपराध नहीं होते थे?’
पूनम पांडे का Hot 'गुड मॉर्निंग'...
पूनम का मानना है कि लोग अपनी कमजोरियां छिपाने के लिए हमेशा कोई बलि का बकरा ढूंढते हैं. उन्होंने कहा, ‘समाज में व्याप्त बुराईयों के लिए आप मुझे दोष क्यों दे रहे हैं. मैं केवल एक लड़की हूं, जो दुनिया में अपने लिए जगह तलाश रही है. जब कानून व्यवस्था नाकाम होती है तो वे लोग किसी और को दोषी बता देते हैं. लेकिन मुझे दोष क्यों दे रहे हैं? मैंने क्या किया है?’
तस्‍वीरों में पूनम पांडे की फिल्‍म 'नशा' के मदहोश करने वाले पोस्‍टर
पूनम पहली बार चर्चा में तब आई थीं जब 2011 में क्रिकेट वर्ल्‍डकप के दौरान उन्होंने ऐलान किया था कि भारतीय टीम ट्रॉफी जीतती है, तो भारत की जीत की खुशी में वह भारतीय खिलाड़ियों के न्‍यूड होंगी.
पूनम पांडे की तस्वीरें, जिन्‍होंने बटोरी सुर्खियां
दरअसल इन दिनों पूनम को हर तरफ से यही सुनने को मिल रहा है कि इंटरनेट और मैगजीनों में उनकी भड़काऊ तस्वीरें महिलाओं के लिए खतरनाक साबित हो रही हैं. पूनम ने कहा कि मुंबई में महिला फोटोजर्नलिस्‍ट के साथ गैंगरेप की घटना के बाद से ही उन्हें बार-बार और लगातार खुद को दोषी मानने पर मजबूर किया जा रहा है.
पूनम ने सवालिया अंदाज में कहा, ‘मेरी तस्वीरें महिलाओं के खिलाफ हो रहे अपराधों के लिए जिम्मेदार हैं, क्या सचमुच यही बात है. दिल्ली गैंगरेप के समय भी मुझ पर इस तरह के आरोप लगाए गए थे. मैं उन सभी लोगों से एक सवाल पूछना चाहती हूं, जो मुझे इन सब के लिए दोषी मान रहे हैं कि क्या मेरे चर्चा में आने से पहले महिलाओं के खिलाफ अपराध नहीं होते थे?’
पूनम पांडे का Hot 'गुड मॉर्निंग'...
पूनम का मानना है कि लोग अपनी कमजोरियां छिपाने के लिए हमेशा कोई बलि का बकरा ढूंढते हैं. उन्होंने कहा, ‘समाज में व्याप्त बुराईयों के लिए आप मुझे दोष क्यों दे रहे हैं. मैं केवल एक लड़की हूं, जो दुनिया में अपने लिए जगह तलाश रही है. जब कानून व्यवस्था नाकाम होती है तो वे लोग किसी और को दोषी बता देते हैं. लेकिन मुझे दोष क्यों दे रहे हैं? मैंने क्या किया है?’
तस्‍वीरों में पूनम पांडे की फिल्‍म 'नशा' के मदहोश करने वाले पोस्‍टर
पूनम पहली बार चर्चा में तब आई थीं जब 2011 में क्रिकेट वर्ल्‍डकप के दौरान उन्होंने ऐलान किया था कि भारतीय टीम ट्रॉफी जीतती है, तो भारत की जीत की खुशी में वह भारतीय खिलाड़ियों के न्‍यूड होंगी.
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Suicide note not enough proof of abetment: Bombay HC
This is really shame on India & Indian's, when one lady dies without her suicide note it is confirmed that 498a case & legal process starts but when one Man dies with Suicide note making his in-law & wife responsible still it is not accepted by law & media, Shame! Shame!! Shame!!!
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday observed that a suicide note alone was not enough proof in a case of abetment of suicide and dismissed an appeal against acquittal in one case. In the absence of independent evidence to prove a case of abetment, Justice A H Joshi dismissed the appeal filed by the victim's family.
The judge was hearing an appeal filed by the family of a suicide victim against the acquittal. The appeal, filed last year by one Sunil Bhavsar, challenged a sessions court verdict of acquittal. His lawyer argued that it was a case in which a woman was pushed into committing suicide and that a suicide note she left behind "proved the abetment charge". She was harassed and threatened, the lawyer argued.
The case was from Nashik and the lawyer said a complaint was filed in 2010 with the Nashik police about the harassment and threats she faced that led to her eventual suicide. Hence, the abetment to suicide charge is proved, he argued and the acquittal ought to be overturned.
The state did not file an appeal. The appeal itself was dismissed, by default, by the HC earlier in March 2013 as the lawyer for the appellant had not turned up on a date when it was scheduled for a hearing.
On Tuesday, when the lawyer for the victim's family stressed on the suicide note and threats she allegedly received before the suicide, Justice Joshi said, "This is no mathematical equation, that a suicide note plus threat equals abetment...If harassment is proved, show the proof," the HC said. The judge said, "A threat to kill is not abetment. (Giving) An advice to kill is also not abetment."
In case of a suicide, higher courts have held that in each case the circumstances and evidence is crucial to decide whether there was abetment, which would involve acts by another person to actually instigate the person into committing suicide, the SC has held.
WHAT THE SC HAS HELD
"If it appears to the Court that a victim committing suicide was hypersensitive to ordinary petulance, discord and difference in domestic life quite common to the society to which the victim belonged and such petulance, discord and difference were not expected to induce a similarly circumstanced individual in a given society to commit suicide, the conscience of the Court should not be satisfied for basing a finding that the accused charged of abetting the offence of suicide should be found guilty." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Suicide-note-not-enough-proof-of-abetment-Bombay-HC/articleshow/22108153.cms?intenttarget=no
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday observed that a suicide note alone was not enough proof in a case of abetment of suicide and dismissed an appeal against acquittal in one case. In the absence of independent evidence to prove a case of abetment, Justice A H Joshi dismissed the appeal filed by the victim's family.
The judge was hearing an appeal filed by the family of a suicide victim against the acquittal. The appeal, filed last year by one Sunil Bhavsar, challenged a sessions court verdict of acquittal. His lawyer argued that it was a case in which a woman was pushed into committing suicide and that a suicide note she left behind "proved the abetment charge". She was harassed and threatened, the lawyer argued.
The case was from Nashik and the lawyer said a complaint was filed in 2010 with the Nashik police about the harassment and threats she faced that led to her eventual suicide. Hence, the abetment to suicide charge is proved, he argued and the acquittal ought to be overturned.
The state did not file an appeal. The appeal itself was dismissed, by default, by the HC earlier in March 2013 as the lawyer for the appellant had not turned up on a date when it was scheduled for a hearing.
On Tuesday, when the lawyer for the victim's family stressed on the suicide note and threats she allegedly received before the suicide, Justice Joshi said, "This is no mathematical equation, that a suicide note plus threat equals abetment...If harassment is proved, show the proof," the HC said. The judge said, "A threat to kill is not abetment. (Giving) An advice to kill is also not abetment."
In case of a suicide, higher courts have held that in each case the circumstances and evidence is crucial to decide whether there was abetment, which would involve acts by another person to actually instigate the person into committing suicide, the SC has held.
WHAT THE SC HAS HELD
"If it appears to the Court that a victim committing suicide was hypersensitive to ordinary petulance, discord and difference in domestic life quite common to the society to which the victim belonged and such petulance, discord and difference were not expected to induce a similarly circumstanced individual in a given society to commit suicide, the conscience of the Court should not be satisfied for basing a finding that the accused charged of abetting the offence of suicide should be found guilty." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Suicide-note-not-enough-proof-of-abetment-Bombay-HC/articleshow/22108153.cms?intenttarget=no
Samajwadi Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh held in Goa 'dance bar'
PANAJI/LUCKNOW:
Revelry at a birthday bash on a Goa beach hotel and creating a dance
bar ambience with women imported from Delhi has landed UP Samajwadi Party legislator Mahendra Kumar Singh
behind bars. Singh was arrested along with five others on Monday night
after Goa police busted the party being attended by the 55-year-old MLA.
All the arrested were booked under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and remanded in police custody for six days.
Police said officers who raided the terrace party at Viva hotel in Campal found six women performers dancing to loud music. As the police team entered, the women locked themselves in a room, raising suspicion, said Goa police inspector Rajendra Prabhudesai. Singh, a four-time MLA ,is the son-in-law of veteran SP leader Bhagwati Singh.
Samajwadi Party does not rush to its MLA's defence
The MLA from Sitapur in central UP, who represents Sevta assembly seat, flew into Goa along with his friends on Sunday and was staying in Candolim beach.
Singh said he was being singled out for harsh treatment. "Dance programmes take place everywhere in Goa and police do not arrest anyone. I arrived in Goa on August 24 and yesterday I had gone to Panaji to visit a casino. There I received a call from my friend, inviting me for a birthday party which I went to attend," he told TOI at the police station. He said he had reached barely half an hour before the cops showed up.
His party, however, didn't rush to defend him. SP spokesperson and senior minister Rajendra Chaudhary said, "Whatever we have come to know about the MLA is through the media. The party is in the process of collecting relevant details."
Singh's family initially feigned ignorance but later his son, Pawan Kumar Singh, said his father was on a business trip to Mumbai. "He is a four-time MLA and his reputation cannot be blemished. Somebody is trying to tarnish his image," he said. Singh has been an MLA since 1996. He represented Behta between 1996 and 2007 and won from Sevta when the name changed after delimitation.
Police said what aroused suspicion was that the girls didn't know each other and it appeared that they had been arranged by different persons for the evening.
"If the girls had been part of a troupe or orchestra, they would have known each other well and would not run for cover. The girls behaved suspiciously," a police source said.
Cops said four of the six girls were from Delhi and all had been sent to a women's shelter. There are no dance bars at any Goa hotel and those at Viva had arranged the programme on the terrace. "The loud music disturbed residents in the area, prompting Cumbharjua Congress MLA Pandurang Madkaikar to call the police," a source said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Samajwadi-Party-MLA-from-Uttar-Pradesh-held-in-Goa-dance-bar/articleshow/22108979.cms
All the arrested were booked under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act and remanded in police custody for six days.
Police said officers who raided the terrace party at Viva hotel in Campal found six women performers dancing to loud music. As the police team entered, the women locked themselves in a room, raising suspicion, said Goa police inspector Rajendra Prabhudesai. Singh, a four-time MLA ,is the son-in-law of veteran SP leader Bhagwati Singh.
Samajwadi Party does not rush to its MLA's defence
The MLA from Sitapur in central UP, who represents Sevta assembly seat, flew into Goa along with his friends on Sunday and was staying in Candolim beach.
Singh said he was being singled out for harsh treatment. "Dance programmes take place everywhere in Goa and police do not arrest anyone. I arrived in Goa on August 24 and yesterday I had gone to Panaji to visit a casino. There I received a call from my friend, inviting me for a birthday party which I went to attend," he told TOI at the police station. He said he had reached barely half an hour before the cops showed up.
His party, however, didn't rush to defend him. SP spokesperson and senior minister Rajendra Chaudhary said, "Whatever we have come to know about the MLA is through the media. The party is in the process of collecting relevant details."
Singh's family initially feigned ignorance but later his son, Pawan Kumar Singh, said his father was on a business trip to Mumbai. "He is a four-time MLA and his reputation cannot be blemished. Somebody is trying to tarnish his image," he said. Singh has been an MLA since 1996. He represented Behta between 1996 and 2007 and won from Sevta when the name changed after delimitation.
Police said what aroused suspicion was that the girls didn't know each other and it appeared that they had been arranged by different persons for the evening.
"If the girls had been part of a troupe or orchestra, they would have known each other well and would not run for cover. The girls behaved suspiciously," a police source said.
Cops said four of the six girls were from Delhi and all had been sent to a women's shelter. There are no dance bars at any Goa hotel and those at Viva had arranged the programme on the terrace. "The loud music disturbed residents in the area, prompting Cumbharjua Congress MLA Pandurang Madkaikar to call the police," a source said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Samajwadi-Party-MLA-from-Uttar-Pradesh-held-in-Goa-dance-bar/articleshow/22108979.cms
INSAAF (Indian Social Awareness and Activism Forum
Press release marriage Amendment bill
http://www.scribd.com/doc/163488811/INSAAF-Press-Release-on-Marriage-Law-Amendment-Bill-2010
http://www.scribd.com/doc/163488811/INSAAF-Press-Release-on-Marriage-Law-Amendment-Bill-2010
Businessman kills self, in-laws booked
GURGAON: A
35-year-old businessman committed suicide here after accusing his wife
and her parents of harassing him, police said on Tuesday. Six people
from his wife's family were charged with abetment to suicide.
Amit Garg, a resident of Mandi Govindgarh in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, took poison and died here on Monday.
The coal businessman, who got married in February this year, had come to Gurgaon to meet his maternal uncle.
"Amit consumed poison at his uncle's house in Kendriya Vihar. He was rushed to a hospital and died during treatment," police official Pradeep Singh told IANS.
"The deceased left a suicide note blaming his wife and her parents for his extreme step," Singh said.
"I was badly harassed by my wife and his family. I have no other option but to end my life," the suicide note read. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Businessman-kills-self-in-laws-booked/articleshow/22098937.cms
Amit Garg, a resident of Mandi Govindgarh in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, took poison and died here on Monday.
The coal businessman, who got married in February this year, had come to Gurgaon to meet his maternal uncle.
"Amit consumed poison at his uncle's house in Kendriya Vihar. He was rushed to a hospital and died during treatment," police official Pradeep Singh told IANS.
"The deceased left a suicide note blaming his wife and her parents for his extreme step," Singh said.
"I was badly harassed by my wife and his family. I have no other option but to end my life," the suicide note read. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Businessman-kills-self-in-laws-booked/articleshow/22098937.cms
'Wife conspires with lover to kill husband in Mysore'
MYSORE: A wife and her lover have been arrested for conspiring to kill her husband in Mysore recently.
Metagalli police said Bhavya of Mandya district and her lover Raghavendra have been arrested on charges of killing Bhavya's husband Nagappa Kattimani previous week. The incident came to light a day after Nagappa was cremated.
Inspector H R Vivekananda told TOI that Bhavya and Raghavendra conspired to eliminate Nagappa, a mason, as he was bothering Bhavya after he came to know their alleged love affair. As per plan, Raghavendra took Nagappa to a liquor shop and consumed liquor heavily at Nagappa's native Shyadnalli on August 15. Later, he took him near Varuna canal and pushed him inside around 10.30pm.
Bhavya who was aware of this remained silent and on the next day, August 16, she made a hue and cry that her husband Nagappa who went for nature call on the morning has been missing. Later, she pretended that her husband may have fallen into the canal. Following the incident, a bunch of villagers launched a search for his body voluntarily and later found his body a kilometre away from the spot on August 18. The same day he was cremated without alerting cops.
But a day after cremation, a section of villagers' suspected foul play and then Bhavya spilled the beans that she had conspired in killing her husband. Later, Nagappa's brother Chenappa Kattimani lodged a police complaint.
Bhavya and Raghavendra who were arrested on Tuesday have been remanded to police custody. Nagappa leaves behind a son and daughter aged 3years and 6 years respectively.
This is second such incident in Mysore wherein wife had conspired with lover to kill husband over their love affair in the last two years. Similarly, Rekha conspired with her lover Umesh to kill her lecturer-husband Ravi in August 2011.
Metagalli police said Bhavya of Mandya district and her lover Raghavendra have been arrested on charges of killing Bhavya's husband Nagappa Kattimani previous week. The incident came to light a day after Nagappa was cremated.
Inspector H R Vivekananda told TOI that Bhavya and Raghavendra conspired to eliminate Nagappa, a mason, as he was bothering Bhavya after he came to know their alleged love affair. As per plan, Raghavendra took Nagappa to a liquor shop and consumed liquor heavily at Nagappa's native Shyadnalli on August 15. Later, he took him near Varuna canal and pushed him inside around 10.30pm.
Bhavya who was aware of this remained silent and on the next day, August 16, she made a hue and cry that her husband Nagappa who went for nature call on the morning has been missing. Later, she pretended that her husband may have fallen into the canal. Following the incident, a bunch of villagers launched a search for his body voluntarily and later found his body a kilometre away from the spot on August 18. The same day he was cremated without alerting cops.
But a day after cremation, a section of villagers' suspected foul play and then Bhavya spilled the beans that she had conspired in killing her husband. Later, Nagappa's brother Chenappa Kattimani lodged a police complaint.
Bhavya and Raghavendra who were arrested on Tuesday have been remanded to police custody. Nagappa leaves behind a son and daughter aged 3years and 6 years respectively.
This is second such incident in Mysore wherein wife had conspired with lover to kill husband over their love affair in the last two years. Similarly, Rekha conspired with her lover Umesh to kill her lecturer-husband Ravi in August 2011.
Bill to negate Supreme Court verdict gets Rajya Sabha nod
NEW DELHI: Contending that there was a need to check growing "criminalisation" in politics, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday "unanimously passed" a bill negating a Supreme Court verdict to allow people in jail to contest polls.
Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013 provides for a change in the act of 1951. The amendment to sub-clause 5 of section 62 of the RPA, if passed by Parliament, shall come into effect from July 10, 2013, the day the Supreme Court gave its judgement that those in jail can not contest election.
"The fact is that the political class is the most accountable class in the country. Politicians are accountable to Parliament, to the Election Commission, to the country, to the people, to whom we go every after five years. We are the most accountable set of people in the country," Law minister Kapil Sibal said in his reply after a discussion on the bill.
"It is we who have passed the law to make us accountable. It is us who have decided to disclose our assets. Which other institution has taken such steps to make themselves more accountable," he said.
Sibal, who was congratulated by all members for bringing the Bill, said the apex court's order might perhaps not have come had the "environment" been different.
"I dare say, in an another environment, we perhaps would not get such a judgement. The environment is that political class is being looked upon with suspicion," Sibal said.
After examining the Supreme Court order, Government had filed a review petition, but instead of waiting for the outcome, it felt the need to "suitably" address the situation. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bill-to-negate-Supreme-Court-verdict-gets-Rajya-Sabha-nod/articleshow/22097825.cms
Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013 provides for a change in the act of 1951. The amendment to sub-clause 5 of section 62 of the RPA, if passed by Parliament, shall come into effect from July 10, 2013, the day the Supreme Court gave its judgement that those in jail can not contest election.
"The fact is that the political class is the most accountable class in the country. Politicians are accountable to Parliament, to the Election Commission, to the country, to the people, to whom we go every after five years. We are the most accountable set of people in the country," Law minister Kapil Sibal said in his reply after a discussion on the bill.
"It is we who have passed the law to make us accountable. It is us who have decided to disclose our assets. Which other institution has taken such steps to make themselves more accountable," he said.
Sibal, who was congratulated by all members for bringing the Bill, said the apex court's order might perhaps not have come had the "environment" been different.
"I dare say, in an another environment, we perhaps would not get such a judgement. The environment is that political class is being looked upon with suspicion," Sibal said.
After examining the Supreme Court order, Government had filed a review petition, but instead of waiting for the outcome, it felt the need to "suitably" address the situation. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Bill-to-negate-Supreme-Court-verdict-gets-Rajya-Sabha-nod/articleshow/22097825.cms
Men's rights activists hope Lok Sabha won't okay 'husband killer law'
The
Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, dubbed as a husband killer law by men’s
rights activists, was approved by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Men’s
rights groups who have been staging nationwide protests and holding
debates on the issue say they will continue to meet with lawmakers to
persuade them not to pass the bill in the Lok Sabha.
Virag Dhulia, a leading men’s rights activist, told rediff.com that they were trying to establish communication with members of Parliament on the subject. “We are telling them about the problems this bill would cause as the male in general is the stakeholder in this draconian law. We are trying to tell them what changes ought to be made to this bill and how, if it gets presidential assent, it would become a disaster. We hope our lawmakers would take into consideration all this and not to pass bills merley keeping in mind vote bank politics.”
Among other things the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill empowers the courts to decide the compensation amount for the wife and children from the husband’s inherited and inheritable properties once the marriage ends legally. The Bill allows parties to file for divorce on the ground of “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage. Both parties have to live apart for at least three years before filing such a petition.
Dhulia points out, “Basically the hard-earned money and property of the man will not belong to him” once this Bill becomes law.
The Bill also provides for restricting the grant of a decree of divorce if the court is satisfied that adequate provision for maintenance of the children has not been made consistent with the financial capacity of the parties to the marriage.
Also, the wife has the right to oppose the grant of divorce on the ground that the dissolution of marriage could result in grave financial hardship, but no such provision has been made for the husband. “Law Minister Kapil Sibal has totally ignored the National Crime Records Bureau data which states that every year more than 65,000 married men end their lives,” the activists point out.
As per the Bill’s statement of objectives, the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriages Act have proved to be inadequate in dealing with cases where there has been an irretrievable breakdown of marriage and hence it was decided to amend the law. Even the Supreme Court had pointed out the need to introduce ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ and ‘mutual consent’ as grounds for granting divorce in order to reduce litigation and to enable both parties move on in their life.
What Sibal failed to take into consideration was how such a law would reduce litigation when cases filed by women under the dowry and harassment laws and child custody are not decided at the time of issuing a divorce decree, the activists point out.
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mens-rights-activists-hope-lok-sabha-wont-okay-husband-killer-law/20130827.htm?sc_cid=fbshare
Virag Dhulia, a leading men’s rights activist, told rediff.com that they were trying to establish communication with members of Parliament on the subject. “We are telling them about the problems this bill would cause as the male in general is the stakeholder in this draconian law. We are trying to tell them what changes ought to be made to this bill and how, if it gets presidential assent, it would become a disaster. We hope our lawmakers would take into consideration all this and not to pass bills merley keeping in mind vote bank politics.”
Among other things the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill empowers the courts to decide the compensation amount for the wife and children from the husband’s inherited and inheritable properties once the marriage ends legally. The Bill allows parties to file for divorce on the ground of “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage. Both parties have to live apart for at least three years before filing such a petition.
Dhulia points out, “Basically the hard-earned money and property of the man will not belong to him” once this Bill becomes law.
The Bill also provides for restricting the grant of a decree of divorce if the court is satisfied that adequate provision for maintenance of the children has not been made consistent with the financial capacity of the parties to the marriage.
Also, the wife has the right to oppose the grant of divorce on the ground that the dissolution of marriage could result in grave financial hardship, but no such provision has been made for the husband. “Law Minister Kapil Sibal has totally ignored the National Crime Records Bureau data which states that every year more than 65,000 married men end their lives,” the activists point out.
As per the Bill’s statement of objectives, the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriages Act have proved to be inadequate in dealing with cases where there has been an irretrievable breakdown of marriage and hence it was decided to amend the law. Even the Supreme Court had pointed out the need to introduce ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’ and ‘mutual consent’ as grounds for granting divorce in order to reduce litigation and to enable both parties move on in their life.
What Sibal failed to take into consideration was how such a law would reduce litigation when cases filed by women under the dowry and harassment laws and child custody are not decided at the time of issuing a divorce decree, the activists point out.
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mens-rights-activists-hope-lok-sabha-wont-okay-husband-killer-law/20130827.htm?sc_cid=fbshare
Laws turning anti-men: Ex-minister
Former minister B T Lalitha Naik said on Sunday that laws, of
late, had become radically biased towards women and that society at
large had demonised the role of men.
She was addressing a protest by the Karnataka Rajya Purushara Rakshana Samithi here.
“Under the present laws, men can become easy targets for women with bad intentions. A man can be arrested merely an the allegation of rape or dowry harassment by a woman,” Naik said.
“We demand that lawmakers introduce appropriate checks in the laws so that women lodging frivolous complaints are seriously dealt with,” Naik said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/353265/laws-turning-anti-men-ex.html
She was addressing a protest by the Karnataka Rajya Purushara Rakshana Samithi here.
“Under the present laws, men can become easy targets for women with bad intentions. A man can be arrested merely an the allegation of rape or dowry harassment by a woman,” Naik said.
“We demand that lawmakers introduce appropriate checks in the laws so that women lodging frivolous complaints are seriously dealt with,” Naik said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/353265/laws-turning-anti-men-ex.html
मैरिज लॉ में संशोधन पास, अब तलाक लेना चाहते हैं तो अपनी संपत्ति बांटने के लिए भी रहें तैयार
तलाक होने की स्थिति में पति की संपत्ति में पत्नी और बच्चों को अधिकार
सुनिश्चित करने के मकसद से एक महत्वपूर्ण विधेयक को राज्यसभा की मंजूरी मिल
गयी.
पति की अचल संपत्ति में पत्नी और बच्चों का अधिकार सुनिश्चित करने वाले विवाह विधि (संशोधन) विधेयक 2010 को सोमवार को चर्चा के बाद उच्च सदन ने ध्वनिमत से मंजूरी प्रदान कर दी. विधेयक में तलाक की स्थिति में पत्नी को पति की अचल संपत्ति से मिलने वाले हिस्से की मात्रा को निर्धारित नहीं किया गया है और यह तय करने का काम अदालत पर छोड़ दिया गया है.
विधेयक पर हुई चर्चा का जवाब देते हुए कानून मंत्री कपिल सिब्बल ने कहा कि पुरुष प्रधान समाज में महिलाओं को अधिकार दिलाने के लिए यह विधेयक काफी महत्वपूर्ण साबित होगा. इसके तहत पति की स्वअर्जित संपत्ति में से पत्नी को अधिकार मिलेगा. उन्होंने कहा कि यह प्रावधान चल संपत्ति पर भी लागू होगा.
उन्होंने कहा कि तलाक के दौरान सभी तथ्यों पर विचार कर न्यायाधीश फैसला करेंगे कि पत्नी को कितना गुजारा भत्ता दिया जाना चाहिए. अगर अदालत के फैसले से असहमति हो तो उच्च अदालतों में उसे चुनौती दी जा सकती है.
सिब्बल ने कहा कि विधेयक में महिला और पुरुष दोनों का ही ध्यान रखा गया है. उन्होंने कहा कि कुल आबादी में महिलाओं की संख्या 50 फीसदी होने के बावजूद संपत्ति का 98 फीसदी हिस्सा पुरुषों के पास होता है. ऐसे में विधेयक के माध्यम से यह संदेश जाना चाहिए तलाक के बाद महिलाओं का भविष्य सुरक्षित होगा.
कानून मंत्री ने सदस्यों के स्पष्टीकरण के जवाब में कहा कि विशेष विवाह कानून के तहत विवाह का पंजीकरण होने पर किसी भी धर्म की महिला और पुरुष साथ भेदभाव वाली बात नहीं है बल्कि इसमें सभी धर्म के लोगों के लिए वैवाहिक सुरक्षा की बात है. दो नागरिक बराबर के हकदार हैं और विशेष विवाह कानून के तहत विवाह कर सकते हैं.
सिब्बल ने कहा कि तलाक का फैसला तब तक नहीं होगा जब तक यह स्पष्ट नहीं हो जाता कि विवाह से जन्म लेने वाले बच्चों के पालनपोषण के लिए दोनों पक्षों की वित्तीय स्थिति के अनुरूप समुचित व्यवस्था की गई है.
इससे पहले विधेयक पर चर्चा की शुरुआत करते हुए बीजेपी की नजमा हेपतुल्ला ने कहा कि देश की सभी महिलाओं के लिए एक ही कानून होना चाहिये चाहे वह किसी भी जाति की हों या किसी भी धर्म की हों. उन्होंने कहा कि देश में मुस्लिम महिलाओं की आबादी लगभग 10 करोड़ है लेकिन सरकार ने इस बड़ी आबादी के हक में बारे में नहीं सोचा. इनके हितों के बारे में बोलने के लिए कोई खड़ा नहीं होता.
उन्होंने कहा कि महिलाओं के पक्ष में कई कानून बने लेकिन अब तक वह अपने अधिकारों से वंचित हैं. उन्होंने कहा कि महिलाओं के साथ भेदभाव नहीं किया जाना चाहिए और सभी धर्मो की महिलाओं का ध्यान रखा जाना चाहिए.
बीएसपी के नरेंद्र कश्यप ने कहा कि विधेयक में पति की संपत्ति में पत्नी को हिस्सा देने की बात कही गई है लेकिन यह स्पष्ट नहीं किया गया है कि बच्चों को इस हिस्सेदारी में से कितना हिस्सा मिलेगा. उन्होंने यह भी सवाल किया कि अगर पति के पास कुछ न हो और पत्नी बड़ी संपत्ति की मालिक हो तो क्या इस स्थिति में पति को तलाक के बाद पत्नी की संपत्ति से कोई हिस्सा मिलेगा. माकपा की झरना दास वैद्य ने कहा कि तलाक के बाद कितना फीसदी हिस्सा पत्नी को मिलेगा यह स्पष्ट होना चाहिए.
तृणमूल कांग्रेस के डेरेक ओ’ब्रायन ने कहा कि कानून में लिंग के आधार पर कोई भेदभाव नहीं होना चाहिए और महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण के समय पुरुषों की उपेक्षा नहीं की जानी चाहिए. सपा के अरविंद कुमार सिंह ने कहा कि इसमें बेरोजगार पति को तलाक के बाद पत्नी से गुजाराभत्ता मिलने का प्रावधान होना चाहिए. उन्होंने यह भी सुनिश्चित करने की मांग की कि इस कानून का दुरुपयोग न हो.
डीएमके की कनिमोई ने इस बात को लेकर आश्चर्य जताया कि महिलाओं से जुड़े कानूनों को लेकर दुरुपयोग की आशंका क्यों जताई जाती है. उन्होंने भी गुजाराभत्ता पर स्पष्ट प्रावधान की मांग की. एनसीपी की वंदना चौहान ने कहा कि यह सही है कि कोई भी पत्नी अत्यंत अपरिहार्य परिस्थिति में ही तलाक चाहती है लेकिन इस प्रावधान पर पुनर्विचार करना चाहिए कि उसके द्वारा दायर तलाक की अर्जी को पति चुनौती नहीं दे सकेगा.
शिवसेना के भरत कुमार राउत ने कहा कि इस कानून के दायरे में सभी धर्मो की महिलाओं को लाना चाहिए और धर्म तथा लिंग के आधार पर इसमें कोई भेदभाव नहीं होना चाहिए. उन्होंने सवाल किया कि पत्नी की कमाई पति से अधिक होने की स्थिति में गुजाराभत्ता किस तरह तय होगा. उन्होंने कहा कि पति की संपत्ति में से पत्नी को हिस्से के प्रावधान की वजह से लोग तलाक से बचना चाहेंगे. अगर पत्नी को पति की संपत्ति में से हिस्सा मिलता है और वह पुनर्विवाह करना चाहती है तो क्या वह संपत्ति रख सकती है या और कोई विकल्प होगा.
बीजेडी के प्यारीमोहन महापात्र ने तलाक के आधार पर गहन विचारविमर्श की मांग की. उन्होंने संपत्ति के समान बंटवारे की भी मांग की. बीजेपी के थावरचंद गहलोत ने समान नागरिक संहिता कानून बनाए जाने की मांग करते हुए कहा कि कानून में तलाक के लिए 18 माह के इंतजार की बात कही गई है जबकि यह अवधि बहुत ज्यादा है.
टीडीपी की जी सुधारानी ने कहा कि कानून में वर्णित तलाक के मुख्य आधार ‘इर्र्रिटीवल ब्रेकडाउन’ (असुधार्य भंग) की स्पष्ट व्याख्या होनी चाहिए. उन्होंने जानना चाहा कि घरेलू हिंसा और भारतीय दंड संहिता की अन्य धाराओं के तहत लंबित तलाक के मामलों का क्या होगा.
चर्चा में बीजेपी के रंगासाई रामकृष्ण, रामा जोइस, ज्ञानप्रकाश पिलानिया, निर्दलीय मोहम्मद अदीब, शिरोमणि अकाली दल के बलविंदर सिंह भुंडर, बीजद की रेणुबाला प्रधान, भाकपा के एम पी अच्युतन और कांग्रेस के रामप्रकाश ने भी भाग लिया.
http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/rajya-sabha-approves-bill-to-make-divorce-women-friendly-1-740204.html
पति की अचल संपत्ति में पत्नी और बच्चों का अधिकार सुनिश्चित करने वाले विवाह विधि (संशोधन) विधेयक 2010 को सोमवार को चर्चा के बाद उच्च सदन ने ध्वनिमत से मंजूरी प्रदान कर दी. विधेयक में तलाक की स्थिति में पत्नी को पति की अचल संपत्ति से मिलने वाले हिस्से की मात्रा को निर्धारित नहीं किया गया है और यह तय करने का काम अदालत पर छोड़ दिया गया है.
विधेयक पर हुई चर्चा का जवाब देते हुए कानून मंत्री कपिल सिब्बल ने कहा कि पुरुष प्रधान समाज में महिलाओं को अधिकार दिलाने के लिए यह विधेयक काफी महत्वपूर्ण साबित होगा. इसके तहत पति की स्वअर्जित संपत्ति में से पत्नी को अधिकार मिलेगा. उन्होंने कहा कि यह प्रावधान चल संपत्ति पर भी लागू होगा.
उन्होंने कहा कि तलाक के दौरान सभी तथ्यों पर विचार कर न्यायाधीश फैसला करेंगे कि पत्नी को कितना गुजारा भत्ता दिया जाना चाहिए. अगर अदालत के फैसले से असहमति हो तो उच्च अदालतों में उसे चुनौती दी जा सकती है.
सिब्बल ने कहा कि विधेयक में महिला और पुरुष दोनों का ही ध्यान रखा गया है. उन्होंने कहा कि कुल आबादी में महिलाओं की संख्या 50 फीसदी होने के बावजूद संपत्ति का 98 फीसदी हिस्सा पुरुषों के पास होता है. ऐसे में विधेयक के माध्यम से यह संदेश जाना चाहिए तलाक के बाद महिलाओं का भविष्य सुरक्षित होगा.
कानून मंत्री ने सदस्यों के स्पष्टीकरण के जवाब में कहा कि विशेष विवाह कानून के तहत विवाह का पंजीकरण होने पर किसी भी धर्म की महिला और पुरुष साथ भेदभाव वाली बात नहीं है बल्कि इसमें सभी धर्म के लोगों के लिए वैवाहिक सुरक्षा की बात है. दो नागरिक बराबर के हकदार हैं और विशेष विवाह कानून के तहत विवाह कर सकते हैं.
सिब्बल ने कहा कि तलाक का फैसला तब तक नहीं होगा जब तक यह स्पष्ट नहीं हो जाता कि विवाह से जन्म लेने वाले बच्चों के पालनपोषण के लिए दोनों पक्षों की वित्तीय स्थिति के अनुरूप समुचित व्यवस्था की गई है.
इससे पहले विधेयक पर चर्चा की शुरुआत करते हुए बीजेपी की नजमा हेपतुल्ला ने कहा कि देश की सभी महिलाओं के लिए एक ही कानून होना चाहिये चाहे वह किसी भी जाति की हों या किसी भी धर्म की हों. उन्होंने कहा कि देश में मुस्लिम महिलाओं की आबादी लगभग 10 करोड़ है लेकिन सरकार ने इस बड़ी आबादी के हक में बारे में नहीं सोचा. इनके हितों के बारे में बोलने के लिए कोई खड़ा नहीं होता.
उन्होंने कहा कि महिलाओं के पक्ष में कई कानून बने लेकिन अब तक वह अपने अधिकारों से वंचित हैं. उन्होंने कहा कि महिलाओं के साथ भेदभाव नहीं किया जाना चाहिए और सभी धर्मो की महिलाओं का ध्यान रखा जाना चाहिए.
बीएसपी के नरेंद्र कश्यप ने कहा कि विधेयक में पति की संपत्ति में पत्नी को हिस्सा देने की बात कही गई है लेकिन यह स्पष्ट नहीं किया गया है कि बच्चों को इस हिस्सेदारी में से कितना हिस्सा मिलेगा. उन्होंने यह भी सवाल किया कि अगर पति के पास कुछ न हो और पत्नी बड़ी संपत्ति की मालिक हो तो क्या इस स्थिति में पति को तलाक के बाद पत्नी की संपत्ति से कोई हिस्सा मिलेगा. माकपा की झरना दास वैद्य ने कहा कि तलाक के बाद कितना फीसदी हिस्सा पत्नी को मिलेगा यह स्पष्ट होना चाहिए.
तृणमूल कांग्रेस के डेरेक ओ’ब्रायन ने कहा कि कानून में लिंग के आधार पर कोई भेदभाव नहीं होना चाहिए और महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण के समय पुरुषों की उपेक्षा नहीं की जानी चाहिए. सपा के अरविंद कुमार सिंह ने कहा कि इसमें बेरोजगार पति को तलाक के बाद पत्नी से गुजाराभत्ता मिलने का प्रावधान होना चाहिए. उन्होंने यह भी सुनिश्चित करने की मांग की कि इस कानून का दुरुपयोग न हो.
डीएमके की कनिमोई ने इस बात को लेकर आश्चर्य जताया कि महिलाओं से जुड़े कानूनों को लेकर दुरुपयोग की आशंका क्यों जताई जाती है. उन्होंने भी गुजाराभत्ता पर स्पष्ट प्रावधान की मांग की. एनसीपी की वंदना चौहान ने कहा कि यह सही है कि कोई भी पत्नी अत्यंत अपरिहार्य परिस्थिति में ही तलाक चाहती है लेकिन इस प्रावधान पर पुनर्विचार करना चाहिए कि उसके द्वारा दायर तलाक की अर्जी को पति चुनौती नहीं दे सकेगा.
शिवसेना के भरत कुमार राउत ने कहा कि इस कानून के दायरे में सभी धर्मो की महिलाओं को लाना चाहिए और धर्म तथा लिंग के आधार पर इसमें कोई भेदभाव नहीं होना चाहिए. उन्होंने सवाल किया कि पत्नी की कमाई पति से अधिक होने की स्थिति में गुजाराभत्ता किस तरह तय होगा. उन्होंने कहा कि पति की संपत्ति में से पत्नी को हिस्से के प्रावधान की वजह से लोग तलाक से बचना चाहेंगे. अगर पत्नी को पति की संपत्ति में से हिस्सा मिलता है और वह पुनर्विवाह करना चाहती है तो क्या वह संपत्ति रख सकती है या और कोई विकल्प होगा.
बीजेडी के प्यारीमोहन महापात्र ने तलाक के आधार पर गहन विचारविमर्श की मांग की. उन्होंने संपत्ति के समान बंटवारे की भी मांग की. बीजेपी के थावरचंद गहलोत ने समान नागरिक संहिता कानून बनाए जाने की मांग करते हुए कहा कि कानून में तलाक के लिए 18 माह के इंतजार की बात कही गई है जबकि यह अवधि बहुत ज्यादा है.
टीडीपी की जी सुधारानी ने कहा कि कानून में वर्णित तलाक के मुख्य आधार ‘इर्र्रिटीवल ब्रेकडाउन’ (असुधार्य भंग) की स्पष्ट व्याख्या होनी चाहिए. उन्होंने जानना चाहा कि घरेलू हिंसा और भारतीय दंड संहिता की अन्य धाराओं के तहत लंबित तलाक के मामलों का क्या होगा.
चर्चा में बीजेपी के रंगासाई रामकृष्ण, रामा जोइस, ज्ञानप्रकाश पिलानिया, निर्दलीय मोहम्मद अदीब, शिरोमणि अकाली दल के बलविंदर सिंह भुंडर, बीजद की रेणुबाला प्रधान, भाकपा के एम पी अच्युतन और कांग्रेस के रामप्रकाश ने भी भाग लिया.
http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/rajya-sabha-approves-bill-to-make-divorce-women-friendly-1-740204.html
Monday 26 August 2013
Indian men treated as Collateral Damage
Collateral Damage is what I begin to feel can best describe the
situation for treatment of men in India, after watching a discussion by
parliamentarians. The Indian parliament passed a bill that would amend
the Hindu Marriage Law introducing new grounds of divorce under a
situation described as “Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage.” Needless
to say it is heavily loaded against men and is being passed on as
“social justice.”
India had a hierarchical caste system, wherein the lower castes were denied certain opportunities, while the higher castes carried certain responsibilities and enjoyed liberties. In some ways, when the question of emancipation of the neglected came, it was found justifiable that sharing the limited resources by denying rights to one section and handing it over to another was social justice.
Later another form of social justice came up. This time with the baggage of a false notion of “patriarchy,” India was convinced that women have been deprived of rights and they need empowerment. Although, the definition of women remained, and even now remains only restricted to, being a wife. Any other role of woman in a household -mothers and sisters of a husband- does not evoke the same emotions due to some convoluted perception of a marital set-up by feminists and their backers.
Laws after laws are being created, which are being called pro-women, but in reality are only anti-men. When the flaws in these laws are highlighted the arguments usually end-up with mentioning of the historical disadvantage that women have had in India. Misandry like a hydra-headed monster rises in all of its forms. Somehow, it has become acceptable to unnecessarily punish the men of today to try to salvage the situation of women.
The men of my generation have begun to wonder if they are being used as fodder, so that the proponents of social justice could counter the sense of guilt in their hearts. Every politician we meet says he understands we are being discriminated against. Every person agreed that the law being framed for Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage was biased against men. Most tried to explain to us how the society in general is going through a transitional phase and ‘some’ men will suffer until equilibrium is attained. Never mind that they want to dismiss the facts about the ‘some’ men being a humungous number of 65000 married men committing suicide every year in India. The urge for the soothsayers to live in denial, makes them forget that the figure means every 7 minutes a married man commits suicide in India.
They can continue to become reason for someone’s death. But we refuse to become ‘Collateral Damage’ in their process of attaining self-satisfaction to achieve some irrational form of social justice. The Men’s rights movement in India is only getting stronger and it reflects in today’s discussion on the amendment to the marriage law in Rajya Sabha – the upper house of parliament. The discussion on this law has been another landmark for men’s rights in India, with many members from opposition regional political parties voicing the agenda of men’s rights in parliament which will go on record in the annals of history. The Law Minister had to misinform the house, at certain points to gain support, for e.g. he said the bill is gender neutral, when he knows it is not – a husband cannot oppose a petition filed by a wife, property(self-acquired before or after marriage, inherited and also inheritable) of only the husband is considered for division. The statements will be well documented in the records. History will judge that the people who brought this law were on the wrong side of justice.
The discussion has been storified here http://storify.com/antidespondent/irretrievable-breakdown-of-marriage-discussion-in
The only fear is the passage of this law, should not accelerate the numbers of suicides by men, who might feel there is no hope of help from the society. Thereby lies, the next challenge for the men’s rights activists in India, to continue reaching out to a populace of 500 million men.
India had a hierarchical caste system, wherein the lower castes were denied certain opportunities, while the higher castes carried certain responsibilities and enjoyed liberties. In some ways, when the question of emancipation of the neglected came, it was found justifiable that sharing the limited resources by denying rights to one section and handing it over to another was social justice.
Later another form of social justice came up. This time with the baggage of a false notion of “patriarchy,” India was convinced that women have been deprived of rights and they need empowerment. Although, the definition of women remained, and even now remains only restricted to, being a wife. Any other role of woman in a household -mothers and sisters of a husband- does not evoke the same emotions due to some convoluted perception of a marital set-up by feminists and their backers.
Laws after laws are being created, which are being called pro-women, but in reality are only anti-men. When the flaws in these laws are highlighted the arguments usually end-up with mentioning of the historical disadvantage that women have had in India. Misandry like a hydra-headed monster rises in all of its forms. Somehow, it has become acceptable to unnecessarily punish the men of today to try to salvage the situation of women.
The men of my generation have begun to wonder if they are being used as fodder, so that the proponents of social justice could counter the sense of guilt in their hearts. Every politician we meet says he understands we are being discriminated against. Every person agreed that the law being framed for Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage was biased against men. Most tried to explain to us how the society in general is going through a transitional phase and ‘some’ men will suffer until equilibrium is attained. Never mind that they want to dismiss the facts about the ‘some’ men being a humungous number of 65000 married men committing suicide every year in India. The urge for the soothsayers to live in denial, makes them forget that the figure means every 7 minutes a married man commits suicide in India.
They can continue to become reason for someone’s death. But we refuse to become ‘Collateral Damage’ in their process of attaining self-satisfaction to achieve some irrational form of social justice. The Men’s rights movement in India is only getting stronger and it reflects in today’s discussion on the amendment to the marriage law in Rajya Sabha – the upper house of parliament. The discussion on this law has been another landmark for men’s rights in India, with many members from opposition regional political parties voicing the agenda of men’s rights in parliament which will go on record in the annals of history. The Law Minister had to misinform the house, at certain points to gain support, for e.g. he said the bill is gender neutral, when he knows it is not – a husband cannot oppose a petition filed by a wife, property(self-acquired before or after marriage, inherited and also inheritable) of only the husband is considered for division. The statements will be well documented in the records. History will judge that the people who brought this law were on the wrong side of justice.
The discussion has been storified here http://storify.com/antidespondent/irretrievable-breakdown-of-marriage-discussion-in
The only fear is the passage of this law, should not accelerate the numbers of suicides by men, who might feel there is no hope of help from the society. Thereby lies, the next challenge for the men’s rights activists in India, to continue reaching out to a populace of 500 million men.
Om Puri faces arrest, booked for 'assaulting' wife
The Versova police booked actor Om Puri for allegedly assaulting his
wife at his residence in Andheri (west) on August 22. The case was
registered after the actor’s wife Nandita approached the police to press
charges against him.
The incident allegedly took place at Puri's apartment in Sushil building located at Seven Bungalows in Versova, Andheri.
"Nandita approached us on Thursday with a complaint against her
husband. She told us that Puri assaulted her with a wooden stick. We
have registered a case against Puri," said Harishchandra Parmane, senior
inspector at Versova police station.
Nandita told the police that she had a fight with Puri over the maintenance of the flat following which he hit her with the wooden stick. The police said that they are investigating the matter to ascertain what exactly led to the incident.
Puri has been booked under sections 324 (punishment for causing hurt by dangerous means), 504 and 506 for criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code. No arrest has been made so far.
"Om Puri is busy in a shoot. He has returned to the city today (Monday) from Kolkata, where he had gone to attend the TATA memorial function on the weekend. The police have not approached us yet and he has not been summoned. He would not like to comment over the incident as of now," Puri's spokesperson told Hindustan Times.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Actor-Om-Puri-faces-arrest-booked-for-assaulting-wife/SP-Article1-1113246.aspx?hts0021
The incident allegedly took place at Puri's apartment in Sushil building located at Seven Bungalows in Versova, Andheri.
"Nandita approached us on Thursday with a complaint against her
husband. She told us that Puri assaulted her with a wooden stick. We
have registered a case against Puri," said Harishchandra Parmane, senior
inspector at Versova police station.
Nandita told the police that she had a fight with Puri over the maintenance of the flat following which he hit her with the wooden stick. The police said that they are investigating the matter to ascertain what exactly led to the incident.
Puri has been booked under sections 324 (punishment for causing hurt by dangerous means), 504 and 506 for criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code. No arrest has been made so far.
"Om Puri is busy in a shoot. He has returned to the city today (Monday) from Kolkata, where he had gone to attend the TATA memorial function on the weekend. The police have not approached us yet and he has not been summoned. He would not like to comment over the incident as of now," Puri's spokesperson told Hindustan Times.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Actor-Om-Puri-faces-arrest-booked-for-assaulting-wife/SP-Article1-1113246.aspx?hts0021
RS approves bill to make divorce friendly for women
The Bill allows both parties to file for divorce on the ground of "irretrievable breakdown" of marriage.
Rajya Sabha on Monday approved a proposal to make divorce friendly for
women as it provides for the wife getting share in the husband’s
immovable property after “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage.
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill seeks to empower the courts to decide
the compensation amount from the husband’s inherited and inheritable
property for the wife and children once the marriage legally ends.
The Bill allows both parties to file for divorce on the ground of
“irretrievable breakdown” of marriage. Both parties have to live apart
for at least three years before filing for such a petition.
Provisions have been made to restrict grant of a decree of divorce on
ground of “irretrievable breakdown” of marriage if the court is
satisfied that adequate provision for maintenance of children has not
been made consistently with financial capacity of the parties to the
marriage.
Also, the wife has the right to oppose the grant of a divorce on the
ground that the dissolution could result in grave financial hardship.
Replying to a debate on the bill, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said it is “a
historic peace of legislation” in a patriarchal society like India
where women, who constitute 50 per cent of the population, own only two
per cent of the assets.
He said the divorce is “gender neutral” as either the wife or the
husband can seek divorce. However, the right over property will not be
gender neutral as wife can lay claim on husband’s immovable property.
The Bill also provides that a court can take an ex parte decision on
granting divorce if one of the two parties refuse to move a joint
application.
As per the existing laws, the parties have to move a motion jointly
between 6 and 18 months in case of divorce on grounds of mutual consent.
However, it has been observed that in several cases one of the parties
do not turn up for filing of motion jointly with the other party leading
the party desirous of divorce hapless and remediless.
The amendment has been done to mitigate such hardships, said the statement of objects and reasons of the Bill.
During discussions, several MPs across party lines suggested the Bill be
made gender neutral and should not be confined to Hindu marriages only.
The Bill seeks to amend Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954.
Mr. Sibal, however, noted that the legislation is in context of Hindu
Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, a couple has a choice to get
registered under the Special Marriage Act.
He said it would be the courts that would decided about the division of property post divorce.
“We have to trust our judges...Judges...will decide what (amount of) property will given to women,” he said.
The Minister, however, said there was no amendment which works against women and works in favour of men.
He said the Members of Parliament should show that they are on side of women in a patriarchal society.
Earlier, Najma A. Heptulla (BJP) said divorce is considered a taboo in
India and efforts should be made to ensure that family structure remains
intact.
She accused the government of not doing anything for the 10 crore women
belonging to Muslim community. She promised BJP’s support to any
legislation for betterment of Muslim women.
She also said there should be only one law for all women in the country.
As per the statement of objects and reasons of the bill, Hindu Marriage
Act and the Special Marriage Act have proved to be inadequate to deal
with the issue where there has been irretrievable breakdown of marriage
and therefore the need was felt for the amendments.
Supreme Court too had pointed out the necessity to introduce
irretrievable breakdown of marriage and mutual consent as grounds for
grant of divorce in all cases.
“Having regards to the recommendations of the Law Commission of India
and the observation of the Hon’ble Supreme Court...it is proposed to
amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and the Special Marriage Act, 1954,
so as to provide for irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of
divorce thereunder subject to certain safeguards to the wife and
affected children,” the statement said.
The Law Minister said husbands too can move courts for irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
Ram Prakash (Cong), Narendra Kumar Kashyap (BSP), Jharna Das Baidya
(CPI-M), Derek O’ Brien (TMC), Arvind Kumar Singh (SP), Renubala Pradhan
(BJD), Vandana Chavan (NCP), Bharatkumar Raut (SS) and Gyan Prakash
Pilania (BJP) also participated in the discussion.
Men's right group protests against 'discriminatory' proposed marriage law
A men's rights group on Sunday took out a rally protesting against the proposed Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2002, alleging it would breakdown the traditional family system by introducing no-fault and was heavily loaded against the husband.
"Similar laws in the west have led to breakdown of the traditional . In the US, while only 20 per cent of couples who married in 1950 ended up divorced, about 50 per cent of couples who married in 1970 did so after the no-fault divorce came into being," said Hriday spokesperson Anil Gupta.
He said as per the proposed legislation, which has received the nod from the cabinet, a can walk out of the marriage on her sweet will.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mens-right-group-protests-against-discriminatory-proposed-marriage-law/417184-3.html
Consensual sex with minor not a crime, Delhi court says
NEW
DELHI: A city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged
below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of
Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The court said the provisions of POCSO Act suggest that where a physical relationship — which is not in the nature of an assault — takes place with the minor girl's consent and where the consent has not been obtained unlawfully, no offence can be said to have been committed.
Rejecting the plea of the police and Delhi Commission for Women that POCSO Act prohibits minors from having any kind sexual relationship, additional sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma said, "I am afraid if that interpretation is allowed, it would mean that the human body of every individual under 18 years is the property of the state and no individual below 18 years can be allowed to have pleasures associated with one's body."
ASJ Sharma, however, urged state authorities to spread awareness related to unsafe sex or early marriage. "But there lies a greater responsibility on all of us, the state including police in spreading and creating public awareness about the impact of girl or boy marrying at a tender age or indulging in unsafe sexual activities," he said.
The court made these observations while acquitting a 22-year-old youth of charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl whom he later married. The youth, a native of West Bengal, was acquitted of the charges as the court held that the minor, on her own will, accompanied him and obstacles should not be put in their happy married life.
"As the evidence indicates, they got married voluntarily with their free consent. Hence no case is made out under section 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of the IPC," the court said.
"In my opinion, it would neither serve the object of present enactment (POCSO Act) nor the purpose of criminal laws to hold the accused guilty on the ground that he had sexual intercourse with the girl below 18 years," the judge said, adding that it would not be good for the girl if her husband was sent to jail. The POCSO Act treats girls and boys below 18 years of age as minors.
"It is high time that state authorities, its machinery, NGOs and women groups made a determined and sustained endeavour to reach out to all in schools, colleges and residential places, thereby creating public awareness on various aspects of life in case of marriage at a tender age... besides creating awareness amongst adolescents and young adults about the serious psychological and physical health issues that such a relation entails," the court observed.
According to the prosecution, a complaint was filed before the police on March 5 by the minor girl's mother about her daughter going missing since February 26.
The accused was arrested on March 6 and the girl was also recovered from his custody, it said. The girl, in her statement recorded before a magistrate, said she had willingly gone with the accused to his native place in Kolkata and they got married in a temple there and since then they have been living together.
During the trial, the youth told the court that the girl had accompanied him to Kolkata on her own and they got married there but he denied having physical relations with her. The court also noted that the marriage was accepted by the girl's mother. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Consensual-sex-with-minor-not-a-crime-Delhi-court-says/articleshow/22056783.cms
The court said the provisions of POCSO Act suggest that where a physical relationship — which is not in the nature of an assault — takes place with the minor girl's consent and where the consent has not been obtained unlawfully, no offence can be said to have been committed.
Rejecting the plea of the police and Delhi Commission for Women that POCSO Act prohibits minors from having any kind sexual relationship, additional sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma said, "I am afraid if that interpretation is allowed, it would mean that the human body of every individual under 18 years is the property of the state and no individual below 18 years can be allowed to have pleasures associated with one's body."
ASJ Sharma, however, urged state authorities to spread awareness related to unsafe sex or early marriage. "But there lies a greater responsibility on all of us, the state including police in spreading and creating public awareness about the impact of girl or boy marrying at a tender age or indulging in unsafe sexual activities," he said.
The court made these observations while acquitting a 22-year-old youth of charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl whom he later married. The youth, a native of West Bengal, was acquitted of the charges as the court held that the minor, on her own will, accompanied him and obstacles should not be put in their happy married life.
"As the evidence indicates, they got married voluntarily with their free consent. Hence no case is made out under section 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping or inducing woman to compel her marriage) of the IPC," the court said.
"In my opinion, it would neither serve the object of present enactment (POCSO Act) nor the purpose of criminal laws to hold the accused guilty on the ground that he had sexual intercourse with the girl below 18 years," the judge said, adding that it would not be good for the girl if her husband was sent to jail. The POCSO Act treats girls and boys below 18 years of age as minors.
"It is high time that state authorities, its machinery, NGOs and women groups made a determined and sustained endeavour to reach out to all in schools, colleges and residential places, thereby creating public awareness on various aspects of life in case of marriage at a tender age... besides creating awareness amongst adolescents and young adults about the serious psychological and physical health issues that such a relation entails," the court observed.
According to the prosecution, a complaint was filed before the police on March 5 by the minor girl's mother about her daughter going missing since February 26.
The accused was arrested on March 6 and the girl was also recovered from his custody, it said. The girl, in her statement recorded before a magistrate, said she had willingly gone with the accused to his native place in Kolkata and they got married in a temple there and since then they have been living together.
During the trial, the youth told the court that the girl had accompanied him to Kolkata on her own and they got married there but he denied having physical relations with her. The court also noted that the marriage was accepted by the girl's mother. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Consensual-sex-with-minor-not-a-crime-Delhi-court-says/articleshow/22056783.cms
Rajya Sabha passes marriage laws amendment bill
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Monday passed a bill to amend marriage laws
which seeks to provide for irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a
ground for divorce, subject to certain safeguards to the wife and
affected children.
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 was passed by voice vote. It seeks to amend the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and the Special Marriages Act, 1954.
Replying to the brief debate, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said there was need to protect women's rights as the society was still patriarchal.
"So let's be clear. Legislations are a message that MPs are on the side of women in a patriarchal society. With this intent we bring this bill," he said.
Speaking on the amendments, Sibal said the share of wife in husband's self-acquired property will be decided by court. He said the wife also has a share in the movable property of her husband.
He said the wife does not have share in inherited property but its value will be taken into account while fixing the amount of alimony to her.
He said either husband or wife can cite irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of divorce.
There have been concerns that provisions of earlier marriage acts were inadequate in cases of irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/08/26/340--Rajya-Sabha-passes-marriage-laws-amendment-bill-.html
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 was passed by voice vote. It seeks to amend the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and the Special Marriages Act, 1954.
Replying to the brief debate, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said there was need to protect women's rights as the society was still patriarchal.
"So let's be clear. Legislations are a message that MPs are on the side of women in a patriarchal society. With this intent we bring this bill," he said.
Speaking on the amendments, Sibal said the share of wife in husband's self-acquired property will be decided by court. He said the wife also has a share in the movable property of her husband.
He said the wife does not have share in inherited property but its value will be taken into account while fixing the amount of alimony to her.
He said either husband or wife can cite irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground of divorce.
There have been concerns that provisions of earlier marriage acts were inadequate in cases of irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/08/26/340--Rajya-Sabha-passes-marriage-laws-amendment-bill-.html
Thursday 22 August 2013
Supreme Court: Karunanidhi's wife need not come to Delhi court, can be questioned in Chennai
New Delhi: The
Supreme Court has asked a court investigating the 2G spectrum scam to
appoint a commission to question DMK leader M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu
Ammal at her home in Chennai, on medical grounds.
The court acted on a report submitted by the AIIMS hospital, after Dayalu Ammal's daughter petitioned that she was too unwell to step out of her home.
Dayalu Ammal has been summoned by a special CBI court as a witness in the telecom case linked to the allocation of valuable 2G spectrum to ineligible companies at throwaway prices.
Her daughter Selvi had sought an exemption and told the
Supreme Court that Dayalu Ammal could not respond to the summons, she
had been diagnosed with behavioral problems and was losing her ability
to even recognize close relatives.
Dayalu Ammal, Karunanidhi's second wife, was a director in Kalaignar TV Private Limited, which allegedly received a bribe of over Rs. 200 crore from a firm that bagged licences for spectrum at dirt-cheap prices when DMK's A Raja was Telecom Minister.
Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi is also an accused in the case.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/supreme-court-karunanidhi-s-wife-need-not-come-to-delhi-court-can-be-questioned-in-chennai-408959
The court acted on a report submitted by the AIIMS hospital, after Dayalu Ammal's daughter petitioned that she was too unwell to step out of her home.
Dayalu Ammal has been summoned by a special CBI court as a witness in the telecom case linked to the allocation of valuable 2G spectrum to ineligible companies at throwaway prices.
Dayalu Ammal, Karunanidhi's second wife, was a director in Kalaignar TV Private Limited, which allegedly received a bribe of over Rs. 200 crore from a firm that bagged licences for spectrum at dirt-cheap prices when DMK's A Raja was Telecom Minister.
Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi is also an accused in the case.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/supreme-court-karunanidhi-s-wife-need-not-come-to-delhi-court-can-be-questioned-in-chennai-408959
HC notice on Pascal’s plea for visitation rights to his mother to see his children
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered issue of notice to Suja
Jones Mazurier on a petition filed by her husband Pascal Mazurier,
Consular Attaché to the Consulate General of France, Bangalore, and
accused in a case of raping his minor daughter.
Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order on Mr. Pascal’s petition, in which
he has challenged the Family Court’s order refusing to allow his
mother, who had come from France, to periodically meet his three
children, who are in the custody of his wife.
IN the petition he also said his wife had violated an order of the
Family Court to bring the children to the Bangalore Mediation Centre
between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on July 24 to for meeting his mother, and
children’s grandmother, Jacqueline Maillé. The Family Court had only
twice permitted Jacqueline Maillé to meet the children since February
2013 and that too only for an hour on each occasion.
“The Family Court ought to have permitted the petitioner’s [Pascal’s]
mother to have constant periodical contact with her grandchildren so
that some member of the petitioner’s family can be in touch with the
children,” it has been contended in the petition.
In matters relating to the guardianship and custody of minor children,
especially of those children who have multi-cultural and multi-national
identities, the Family Court ought to bear in mind the various
provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
(UNCRC) which came into force in September 1990 and to which India is a
signatory, the petitioner claimed.
The petition further stated: “The children are completely cut off from
their paternal relations and this is not in the interest of their
emotional and psychological welfare and wellbeing as the petitioner was
always close to the children during the time he lived in the marital
home…” It has been alleged in the petition that his wife was depriving
the children of contact with his family members.
Mr.Mazurier was arrested in June 2012 on the complaint filed by his
wife, and the High Court in October 2012 had granted him bail while
observing that “the materials on record, including the DNA report, and
the statements of witnesses at this stage are in favour of the accused
[Pascal]”.
Pictures of National Meet of Indian MHRAs
The Indian Men’s Rights Movement had a good start in 2004. (Note: See AVfM’s message of support and solidarity here–DE)
We never wanted to centralize it into one organization. We made it
mandatory for men’s rights activists in every city to start their own
NGOs. As a result, today there are more than 40 men’s rights NGOs in
India. In Bangalore itself, there are 7 men’s rights NGOs. The central
theme of most of these men’s rights NGOs is the support group meetings,
which almost always focus on supporting men going through marital
problems, courts case or facing domestic violence. The value that a man
often gets by attending these support group meetings is immense. He gets
clarity, peace and learns laws, which actually cuts his lawyer fees in
half. The fundamental principle of Indian Men’s Movement is, “No matter
what happens to you or your life, enjoy life; enjoy every moment of it”.
Today, Indian MRAs are actually among
some of the happiest people in India. The bad circumstances of life have
no impact at all on them. That is what is reflected in the annual
National Meets that Indian MRAs conduct every year.
This year, 114 MRAs from all corners of
India converged at a resort at Pench National Park, to attend the Men’s
Rights National Meet. This national park is actually a tiger reserve
with at least two dozen Bengal tigers roaming in this forest. In the day
time, they had hectic schedule of presentations and in the evenings
they danced and partied together.
Most guys met each other for the first
time, though they have known each other through social media. The
presentations this year focused on a variety of topics from lobbying at
parliament, future of the movement to topics like, how to manage your
own fear. On the first day, MRAs from different cities shared their
success stories. Most of them wore Men’s Rights T-Shirts.
Fifth National Conference
Happy MRAs
Lunch time
MRAs from different cities meet again
Party Time
The Dias
Well Known Fathers Rights Activists
http://www.avoiceformen.com/updates/pictures-of-5th-annual-national-meet-of-indian-mens-rights-activists/
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