Woman accuses father-in-law of rape since 1996
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Woman-accuses-father-in-law-of-rape-since-1996/articleshow/19792552.cms?intenttarget=no
MUMBAI: The Dahisar police have booked a man (71) after his daughter-in-law (39) registered a complaint of rape and intimidation against him on Saturday.
A month ago, the accused had approached the police, saying his
daughter-in-law was blackmailing him for property. Cops said arrests
will be made after verifying the complaint.
The woman claimed
that since 1996, the accused would visit her in her husband's absence
and rape her. He would threaten her, saying he was possessed by a
goddess's spirit and the family would be cursed if she told anyone about
the rape.
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Police cautioned against hasty action on false sexual harassment complaints
Police cautioned against hasty action on false sexual harassment complaints
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Police-cautioned-against-hasty-action-on-false-sexual-harassment-complaints.html
CHANDIGARH: Punjab police has asked its field staff to guard against registration of false complaints of kidnapping, abduction, rape, criminal intimidation, etc. by individuals on the basis of misrepresented and distorted facts against rivals to settle old scores.
Speaking to the media, additional director general of police (crime) Jasminder Singh said on Wednesday, “The general outcry against the cases of sexual assault in women and children and the directions to the police to carry out fair, transparent and expeditious investigation into all such cases has led to a spurt in registration of false complaints. While it is imperative to ensure prompt registration of such cases and expeditious and vigorous investigation in all such cases of sexual assault and violence, at the same time, it is incumbent on the district police chiefs to ensure that innocent persons are not booked or harassed merely on the basis of false allegations and by misrepresentation and distortion of facts. The officers must appreciate that charges of rape and abduction are serious and stigmatizing in nature, and can, therefore, cause serious and lasting damage to the reputation of the individual and his family in the society.”
He said, “In view of this, COPs and SSPs are advised to ensure fair, transparent and expeditious investigations in all such cases in the interest of justice. A preliminary scrutiny and reading of FIRs
registered in the cases would reveal that these cases need to be investigated through police officers of SP rank before taking any hasty and precipitate action in the matter.”
He said that during the past fortnight alone as many as 10 such cases have been reported from different parts of the state, which have been found to be false. He gave details of these cases as follows:
Majitha: Complainant, an adult, married one Gurcharan Singh and approached High Court for protection as her family was against the union. The complainant suspected Gurcharan Singh of having an illicit affair with his aunt and she filed a false complaint of rape against her husband.
Majitha: Complainant had a relationship with one Manjit Singh, but got married elsewhere. After a few months of living with her husband, she returned to her village and started pestering Manjit Singh to marry her. When he refused, she concocted a false story that she had been abducted by Manjit Singh and one more person.
Fazilka: Complainant had a relationship with one Om Prakash and got married to him in a temple against her father’s wishes. The father of the complainant got her to register a false case against Om Prakash as well as his brother’s wife and another person in an abduction case, which turned out to be false.
Fazilka: Complainant stated that she had been raped by one Sardool Singh, who, in turn, produced evidence that he had married her only a few days back and that they could not pull on well together and that was the reason for the false complaint.
Amritsar: Complainant had been in a long-term relationship with one Milan Kapoor and wanted to get married with him. However, Kapoor found out that she had relations with other men as well and declined her marriage proposal. Thereafter, she got a false case of rape registered against him.
Ludhiana: Complainant and the accused got engaged in May and had consensual sex on a number of occasions. Following this, the accused did not want to get married to her and she got a false case of rape
registered against him.
Ludhiana (rural): Complainant had a relationship with one Gurpreet Singh and she went by bus to meet him in Mullanpur. After her father caught the accused along with the complainant, she got a false case of abduction registered against the accused on the behest of her father.
Ferozepur: Complainant had an illicit affair with the accused and when her husband came to know of this, she got a false case of rape registered against him.
Bathinda: Complainant was under heavy debt of the accused and therefore concocted a story that the accused raped her during a village fair.
Tarn Taran: Complainant entered into a relationship with a truck driver and went with him to Chennai. She bore his child two years ago, but upon returning to Punjab the family of the accused refused to accept her. She concocted a story that she had been threatened, abducted and raped by the accused.
http://punjabnewsline.com/news/Police-cautioned-against-hasty-action-on-false-sexual-harassment-complaints.html
CHANDIGARH: Punjab police has asked its field staff to guard against registration of false complaints of kidnapping, abduction, rape, criminal intimidation, etc. by individuals on the basis of misrepresented and distorted facts against rivals to settle old scores.
Speaking to the media, additional director general of police (crime) Jasminder Singh said on Wednesday, “The general outcry against the cases of sexual assault in women and children and the directions to the police to carry out fair, transparent and expeditious investigation into all such cases has led to a spurt in registration of false complaints. While it is imperative to ensure prompt registration of such cases and expeditious and vigorous investigation in all such cases of sexual assault and violence, at the same time, it is incumbent on the district police chiefs to ensure that innocent persons are not booked or harassed merely on the basis of false allegations and by misrepresentation and distortion of facts. The officers must appreciate that charges of rape and abduction are serious and stigmatizing in nature, and can, therefore, cause serious and lasting damage to the reputation of the individual and his family in the society.”
He said, “In view of this, COPs and SSPs are advised to ensure fair, transparent and expeditious investigations in all such cases in the interest of justice. A preliminary scrutiny and reading of FIRs
registered in the cases would reveal that these cases need to be investigated through police officers of SP rank before taking any hasty and precipitate action in the matter.”
He said that during the past fortnight alone as many as 10 such cases have been reported from different parts of the state, which have been found to be false. He gave details of these cases as follows:
Majitha: Complainant, an adult, married one Gurcharan Singh and approached High Court for protection as her family was against the union. The complainant suspected Gurcharan Singh of having an illicit affair with his aunt and she filed a false complaint of rape against her husband.
Majitha: Complainant had a relationship with one Manjit Singh, but got married elsewhere. After a few months of living with her husband, she returned to her village and started pestering Manjit Singh to marry her. When he refused, she concocted a false story that she had been abducted by Manjit Singh and one more person.
Fazilka: Complainant had a relationship with one Om Prakash and got married to him in a temple against her father’s wishes. The father of the complainant got her to register a false case against Om Prakash as well as his brother’s wife and another person in an abduction case, which turned out to be false.
Fazilka: Complainant stated that she had been raped by one Sardool Singh, who, in turn, produced evidence that he had married her only a few days back and that they could not pull on well together and that was the reason for the false complaint.
Amritsar: Complainant had been in a long-term relationship with one Milan Kapoor and wanted to get married with him. However, Kapoor found out that she had relations with other men as well and declined her marriage proposal. Thereafter, she got a false case of rape registered against him.
Ludhiana: Complainant and the accused got engaged in May and had consensual sex on a number of occasions. Following this, the accused did not want to get married to her and she got a false case of rape
registered against him.
Ludhiana (rural): Complainant had a relationship with one Gurpreet Singh and she went by bus to meet him in Mullanpur. After her father caught the accused along with the complainant, she got a false case of abduction registered against the accused on the behest of her father.
Ferozepur: Complainant had an illicit affair with the accused and when her husband came to know of this, she got a false case of rape registered against him.
Bathinda: Complainant was under heavy debt of the accused and therefore concocted a story that the accused raped her during a village fair.
Tarn Taran: Complainant entered into a relationship with a truck driver and went with him to Chennai. She bore his child two years ago, but upon returning to Punjab the family of the accused refused to accept her. She concocted a story that she had been threatened, abducted and raped by the accused.
IIM professor sacked for filing false complaint of harassment
IIM professor sacked for filing false complaint of harassment
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/iim-professor-sacked-for-filing-false-complaint-of-harassment-113042900482_1.html
A woman professor of IIM-Indore, who accused a senior colleague of sexual harassment, has been sacked after an inquiry panel found her charge to be false and baseless.
The lady professor, who is on a two-year contract and living on the official campus, has been told about the termination of her contract, a senior official said.
However, IIM's Public Relation Officer Akhta Pervez chose not to mention about the action taken against the professor.
"A 9-member Gender Sensitivity Committee (GSC) headed by retired justice of Madhya Pradesh Indrani Dutta has submitted its report to the IIM-I Director on April 27.
"GSC within the ambit of Government of India norms investigated the matter submitted its report to the director in connection with the sexual harassment case filed by one woman professor of marketing department," the PRO said.
The GSC is said to have rejected the complaint of the lady professor holding that it had no merit in it.
When contacted, IIM-I Director N Ravichandran also refused to give details.
"No comments. However, due process has been followed on the woman's complaint. It is not an issue of public domain to be disclosed," he told PTI on being asked whether the services of the lady professor had been terminated.
The lady professor could not be contacted. She had filed a complaint of sexual harassment against an associate professor of marketing department with the institute director on February 20 this year.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/iim-professor-sacked-for-filing-false-complaint-of-harassment-113042900482_1.html
A woman professor of IIM-Indore, who accused a senior colleague of sexual harassment, has been sacked after an inquiry panel found her charge to be false and baseless.
The lady professor, who is on a two-year contract and living on the official campus, has been told about the termination of her contract, a senior official said.
However, IIM's Public Relation Officer Akhta Pervez chose not to mention about the action taken against the professor.
"A 9-member Gender Sensitivity Committee (GSC) headed by retired justice of Madhya Pradesh Indrani Dutta has submitted its report to the IIM-I Director on April 27.
"GSC within the ambit of Government of India norms investigated the matter submitted its report to the director in connection with the sexual harassment case filed by one woman professor of marketing department," the PRO said.
The GSC is said to have rejected the complaint of the lady professor holding that it had no merit in it.
When contacted, IIM-I Director N Ravichandran also refused to give details.
"No comments. However, due process has been followed on the woman's complaint. It is not an issue of public domain to be disclosed," he told PTI on being asked whether the services of the lady professor had been terminated.
The lady professor could not be contacted. She had filed a complaint of sexual harassment against an associate professor of marketing department with the institute director on February 20 this year.
Law for Wife or Punishment to Husband
Law for Wife or Punishment to Husband
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss an amendment to the marriage laws which, in the event of a divorce, would give the wife an equal share of not only the property acquired by the husband during or before the marriage but also his inherited or inheritable property.
The proposed amendment, that is likely to be controversial, aims to redefine the phrase 'residential property' to include not just the residential house but also other properties acquired by the husband.
In case other members of the family (apart from the husband) also have rights in the inherited property and it is impractical to divide it, the amendment proposes to compensate the wife with an equivalent amount of money in place of her share.
The proposed change aims to give the wife an equal share in the property regardless of whether it was acquired before or after marriage and regardless of whether it is only in the husband's name or held jointly.
The changes in the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, being brought under pressure from civil society as well as a section of MPs, is expected to come up in the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The government had earlier introduced the amendment bill in order to alter the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to introduce the option of divorce on grounds of "irretrievable breakdown of marriage".
The government had brought in a Bill to grant the wife the right to a share in the movable and immovable residential properties. But this was found wanting by some civil society groups who demanded that the wife should have a right not just in residential property but also all immovable properties of the husband.
Responding to the criticism, the government has now proposed to make another couple of amendments to provide a share to divorcing women in not just acquired properties but also inherited property and bringing in immovable assets beyond the residential house.
The government has decided to create a special provision in case of inherited properties in light of a Supreme Court order that one co-owner of joint family property does not have the right to sell his undivided share. Considering the Supreme Court orders, the government contended that giving over half the share of the husband in inherited property could lock the divorcing wife in to future litigation. Therefore, the amendment provides for the court to decide if she should get money in lieu of her share in such cases.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Government-bid-to-give-wives-inherited-property-share/articleshow/19791052.cms
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss an amendment to the marriage laws which, in the event of a divorce, would give the wife an equal share of not only the property acquired by the husband during or before the marriage but also his inherited or inheritable property.
The proposed amendment, that is likely to be controversial, aims to redefine the phrase 'residential property' to include not just the residential house but also other properties acquired by the husband.
In case other members of the family (apart from the husband) also have rights in the inherited property and it is impractical to divide it, the amendment proposes to compensate the wife with an equivalent amount of money in place of her share.
The proposed change aims to give the wife an equal share in the property regardless of whether it was acquired before or after marriage and regardless of whether it is only in the husband's name or held jointly.
The changes in the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, being brought under pressure from civil society as well as a section of MPs, is expected to come up in the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
The government had earlier introduced the amendment bill in order to alter the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and the Special Marriage Act, 1954, to introduce the option of divorce on grounds of "irretrievable breakdown of marriage".
The government had brought in a Bill to grant the wife the right to a share in the movable and immovable residential properties. But this was found wanting by some civil society groups who demanded that the wife should have a right not just in residential property but also all immovable properties of the husband.
Responding to the criticism, the government has now proposed to make another couple of amendments to provide a share to divorcing women in not just acquired properties but also inherited property and bringing in immovable assets beyond the residential house.
The government has decided to create a special provision in case of inherited properties in light of a Supreme Court order that one co-owner of joint family property does not have the right to sell his undivided share. Considering the Supreme Court orders, the government contended that giving over half the share of the husband in inherited property could lock the divorcing wife in to future litigation. Therefore, the amendment provides for the court to decide if she should get money in lieu of her share in such cases.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Government-bid-to-give-wives-inherited-property-share/articleshow/19791052.cms
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