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 

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 

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Press release marriage Amendment bill

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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 

MEN Killer PRS IrBM proposed in 2013

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Rajya Sabha Debate on Marriage Amendment Bill - 2013

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'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.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Wife-conspires-with-lover-to-kill-husband-in-Mysore/articleshow/21959912.cms?intenttarget=no 

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 

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

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 

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.

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