IT engineer held for harassing wife, demanding dowry of Rs 15 lakh

IT engineer held for harassing wife, demanding dowry of Rs 15 lakh

CHENNAI: A 34-year-old software engineer from Bangalore was arrested on Sunday for subjecting his wife, who is a professor with an engineering college, to severe cruelty, and for demanding a dowry of 15 lakh.

Police said Henry William Bosco demanded dowry and physically abused her for two years. Rita Carolin, 30, who works in an engineering college in Poonamallee, married Bosco in 2011. He obtained a dowry of 10 lakh but kept demanding more.

Rita told the police that he had ill-treated her and physically and mentally harassed her since they got married. "She could not withstand his torture. Her pregnancy was terminated because of the physical abuse," said inspector Manjula of Villivakkam all-women police station.

After the wedding, he demanded a television and beat her up. Her mother, a nurse, treated her because they were afraid of repercussions if she reported the incident, the officer said.

The couple lived in Velachery and later moved to Kolathur. When she had gone to her mother's house to recover from the abuse, he vacated the house without informing her, and then stopped contacting her. The landlord told her that her husband had moved away.

She collected the advance amount of 50,000 from the house owner. Bosco demanded that money and lodged a complaint with Peravallur police in 2012. His family tried to mediate but it did not work. Rita then lodged a complaint with the commissioner's office.

"He was called for several counselling sessions, but he failed to turn up. He told her that he'd divorce her if she failed to withdraw the complaint," the officer added.

Based on her recent complaint with the Villivakkam all women police station, a notice was sent to him to appear before the police, which he ignored.

Police booked him under section 498 A (dowry) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of IPC and arrested him in Bangalore. He was brought to Chennai and remanded in judicial custody.

Rita told the police that Henry William Bosco (in pic) had ill-treated her and physically and mentally harassed her since they got married. Her pregnancy was also terminated because of the physical abuse

 

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Woman tramples live-in partner to death

Woman tramples live-in partner to death

CHENNAI: Police on Saturday claimed to have solved the July 2 murder of a real estate agent in Thirukazhukundram, 45km from Chennai, with the arrest of his live-in partner.

Serena, 32, trampled Suresh Kumar, 31, to death when he was asleep because he had objected to her friendship with a woman named Gowri, police said. Kumar was heavily drunk at the time. She then hung his body from the ceiling.

The next morning she alerted neighbours saying she had woken up to find Kumar hanging. Soon, police arrived on the scene and began investigations. Not convinced with Serena's answers, police registered a case of murder but initially suspected the hand of an outsider. "However, Serena remained on the list of suspects list as she was present in the house at the time," a police officer said.
It was thought that he had been strangled, but the injury on one side of the neck ruled out this possibility. The usual marks associated with it were absent, police said. But the symptoms present made it clear he was murdered.
Unable to make up their minds about the cause of death, police again turned their attention to Serena after rejecting the chances of an outsider having committing the crime. She was taken to the police station and questioned separately by a team of women personnel. She finally confessed to the killing.
Inquiries revealed that Suresh Kumar, a resident of Vallam near Chengalpet, had been living with Serena for the past couple of years. Serena, whose husband lived and worked abroad, resided at a house in Thirukazhukundram with her son and daughter. Trouble began between the couple when Suresh Kumar objected to Serena's friendship with Gowri and they often fought over the issue.
At night on July 1, a fresh altercation broke out over the subject before the couple went to sleep. Later, Serena woke up and trod on Kumar's neck with her foot, according to her confession statement. She later hung the body from the ceiling and went to sleep.
Serena has been remanded in judicial custody.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-07/chennai/40420329_1_serena-suresh-kumar-live-in-partner

नौकरी जाने का कारण बनने वाली पत्नी से तलाक उचित

नौकरी जाने का कारण बनने वाली पत्नी से तलाक उचित

नई दिल्ली। अगर किसी महिला के कारण उसके पति की नौकरी चली जाती है तो यह तलाक का एक ठोस आधार है। इस टिप्पणी के साथ तीसहजारी कोर्ट की अतिरिक्त जिला न्यायाधीश सीमा मैनी ने पूर्व सिविल जज को उनकी पत्‍‌नी, जो खुद भी जज हैं, से तलाक को मंजूरी प्रदान की।
हरियाणा के एक पूर्व सिविल जज ने अपने अधिवक्ता अमित साहनी के माध्यम से दिल्ली में न्यायिक अधिकारी के रूप में कार्यरत अपनी पत्‍‌नी से तलाक के लिए अदालत में याचिका दायर की थी।
याचिका में पूर्व सिविल जज ने कहा था कि उन्होंने वर्ष 2009 में हरियाणा न्यायिक सेवा में कार्यरत एक महिला जज से प्रेम विवाह किया था। बाद में उनकी पत्‍‌नी ने हरियाणा में नौकरी से त्यागपत्र दे दिया और दिल्ली न्यायिक सेवा में नौकरी कर ली। खुद के विवाहित होने की बात छिपाते हुए दिल्ली में रहने लगी।
विवाह के लिए रिश्ते खोजने वाली एक वेबसाइट पर अपना प्रोफाइल भी डाल दिया। यही नहीं, महिला जज ने अपने के खिलाफ पंजाब एंड हरियाणा हाईकोर्ट में शिकायत की। जिसके कारण महिला जज के पति को अपनी नौकरी गंवानी पड़ी। शिकायतकर्ता का आरोप था कि महिला जज अक्सर उसे फोन पर धमकाती है और उसके घर पर जाकर झगड़ा करती है। जिससे उसकी जिंदगी नरक बन गई है। लिहाजा, उसे तलाक दिया जाए। अदालत ने पत्‍‌नी के पति की नौकरी जाने का कारण बनने को तलाक का ठोस आधार मानते हुए पूर्व जज को पत्‍‌नी से तलाक प्रदान किया।

http://www.jagran.com/news/national-9092031.html 

आत्महत्या को मजबूर के आरोप में ससुराली नामजद

आत्महत्या को मजबूर के आरोप में ससुराली नामजद

संवाद सूत्र, फरीदकोट : स्थानीय पटेल पार्क के निकट निवासी व फरीदकोट में विवाहित एक महिला के पति द्वारा मानसिक रूप से परेशान होकर नहर में कूदकर आत्महत्या करने के मामले में फरीदकोट पुलिस ने मृतक की माता के बयानों पर मृतका की पत्‍‌नी सहित अबोहर निवासी ससुराल परिवार पर आत्महत्या करने का मामला दर्ज कर लिया है।
जानकारी के अनुसार न्यू कैंट फरीदकोट निवासी आशा रानी ने जिला सीनियर पुलिस कप्तान गुरमीत सिंह रधावा को दी शिकायत में बताया कि उसका बेटा शशि कुमार सरकारी अध्यापक था। उसका अबोहर निवासी अपनी पत्‍‌नी भारती पुत्र मदन लाल के साथ घरेलू झगड़ा चल रहा था। इस पर भारती ने वूमेन सेल में केस भी कर रखा था और शशि कुमार इसकी तारीखें भुगत रहा था।
आशा रानी ने बताया कि शशि के ससुराल वाले भी उसको पिछले काफी समय से परेशान कर रहे थे। इसी परेशानी के चलते उसने गत दिनों नहर में कूदकर आत्महत्या कर ली। फरीदकोट पुलिस ने आशा रानी के बयानों पर भारती, उसके पिता मदन लाल गाधी, निटकोन अधिकारी उसके भाई पि्रंस गाधी व ज्योति गाधी पर आत्महत्या के लिए मजबूर करने के मामले के तहत मुकदमा नंबर 181 दर्ज कर लिया है।

http://www.jagran.com/punjab/faridkot-10544453.html 

दो बच्चों की मां प्रेमी संग फरार

दो बच्चों की मां प्रेमी संग फरार

लालगंज, अप्र :गुरुवार को दो बच्चों की मां अपने प्रेमी संग फरार हो गयी। वहीं दो अन्य महिलाओं के गायब होने की शिकायत कोतवाली में की गयी है।
विवेक उर्फ रिंकू सिंह निवासी कुम्हड़ौरा ने कोतवाली में रिपोर्ट दर्ज करायी है कि उसकी पत्‍‌नी मोनी उर्फ अमृता सिंह बीती 22 जून को लालगंज बाजार गयी थी। वहा से वह अपने कथित प्रेमी पुष्पराज सिंह निवासी धन्नीपुर के साथ रफूचक्कर हो गई। पति ने बताया कि मोनी अपने साथ 50 हजार रुपए नगद ले गई है। वह अपने दो बच्चों वैभव(6) तथा वैशाली(3) को घर पर छोड़ कर गयी है।
क्षेत्र की ददरी मजरे दतौली निवासी मनोज कुमारी का विवाह एक माह पूर्व में हुआ था। बीती दो जुलाई से वह गायब है। मां विमलेश ने कोतवाली में तहरीर देकर न्याय की गुहार लगाई है। विमलेश कुमारी ने पुत्री के पास 50 हजार नगदी व 12 थान जेवर लेकर भागने की बात भी तहरीर में दर्शायी है।
दूसरी घटना में पूरे गुलाब मजरे सेमरपहा निवासी ओमप्रकाश ने लालू पुत्र गंगाराम निवासी रसूलपुर थाना सरेनी के खिलाफ उसकी पत्नी मंजू को भगा ले जाने का आरोप लगाते हुए कोतवाली में तहरीर दी है। ओमप्रकाश का विवाह पिछले 18 जून को हुआ था। पहले मामले में पुलिस द्वारा गुमशुदगी दर्ज कर ली गयी है जबकि दूसरे मामले की जाच की जा रही है।

http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/raebareli-9464038.html

'Draconian' amendment in Hindu Marriage Act gives wives final say in divorce cases; men's rights groups not amused

 'Draconian' amendment in Hindu Marriage Act gives wives final say in divorce cases; men's rights groups not amused

Pune: Upset over the latest amendments in the Hindu Marriage Act which virtually give wives a final say in divorce 

 

cases, Men’s Rights Association (MRA) on Saturday staged a protest against the legislation which they term as 'draconian'.

 

"The bill has a provision giving power to the courts to not grant a divorce unless the wife was paid adequate amount of 

 

money in the name of financial security of the woman. Such powers may result in harassment of men," MRA president Atit Rajpara said.

 

He also said the bill also provides special powers to wives to oppose the divorce if she was unhappy with the money she received from the husband under section IPC 498 (A), domestic violence act and several other maintenance laws.

 

According to the MRA, such clauses are outright anti-male and gender-biased and therefore men’s rights activists and organisations are opposing them. Rajpara said the mens’ rights organisations want the bill to be gender-neutral.

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India’s 498a Law – The Abuse Continues

 India’s 498a Law – The Abuse Continues 

In a landmark decision in 2010, Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand, the Supreme Court of India lambasted the prevalent abuse of the infamous Section 498a of the Indian Penal Code law demanded that the legislature should change the law and directed that a copy of its decision be sent to the Law Commission of Indian the hope that the legislation might be amended.

The Law Commission issued a report in August 2012, calling for quite modest changes in the law. However, even those changes have not yet been enacted.

In Gupta the Supreme Court demanded that lower courts intervene to prevent the rampant consequential abuse of process, which has “led to enormous social unrest affecting peace, harmony and happiness of the society”; ruled that “most” 498a cases are filed in the heat of the moment over trivial issues without proper deliberations; asserted that many such cases are not bona fide, that many are filed with an oblique motive, and that many are filled with exaggerated or false claims; explained that these cases “can lead to insurmountable harassment, agony and pain to the accused and to his close relations” and “immense sufferings for all concerned;” and stated further that an ultimate acquittal may “not be able to wipe out the deep scars of suffering of ignominy.”

Meanwhile the abusive conduct continues. The Law Commission reported that in 2010 there were at least 340,555 cases under Section 498-A that were pending trial in various courts towards the end of 2010 and that there were as many as 938,809 people who were implicated in these cases. The reason that there were almost three times as many people accused as there were cases is that the law expressly authorizes a wife (but not a husband) to ask the police to bring charges against all of the relatives of her husband who may have participated in the alleged acts of cruelty.

We have commented previously on this law, that was well-intentioned in its enactment but which is frequently misused in India as a means of blackmailing non-resident Indian husbands. http://www.international-divorce.com/Indias-Notorious-Section-498A.htm.

http://www.internationalfamilylawfirm.com/2013/06/indias-498a-law-abuse-continues.html 

Lump sum payment received from Ex-husband against relinquishment of monthly maintenance not taxable: Tribunal

Lump sum payment received from Ex-husband against relinquishment of monthly maintenance not taxable: Tribunal

MUMBAI: Marriages are made in heaven, but a divorce happens on earth and with it comes the inevitable question of alimony and its tax implications. In a recent decision the Delhi Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that a lump sum payment received from a former husband, against relinquishment of monthly maintenance is a capital receipt and is not taxable.

The case relates to a Delhi-based woman, who had received a lump sum of $99,000 from her ex-husband based in the United States, but had not shown the amount in her tax declaration. Based on current exchange rate this sum translates to approximately Rs. 60 lakh.

Under Indian tax laws, any sum of money received by an individual without any consideration (without getting anything in return), in excess of Rs 50,000 in a year, is taxable. But if the same is received from a relative, such as a spouse, or on certain occasions such as marriage, it is exempt.

The tax officer, in this case, had held that as the divorce had taken place several years ago, the Delhi-based resident was not a 'relative' and hence such payment was not exempt but taxable as 'income from other sources' in her hands. This approach adopted by the tax officer, was rejected at the first level of appeal - commissioner of income-tax (appeals).

The commissioner held that the amount was paid by way of alimony only because they were husband and wife. Thus the payment received was from a relative (which includes spouse).

Further it cannot be said that the lump sum amount was received without any consideration. It was received against relinquishment by the wife of her right to receive monthly alimony payments (both past arrears and future payments). Such monthly payments were provided for in the divorce agreement.

Hearing an appeal filed by the tax officer, the Delhi ITAT upheld the order of the CIT (appeals). It observed that: "In this case, the taxpayer was to receive monthly alimony which was to be taxable in each year. As such monthly payments were not received they were not offered for tax as income. The lump sum received by the woman was a consideration for relinquishing all past and future claims." It was a non-taxable capital receipt not liable to tax, concluded the ITAT.

"Tax on alimony payment cannot be avoided by merely taking a lump sum consideration. Various facts such as the period of time the monthly alimony was not received, action taken for receipt of such alimony, and the fact pattern of the final settlement by way of lump sum payment will determine whether it will be treated as non-taxable," cautions a civil advocate, attached to the Mumbai high court.
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