Tuesday, 27 August 2013
'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/
पुरुषहो, तुमच्यासाठी...
म. टा. प्रतिनिधी, नागपूर
पुरुष म्हणजे कुटुंबाची भिंत... त्याच्याशिवाय चांगल्या समाजाची कल्पनाच करवत नाही. असा हा पुरुष आज अडचणीत आहे. काही मोजक्या पुरुषांच्या एखाद्या कृत्याचे खापर अख्ख्या पुरुषजातीवर फोडले जाते. खरेतर, त्याच्यावरच अनेकदा अन्याय होतो. खोट्या गुन्ह्यांमध्ये तोच टार्गेट होतो. त्याचे ना कुणी ऐकत ना त्याच्या मदतीला जात. पुरुषांच्या याच अंतरंगाचा वेध घेण्यासाठी पहिल्यांदाच सेव्ह इंडियन फॅमिली फाउंडेशनतर्फे (सिफ) नागपूर विभागात पुरुष परिषद घेण्यात आली. पुरुषांच्या विविध समस्यांचा उहापोह येथे झाला. फाउंडेशनतर्फे पेंच येथे हे ५ वे पुरुष हक्क राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन झाले. संपूर्ण भारतामधून ४० हजार कार्यकर्त्यांचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणारे शेकडो मेन्स राइट्स कार्यकर्ते या अधिवेशनासाठी जमले होते.
...तर स्वातंत्र्यदिन मानणार नाही
सरकारकडून पुरुषाला हीन वागणूक मिळते. त्याच्या भावना कधीच जाणून घेतल्या जात नाहीत. केवळ महिलांच्याच वाट्याला सहानुभूती येते. सरकार, न्यायालय केवळ महिलांचीच बाजू ऐकते. पुरुषाला तर बोलण्याचा अधिकारच नाही. चहूबाजूंनी पुरुषांची मुस्कटदाबी होते. अनेकदा महिलांकडून त्यांच्या बाजूने असलेल्या कायद्यांचा गैरवापर केला जातो. केवळ वचपा म्हणून तर कधी काही स्वार्थ साधण्यासाठी पुरुषांवर खोटे गुन्हे दाखल करण्यात येतात. मग पुरुष स्वतंत्र कसा, असा सवाल अधिवेशनात उपस्थित करण्यात आला. सरकारने पुरुषांच्या बाजूने विचार न केल्यास स्वातंत्र्यदिन साजरा का करायचा, असा सवालही उपस्थित करण्यात आला.
संशोधनाची गरज
सध्या पुरुषांसाठी भारतामध्ये पुरुष हक्क, पुरुषांच्या मानसिक व शारीरिक समस्या या विषयावर कुठेही कसलाही संशोधन किंवा शैक्षणिक आभ्यासक्रम अस्तित्वात नाही. असशा संशोधन किंवा शैक्षणिक अभ्यासक्रमाची नितांत गरज असल्याचे मत ' सिफ ' ने अधिवेशनात मांडले. अशा अभ्यासक्रमामुळे पुरुषत्वाची जाणीव लोकांपर्यंत पोहाचेल ज्यामुळे समाजात पुरुषांला चांगले जीवन जगता येईल, व चांगला समाज घडेल, असे मत व्यक्त करण्यात आले.
हाच खरा भेदाभेद
समाजातील गुन्हे आणि समस्यांसाठी केवळ पुरुषांनाच जबाबदार व गृहित धरण्यात येते. अनेक घटनांत तर महिलांनी पुरुषांपेक्षा कितीतरी गंभीर गुन्हे केले आहेत. ते कधीच प्रकाशात येत नाहीत. इथे मग ' समानता ' कुठे गेली? जर समाज पुरुषाला मानसन्मान देऊ शकत नसेल, तर त्या समाजाने पुरुषांकडून कुठलीच अपेक्षा करून नये. त्याला शिक्षा करण्याचा किंवा त्याला दोष देण्याचाही अधिकार नाही, असे स्पष्ट मत ' सिफ ' चे मध्य भारत अध्यक्ष राजेश वखारिया व अन्य मान्यवरांनी व्यक्त केले. अधिवेशनादरम्यान ३० सत्रांत पुरुषांच्या विविध समस्यांवर विचारमंथन झाले.
असे हे ठराव
- पुरुषाला शांततामय जीवन जगण्याचा अधिकार आहे.
- पुरुषाला कायदेशीर रूपात निःपक्ष व समान अधिकार मिळावेत, जे लिंगभेदरहित असावेत.
- प्रोस्टेट कॅन्सर, पार्किन्सन्स, हृदयविकार आदी आजारांपासून त्यांना रोखण्याकरिता पुरेशी आर्थिक गुंतवणूक करण्याची गरज आहे.
- पुरुषांबद्दलचे पूर्वग्रह दूर व्हावेत. त्यासाठी पुरुष कल्याण मंत्रालयाची स्थापना करण्यात यावी.
- फादर्स राइट्सचे रक्षण करून शेअर पॅरेंटिंगला मान्यता देण्यात यावी.
- संसदेसमोर येऊ घातलेला हिंदू विवाह संशोधन कायदा संमत न करता खारिज करावा.
http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/nagpur-vidarbha/--/articleshow/21958614.cms
पुरुष म्हणजे कुटुंबाची भिंत... त्याच्याशिवाय चांगल्या समाजाची कल्पनाच करवत नाही. असा हा पुरुष आज अडचणीत आहे. काही मोजक्या पुरुषांच्या एखाद्या कृत्याचे खापर अख्ख्या पुरुषजातीवर फोडले जाते. खरेतर, त्याच्यावरच अनेकदा अन्याय होतो. खोट्या गुन्ह्यांमध्ये तोच टार्गेट होतो. त्याचे ना कुणी ऐकत ना त्याच्या मदतीला जात. पुरुषांच्या याच अंतरंगाचा वेध घेण्यासाठी पहिल्यांदाच सेव्ह इंडियन फॅमिली फाउंडेशनतर्फे (सिफ) नागपूर विभागात पुरुष परिषद घेण्यात आली. पुरुषांच्या विविध समस्यांचा उहापोह येथे झाला. फाउंडेशनतर्फे पेंच येथे हे ५ वे पुरुष हक्क राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन झाले. संपूर्ण भारतामधून ४० हजार कार्यकर्त्यांचे प्रतिनिधित्व करणारे शेकडो मेन्स राइट्स कार्यकर्ते या अधिवेशनासाठी जमले होते.
...तर स्वातंत्र्यदिन मानणार नाही
सरकारकडून पुरुषाला हीन वागणूक मिळते. त्याच्या भावना कधीच जाणून घेतल्या जात नाहीत. केवळ महिलांच्याच वाट्याला सहानुभूती येते. सरकार, न्यायालय केवळ महिलांचीच बाजू ऐकते. पुरुषाला तर बोलण्याचा अधिकारच नाही. चहूबाजूंनी पुरुषांची मुस्कटदाबी होते. अनेकदा महिलांकडून त्यांच्या बाजूने असलेल्या कायद्यांचा गैरवापर केला जातो. केवळ वचपा म्हणून तर कधी काही स्वार्थ साधण्यासाठी पुरुषांवर खोटे गुन्हे दाखल करण्यात येतात. मग पुरुष स्वतंत्र कसा, असा सवाल अधिवेशनात उपस्थित करण्यात आला. सरकारने पुरुषांच्या बाजूने विचार न केल्यास स्वातंत्र्यदिन साजरा का करायचा, असा सवालही उपस्थित करण्यात आला.
संशोधनाची गरज
सध्या पुरुषांसाठी भारतामध्ये पुरुष हक्क, पुरुषांच्या मानसिक व शारीरिक समस्या या विषयावर कुठेही कसलाही संशोधन किंवा शैक्षणिक आभ्यासक्रम अस्तित्वात नाही. असशा संशोधन किंवा शैक्षणिक अभ्यासक्रमाची नितांत गरज असल्याचे मत ' सिफ ' ने अधिवेशनात मांडले. अशा अभ्यासक्रमामुळे पुरुषत्वाची जाणीव लोकांपर्यंत पोहाचेल ज्यामुळे समाजात पुरुषांला चांगले जीवन जगता येईल, व चांगला समाज घडेल, असे मत व्यक्त करण्यात आले.
हाच खरा भेदाभेद
समाजातील गुन्हे आणि समस्यांसाठी केवळ पुरुषांनाच जबाबदार व गृहित धरण्यात येते. अनेक घटनांत तर महिलांनी पुरुषांपेक्षा कितीतरी गंभीर गुन्हे केले आहेत. ते कधीच प्रकाशात येत नाहीत. इथे मग ' समानता ' कुठे गेली? जर समाज पुरुषाला मानसन्मान देऊ शकत नसेल, तर त्या समाजाने पुरुषांकडून कुठलीच अपेक्षा करून नये. त्याला शिक्षा करण्याचा किंवा त्याला दोष देण्याचाही अधिकार नाही, असे स्पष्ट मत ' सिफ ' चे मध्य भारत अध्यक्ष राजेश वखारिया व अन्य मान्यवरांनी व्यक्त केले. अधिवेशनादरम्यान ३० सत्रांत पुरुषांच्या विविध समस्यांवर विचारमंथन झाले.
असे हे ठराव
- पुरुषाला शांततामय जीवन जगण्याचा अधिकार आहे.
- पुरुषाला कायदेशीर रूपात निःपक्ष व समान अधिकार मिळावेत, जे लिंगभेदरहित असावेत.
- प्रोस्टेट कॅन्सर, पार्किन्सन्स, हृदयविकार आदी आजारांपासून त्यांना रोखण्याकरिता पुरेशी आर्थिक गुंतवणूक करण्याची गरज आहे.
- पुरुषांबद्दलचे पूर्वग्रह दूर व्हावेत. त्यासाठी पुरुष कल्याण मंत्रालयाची स्थापना करण्यात यावी.
- फादर्स राइट्सचे रक्षण करून शेअर पॅरेंटिंगला मान्यता देण्यात यावी.
- संसदेसमोर येऊ घातलेला हिंदू विवाह संशोधन कायदा संमत न करता खारिज करावा.
http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/nagpur-vidarbha/--/articleshow/21958614.cms
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Tamil Nadu tops country in cases of domestic violence
Tamil Nadu tops country in cases of domestic violence
CHENNAI:
Disturbing statistics released by the National Crime Records Bureau
(NCRB) show that domestic violence is much more prevalent in Tamil Nadu
than any other state in the country.
The NCRB data shows the state registered 3,838 cases of domestic violence in 2012 — or 84% of all complaints (4,567) of domestic violence recorded across the country.
Tamil Nadu recorded the most cases of domestic violence in the country, 3,983, last year too, a finding cited by minister for women and child development Krishna Tirath on August 14.
Experts offer several reasons for the high numbers in the state. These include greater awareness about the law in Tamil Nadu and due to an increase in education among women. Police officers, however, say tolerance levels are plunging among young couples, and this has led to a spurt in complaints.
Most complainants are women from middle-class and upper middle-class families.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was enacted by the Union government in 2005 to protect women from violence at home.
The NCRB data shows the state registered 3,838 cases of domestic violence in 2012 — or 84% of all complaints (4,567) of domestic violence recorded across the country.
Tamil Nadu recorded the most cases of domestic violence in the country, 3,983, last year too, a finding cited by minister for women and child development Krishna Tirath on August 14.
Experts offer several reasons for the high numbers in the state. These include greater awareness about the law in Tamil Nadu and due to an increase in education among women. Police officers, however, say tolerance levels are plunging among young couples, and this has led to a spurt in complaints.
Most complainants are women from middle-class and upper middle-class families.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was enacted by the Union government in 2005 to protect women from violence at home.
43-year-old man arrested for blackmailing wife over dowry demands
43-year-old man arrested for blackmailing wife over dowry demands
A businessman was held here for blackmailing his wife and demanding from her family after threatening to release her nude photographs on the internet, police said Tuesday.
Accused Gagandeep, 43, a resident of DLF Phase-1, was arrested on Monday night for shooting nude photographs of his wife, 40, and threatening to upload the pictures on the , police said.
"We are investigating the case," Surender Phogat, chief of DLF Phase-1 police station, told IANS.
The two got married more than a decade ago and have two children, police said.
The businessman was Tuesday presented in a court which sent him to one day police custody for questioning.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/43yearold-man-arrested-for-blackmailing-wife-over-dowry-demands/415911-3-240.html
A businessman was held here for blackmailing his wife and demanding from her family after threatening to release her nude photographs on the internet, police said Tuesday.
Accused Gagandeep, 43, a resident of DLF Phase-1, was arrested on Monday night for shooting nude photographs of his wife, 40, and threatening to upload the pictures on the , police said.
"We are investigating the case," Surender Phogat, chief of DLF Phase-1 police station, told IANS.
The two got married more than a decade ago and have two children, police said.
The businessman was Tuesday presented in a court which sent him to one day police custody for questioning.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/43yearold-man-arrested-for-blackmailing-wife-over-dowry-demands/415911-3-240.html
'Society and laws need to be men-friendly too'
While
all of us were celebrating Independence Day, a few men from all over the
country assembled in the city to discuss some pressing issues. They
were members of various men's rights organizations who had come to
attend a national conference under the aegis of Men's Rights Association
(MRA), a first-of-its-kind event. Two of the pioneers of the movement
in India, IT professional and one of the founders of Save Indian Family
Foundation, Pandurang Katti and, businessman and president of Children's
Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), Kumar Jahgirdar spoke
to TOI about the emergence of men's rights movement, the need for more
gender-neutral marital laws and masculinity among other things.
Excerpts from an interview ---
What prompted you to consider being part of the men's rights movement?
PK. Small things like different tax slabs for same salary levels and reserved seats in public transport seemed unfair to me. Then came article 498A which I read was being misused in many cases. Then it hit closer home when I was acquitted under the same law in 2004. It was my wife's word against my evidence and our genders dictated the assumption of who was wrong.
What do you think of society's definitions of roles of men and women?
KJ. Sadly, the age-old mindset of men being providers and women being homemakers still prevails. Despite all talks about equality, society does not treat men and women equally. This extends to marriages as well, without realizing that marriages are not for competing but for complementing each other.
PK. Men are looked upon as monsters until they prove otherwise. There are several wrongful expectations from men which are seen in many aspects of life a" work, marriage and even in relations before marriage. The blame for any woman's committing suicide is invariably pegged on a man close to her, like it happened in the Suraj Panscholi case. There are cases like that Kausar Begum of Bangalore who married 12 times, earning lots of money by getting all the husbands arrested under domestic violence act.
How do you perceive women's rights movement?
KJ. It has become fashionable to talk about women empowerment and women's liberation in the name of chivalry. While doing so, human rights are sometimes kept on stake. Women have suffered a lot, for centuries. But thatas no excuse to make the current generation of men suffer, too. We must have a more human approach to things rather than feministic or chauvinistic.
Which Indian laws do you think are unfair?
PK. Several laws are misused by women, and used as a way of blackmailing men. Article 498A, that deals with dowry-related cases is the first that comes to mind. We believe it should be made a civil law, and a bailable offence. Under the Domestic Violence Act, the very definition of violence is questionable. Even domestic tiffs can land an entire family in jail. Rape laws are applicable to a man promising marriage to a woman if they have been intimate. This happens only in India.
KJ. The very reason we have shunned the celebrations of Independence is Marriage Law Amendment Bill 2010. Under this bill, it is proposed that a man can't challenge a divorce petition filed by his wife. It also allows the woman a claim over ancestral property of her former husband after divorce. This bill is unfair in so many ways. In cases of separation of parents, the judiciary in India assumes that the child needs a mother more than a father. A bad husband is not necessarily a bad father. All children need both parents equally.
Are there any suggestions for improving the current laws?
PK. In several divorce cases, the women ask for big amounts of alimony that are many times unjustifiable, like when a doctor wife asked her husband for a big sum monthly, of which Rs 35,000 was to be spent on entertainment. While deciding these amounts, especially in cases where the woman is gainfully employed, the financial and other situations of both parties must be duly considered.
KJ. To reduce the stress of a breaking marriage on children, shared parenting must be allowed as a norm. These cases must be disposed at the earliest possible. People found guilty of misusing laws like 498A, domestic violence act and such must be punished. Also, many times when women violate court orders judges go soft on them, which should not be done. Children's rights are constantly ignored in cases of separating and divorcing parents, where they are even used as weapons to fight personal battles.
You call the movement you have started "masculinism". How does it differ from chauvinism or chivalry?
PK. There is what we call cultural chauvinism in our society. This calls for more realistic expectations from men instead of putting excessive responsibility on them. The modern society gives women equal opportunities, so it is only fair to provide men with certain choices and freedom, too. Laws and society need not only be women-friendly but also men-friendly.
The changes in the way of living have affected marriages, too. Does that strike as a positive change to you?
KJ. In modern marriages, both men and women share all responsibilities, whether they are domestic or financial. This culture is spreading very fast, too. However, the cases of divorces and legal hassles that people have to live with for their whole lives are also increasing. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Society-and-laws-need-to-be-men-friendly-too/articleshow/21930311.cms
Excerpts from an interview ---
What prompted you to consider being part of the men's rights movement?
PK. Small things like different tax slabs for same salary levels and reserved seats in public transport seemed unfair to me. Then came article 498A which I read was being misused in many cases. Then it hit closer home when I was acquitted under the same law in 2004. It was my wife's word against my evidence and our genders dictated the assumption of who was wrong.
What do you think of society's definitions of roles of men and women?
KJ. Sadly, the age-old mindset of men being providers and women being homemakers still prevails. Despite all talks about equality, society does not treat men and women equally. This extends to marriages as well, without realizing that marriages are not for competing but for complementing each other.
PK. Men are looked upon as monsters until they prove otherwise. There are several wrongful expectations from men which are seen in many aspects of life a" work, marriage and even in relations before marriage. The blame for any woman's committing suicide is invariably pegged on a man close to her, like it happened in the Suraj Panscholi case. There are cases like that Kausar Begum of Bangalore who married 12 times, earning lots of money by getting all the husbands arrested under domestic violence act.
How do you perceive women's rights movement?
KJ. It has become fashionable to talk about women empowerment and women's liberation in the name of chivalry. While doing so, human rights are sometimes kept on stake. Women have suffered a lot, for centuries. But thatas no excuse to make the current generation of men suffer, too. We must have a more human approach to things rather than feministic or chauvinistic.
Which Indian laws do you think are unfair?
PK. Several laws are misused by women, and used as a way of blackmailing men. Article 498A, that deals with dowry-related cases is the first that comes to mind. We believe it should be made a civil law, and a bailable offence. Under the Domestic Violence Act, the very definition of violence is questionable. Even domestic tiffs can land an entire family in jail. Rape laws are applicable to a man promising marriage to a woman if they have been intimate. This happens only in India.
KJ. The very reason we have shunned the celebrations of Independence is Marriage Law Amendment Bill 2010. Under this bill, it is proposed that a man can't challenge a divorce petition filed by his wife. It also allows the woman a claim over ancestral property of her former husband after divorce. This bill is unfair in so many ways. In cases of separation of parents, the judiciary in India assumes that the child needs a mother more than a father. A bad husband is not necessarily a bad father. All children need both parents equally.
Are there any suggestions for improving the current laws?
PK. In several divorce cases, the women ask for big amounts of alimony that are many times unjustifiable, like when a doctor wife asked her husband for a big sum monthly, of which Rs 35,000 was to be spent on entertainment. While deciding these amounts, especially in cases where the woman is gainfully employed, the financial and other situations of both parties must be duly considered.
KJ. To reduce the stress of a breaking marriage on children, shared parenting must be allowed as a norm. These cases must be disposed at the earliest possible. People found guilty of misusing laws like 498A, domestic violence act and such must be punished. Also, many times when women violate court orders judges go soft on them, which should not be done. Children's rights are constantly ignored in cases of separating and divorcing parents, where they are even used as weapons to fight personal battles.
You call the movement you have started "masculinism". How does it differ from chauvinism or chivalry?
PK. There is what we call cultural chauvinism in our society. This calls for more realistic expectations from men instead of putting excessive responsibility on them. The modern society gives women equal opportunities, so it is only fair to provide men with certain choices and freedom, too. Laws and society need not only be women-friendly but also men-friendly.
The changes in the way of living have affected marriages, too. Does that strike as a positive change to you?
KJ. In modern marriages, both men and women share all responsibilities, whether they are domestic or financial. This culture is spreading very fast, too. However, the cases of divorces and legal hassles that people have to live with for their whole lives are also increasing. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Society-and-laws-need-to-be-men-friendly-too/articleshow/21930311.cms
Monday, 19 August 2013
Man dies in 'police custody'
Man dies in 'police custody'
PATNA: A man, arrested in a dowry case, allegedly died in police custody at Salimpur on Thursday morning.
Salimpur SHO said, "Deceased - Gajendra Prasad Mishra was arrested on Wednesday night in a dowry case lodged by one Dinesh Jha, the father-in-law of Mishra's youngest son Ravi Mishra. On Thursday morning, he started vomiting. We immediately took him to Bahadurpur hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors. We are investigating the reason of his death."
According to the police, Ravi Mishra was married to Manita, Dinesh's daughter, who on April 2 this year committed suicide after consuming poison. Dinesh lodged an FIR against Gajendra, Ravi and his mother Shubhkala Mishra for dowry death.
Deceased brother Vijay Mishra said that Dinesh had struck a deal of Rs 3 lakh with his brother to take back the case. "My brother went to meet Dinesh on Wednesday and gave Rs 2.5 lakh with condition of paying rest of the amount only after the withdrawal of the case. Dinesh took the money and offered him a soft drink. Later when my brother left the place, Dinesh called up the police and get him arrested. He was brought to Salimpur police station on Wednesday night," Vijay said.
Vijay further said Dinesh must have poisoned the soft drink that he offered to his brother.
Salimpur SHO said, "Deceased - Gajendra Prasad Mishra was arrested on Wednesday night in a dowry case lodged by one Dinesh Jha, the father-in-law of Mishra's youngest son Ravi Mishra. On Thursday morning, he started vomiting. We immediately took him to Bahadurpur hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors. We are investigating the reason of his death."
According to the police, Ravi Mishra was married to Manita, Dinesh's daughter, who on April 2 this year committed suicide after consuming poison. Dinesh lodged an FIR against Gajendra, Ravi and his mother Shubhkala Mishra for dowry death.
Deceased brother Vijay Mishra said that Dinesh had struck a deal of Rs 3 lakh with his brother to take back the case. "My brother went to meet Dinesh on Wednesday and gave Rs 2.5 lakh with condition of paying rest of the amount only after the withdrawal of the case. Dinesh took the money and offered him a soft drink. Later when my brother left the place, Dinesh called up the police and get him arrested. He was brought to Salimpur police station on Wednesday night," Vijay said.
Vijay further said Dinesh must have poisoned the soft drink that he offered to his brother.
“I will fight against misuse of 498A”, affirms Prince Tuli in Nagpur; To sue ‘Zanjeer’ producers for using bike sans permission
It’s been a while since the ugly face of marriage between Prince Tuli
and his estranged wife formerly crowned Miss India Yukta Mookhey came
out in the open. The allegations and counter charges framed by Yukta
against her beleaguered husband followed by severe jolts received on the
part of the latter and his family only worsened the situation. However
all the allegations came from Yukta while Tuli chose to keep mum as the
case progressed in the court of law. Even Tuli categorically denied
giving any interview which quoted him as citing adultery behind the
broken marriage. The interview was carried across media.
Nagpur Today got to interact with Prince Tuli to hear his side of story. In an exclusive chat with Nagpur Today, Prince Tuli opened up his heart regarding various unwanted and disappointing events taking place in his life! Prince also spoke at length about his Superbike, Kawasaki Ninja ZX 14 Limited Edition which has been featured in first song titled ‘Mumbai Ke Heroes’ from the film Zanjeer, without his permission.
The Excerpts…
Nagpur Today : Is it true that you dint give any interview regarding the allegations of Yukta on you to Mumbai mirror?
Prince Tuli : Yes! I definitely haven’t quoted anything in this context to any media till date. When I’m not allowed to do so by law, why would I do so and see myself behind bars? Plus I would never disrespect the mother of my child, and clean my dirty laundry in public.
Nagpur Today : Were the statements mentioned in that interview true?
Prince Tuli : I never quoted such statements. I am a stake holder at the Adai Mehra Production Pvt Ltd. I gave an interview regarding the remake of the movie ‘Zanjeer’ remake, and nothing related to what is published.
Nagpur Today : How is your family doing?
Prince Tuli : We are going through tough time. All my family has to come and report at Mumbai. My mother is a cancer patient. She is such an adorable and straight person who doesn’t at all deserve such a harsh treatment. Yet she has to travel twice a week to Mumbai and report at the police. The policemen harass her by asking uncomfortable and upsetting questions. Such harassment of an old lady is just inhumane.
Nagpur Today : What shall be your future course of action in this context?
Prince Tuli : Around fifty to sixty thousand people commit suicide every year just because of these fake, fictitious allegations and misuse of the 498 A law. It’s high time that this victimization of families and the stupid gender bias should be stopped. I’ll fight not just for myself, but every victim of the misuse of this law till I breathe my last.
Nagpur Today : Yukta has openly come forward, even in front of media and put allegations on you. Why have you not come up with your side of explanations and proved your point straight in public?
Prince Tuli : We are ‘Khaandani’. We shall never entertain or put forth anything undue and despicable for that matter. Whosoever needs cheap publicity can definitely grab it, we would never let our standards fall! We have never talked abrupt; in future as well we shall remain composed in spite of the cheap compellations.
Nagpur Today: It is learnt that your bike has been featured in the title track of Zanjeer the promos of which are out now. But you have some issues with the producers?
Prince Tuli : The co-producers of this film are Reliance Entertainment and Amit Mehra’s Flying Turtle Films. I shall even sue the producers, Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., if entire song is not omitted from the flick, because the bike has been used without my permission.
Apoorva Lakhia approached me to borrow my bike for a friendly ride, wherein I refused to part with my bike but on continuous persistence agreed to let Lakhia ride the bike.
The bike is extremely dear to me and i have an emotional connect with it. I had bought this bike in the year 2008 and had specially imported this bike from New York which at that time costed approximately Rs.35 lacs. I was shocked when I discovered the presence of bike in the song of movie directed by Lakhia and was extremely hurt that the bike which was taken on a friendly ride, without my consent was used for commercial purpose in the film. I have asked to immediately remove every scene featuring my bike failing which legal action would be initiated.
http://www.nagpurtoday.in/i-will-not-say-anything-for-cheap-publicity-reverts-prince-tuli-in-nagpur/
Nagpur Today got to interact with Prince Tuli to hear his side of story. In an exclusive chat with Nagpur Today, Prince Tuli opened up his heart regarding various unwanted and disappointing events taking place in his life! Prince also spoke at length about his Superbike, Kawasaki Ninja ZX 14 Limited Edition which has been featured in first song titled ‘Mumbai Ke Heroes’ from the film Zanjeer, without his permission.
The Excerpts…
Nagpur Today : Is it true that you dint give any interview regarding the allegations of Yukta on you to Mumbai mirror?
Prince Tuli : Yes! I definitely haven’t quoted anything in this context to any media till date. When I’m not allowed to do so by law, why would I do so and see myself behind bars? Plus I would never disrespect the mother of my child, and clean my dirty laundry in public.
Nagpur Today : Were the statements mentioned in that interview true?
Prince Tuli : I never quoted such statements. I am a stake holder at the Adai Mehra Production Pvt Ltd. I gave an interview regarding the remake of the movie ‘Zanjeer’ remake, and nothing related to what is published.
Nagpur Today : How is your family doing?
Prince Tuli : We are going through tough time. All my family has to come and report at Mumbai. My mother is a cancer patient. She is such an adorable and straight person who doesn’t at all deserve such a harsh treatment. Yet she has to travel twice a week to Mumbai and report at the police. The policemen harass her by asking uncomfortable and upsetting questions. Such harassment of an old lady is just inhumane.
Nagpur Today : What shall be your future course of action in this context?
Prince Tuli : Around fifty to sixty thousand people commit suicide every year just because of these fake, fictitious allegations and misuse of the 498 A law. It’s high time that this victimization of families and the stupid gender bias should be stopped. I’ll fight not just for myself, but every victim of the misuse of this law till I breathe my last.
Nagpur Today : Yukta has openly come forward, even in front of media and put allegations on you. Why have you not come up with your side of explanations and proved your point straight in public?
Prince Tuli : We are ‘Khaandani’. We shall never entertain or put forth anything undue and despicable for that matter. Whosoever needs cheap publicity can definitely grab it, we would never let our standards fall! We have never talked abrupt; in future as well we shall remain composed in spite of the cheap compellations.
Nagpur Today: It is learnt that your bike has been featured in the title track of Zanjeer the promos of which are out now. But you have some issues with the producers?
Prince Tuli : The co-producers of this film are Reliance Entertainment and Amit Mehra’s Flying Turtle Films. I shall even sue the producers, Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., if entire song is not omitted from the flick, because the bike has been used without my permission.
Apoorva Lakhia approached me to borrow my bike for a friendly ride, wherein I refused to part with my bike but on continuous persistence agreed to let Lakhia ride the bike.
The bike is extremely dear to me and i have an emotional connect with it. I had bought this bike in the year 2008 and had specially imported this bike from New York which at that time costed approximately Rs.35 lacs. I was shocked when I discovered the presence of bike in the song of movie directed by Lakhia and was extremely hurt that the bike which was taken on a friendly ride, without my consent was used for commercial purpose in the film. I have asked to immediately remove every scene featuring my bike failing which legal action would be initiated.
http://www.nagpurtoday.in/i-will-not-say-anything-for-cheap-publicity-reverts-prince-tuli-in-nagpur/
Friday, 16 August 2013
It’s Freedom Friday for harassed husbands near Nagpur; “Independence Day” today!!
It’s Freedom Friday for harassed husbands near Nagpur; “Independence Day” today!!
Nagpur News.
It’s a male’s day altogether…or the Husband’s Independence Day to be more precise. While the people across the nation might have celebrated Independence Day on Thursday in solidarity with the traditional practice, a handful group of men acted otherwise. Feeling leftover in the series of issues pertaining to individual rights, husbands have moved a step forward in affirming their self in their own right and marked Friday as their day of ‘Independence’. The city of Nagpur would be a part of the one of its kind revolution which is running into its fifth year.
5th National Men’s Rights Conference 2013, an event jointly conducted by a group of organizations fighting for equal rights to men in Hindu marriages would be held Friday at
Pench Jungle Home Resort near Nagpur.
Arnab Ganguly, a member of one of the participating organization called INSAAF told Nagpur Today, “We have found Nagpur as our strong chapter. We have got strong support from over 3500 members here. It is centrally located and easier to reach. So this year we have chosen this venue for conducting our event.
He told Nagpur Today, “On Friday we will be conducting the conference while tomorrow we would be debating on marriage laws.”
He informed that last year we could not conduct the event as we had moved to Delhi to press for the amendments in Hindu Marriage Bill. “Our previous events were conducted in Shimla, Kolkata and Yercaud in Tamil Nadu. We are fighting for the men’s rights as the provisions of current Hindu marriage bill are extremely dangerous and essentially targeting men in Hindu marriages. It allows wives to acquire 50% of the ancestral property. Even when the Hindu man is not married, 50% is accorded to his wife although she has not contributed in the property. This is very dangerous act which affects Hindu families badly. It will push husbands to become criminals. We want the government to make amendments but it did not pay any heed. Even the proposal is awaiting to be tabled in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. It would be put up by Monday or Tuesday,” he said.
Another organization Child Right Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) working towards the equality of parenting rights among married men and women is participating in the movement to push the envelope further.
Kumar Jahangirdar, founder and president, CRISP said, “We did not participate in the celebrations Thursday to mark the country’s Independence Day. We, a group of men who are seeking parenting rights and joint custody of their child, are meeting in Nagpur on Friday to demand ‘freedom’ from women-centric laws.
Over 100 men from across the country would participate in today’s movement. CRISP, which has been fighting for the rights of fathers and children for more than five years, in partnership with Save Indian Family, has organised this annual event which would be conducted for fifth year in a row.
Among the issues slated for discussion during the summit are Marriage Laws Amendment Bill of 2010. “The law makers have an assumption that children always live with the mother and she alone is enough to protect the child’s welfare which is simply unscientific and against nature. It also violates the spirit of the Indian constitution,” Jahgirdar said.
The bill, he said, also allows the mother to claim paternal ancestral property and the children’s share of it, which can also lead to likely misappropriation by step-fathers and step-siblings.
“The government of the people seems to be more interested in women’s rights than innocent children’s rights, simply because children are not vote banks, though they represent more than 40 percent of our population,” he said.
Another member, a software engineer in Nagpur, said, “Men have no platform to lodge a complaint when they face harassment from their wives.”
Most of the time, he said, the wives extort money by lodging false dowry cases and even deny the right of a father to meet his children, even when he has the court’s consent.
“We urge society and its stakeholders to treat fathers with dignity and accept the scientific fact that children deserve their father’s natural love and care as much as their mother,” a statement from CRISP said.
https://www.nagpurtoday.in/its-freedom-friday-for-harassed-husbands-near-nagpur-independence-day-today/
Nagpur News.
It’s a male’s day altogether…or the Husband’s Independence Day to be more precise. While the people across the nation might have celebrated Independence Day on Thursday in solidarity with the traditional practice, a handful group of men acted otherwise. Feeling leftover in the series of issues pertaining to individual rights, husbands have moved a step forward in affirming their self in their own right and marked Friday as their day of ‘Independence’. The city of Nagpur would be a part of the one of its kind revolution which is running into its fifth year.
5th National Men’s Rights Conference 2013, an event jointly conducted by a group of organizations fighting for equal rights to men in Hindu marriages would be held Friday at
Pench Jungle Home Resort near Nagpur.
Arnab Ganguly, a member of one of the participating organization called INSAAF told Nagpur Today, “We have found Nagpur as our strong chapter. We have got strong support from over 3500 members here. It is centrally located and easier to reach. So this year we have chosen this venue for conducting our event.
He told Nagpur Today, “On Friday we will be conducting the conference while tomorrow we would be debating on marriage laws.”
He informed that last year we could not conduct the event as we had moved to Delhi to press for the amendments in Hindu Marriage Bill. “Our previous events were conducted in Shimla, Kolkata and Yercaud in Tamil Nadu. We are fighting for the men’s rights as the provisions of current Hindu marriage bill are extremely dangerous and essentially targeting men in Hindu marriages. It allows wives to acquire 50% of the ancestral property. Even when the Hindu man is not married, 50% is accorded to his wife although she has not contributed in the property. This is very dangerous act which affects Hindu families badly. It will push husbands to become criminals. We want the government to make amendments but it did not pay any heed. Even the proposal is awaiting to be tabled in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha. It would be put up by Monday or Tuesday,” he said.
Another organization Child Right Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP) working towards the equality of parenting rights among married men and women is participating in the movement to push the envelope further.
Kumar Jahangirdar, founder and president, CRISP said, “We did not participate in the celebrations Thursday to mark the country’s Independence Day. We, a group of men who are seeking parenting rights and joint custody of their child, are meeting in Nagpur on Friday to demand ‘freedom’ from women-centric laws.
Over 100 men from across the country would participate in today’s movement. CRISP, which has been fighting for the rights of fathers and children for more than five years, in partnership with Save Indian Family, has organised this annual event which would be conducted for fifth year in a row.
Among the issues slated for discussion during the summit are Marriage Laws Amendment Bill of 2010. “The law makers have an assumption that children always live with the mother and she alone is enough to protect the child’s welfare which is simply unscientific and against nature. It also violates the spirit of the Indian constitution,” Jahgirdar said.
The bill, he said, also allows the mother to claim paternal ancestral property and the children’s share of it, which can also lead to likely misappropriation by step-fathers and step-siblings.
“The government of the people seems to be more interested in women’s rights than innocent children’s rights, simply because children are not vote banks, though they represent more than 40 percent of our population,” he said.
Another member, a software engineer in Nagpur, said, “Men have no platform to lodge a complaint when they face harassment from their wives.”
Most of the time, he said, the wives extort money by lodging false dowry cases and even deny the right of a father to meet his children, even when he has the court’s consent.
“We urge society and its stakeholders to treat fathers with dignity and accept the scientific fact that children deserve their father’s natural love and care as much as their mother,” a statement from CRISP said.
https://www.nagpurtoday.in/its-freedom-friday-for-harassed-husbands-near-nagpur-independence-day-today/
Thursday, 15 August 2013
UP accounts for over 80% of illegal arrests in India
UP accounts for over 80% of illegal arrests in India
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh's high-handedness is not just reflected in the arbitrary transfer of officers such as Durga Sakthi Nagpal and slapping of bogus cases against dissenters (as in the case of Dalit scholar Kanwal Bharti), it can also be seen in the massive number of illegal arrests made by the UP police.
According to National Human Rights Commission data, UP records an overwhelming majority of illegal arrests in the country, accounting for more than 80% of all such cases. In fact, it tips its nearest competitor, Delhi, by over 3,000% almost year after year.
In the past three years (April 2010 to July 2013), UP accounted for 3,397 illegal arrests out of 3,950 such cases recorded across India by NHRC. The count for the rest of the 27 states and seven union territories put together was just 553.
"What do you expect from a state where many politicians themselves are criminals? How do you expect them to have any respect for law and order or human rights?" says Colin Gonsalves of Human Rights Law Network.
From April 2012 to March 2013, NHRC recorded 703 cases of illegal arrests in all. As many as 589 of these were against the UP police. UP accounts for 161 of 192 illegal arrests in '13
Its closest rivals in this dubious distinction, Uttarakhand and Delhi, were way behind with 14 cases each. Data for this period shows only two other states where the number of illegal arrests had crossed double figures — Karnataka (12) and Andhra Pradesh (10).
In 2013 too (April 1 to July 20), UP accounted for 161 such cases of the total of 192 recorded by NHRC in the entire country. Its closest rival, Delhi, was again was behind with only five cases.
Year 2011 was the worse for UP, with the state police being at the wrong end of the law 1,101 times of the total of 1,249 cases registered by NHRC. Delhi again took the second spot with 38 cases. In 2010 too UP recorded 1,546 such cases of the total of 1,716. These are cases that were brought to NHRC's notice. The real figures for both UP and other states are bound to be higher as many complainants go to state human rights commissions instead of knocking at NHRC's doors.
Conversely, sources say, UP being closer to Delhi, more people may tend to approach NHRC in the capital. But if that was true, neighbouring Haryana would also show a high number of illegal arrests. However,Haryana's figures for many years have remained in single digits. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-accounts-for-over-80-of-illegal-arrests-in-India/articleshow/21853340.cms
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh's high-handedness is not just reflected in the arbitrary transfer of officers such as Durga Sakthi Nagpal and slapping of bogus cases against dissenters (as in the case of Dalit scholar Kanwal Bharti), it can also be seen in the massive number of illegal arrests made by the UP police.
According to National Human Rights Commission data, UP records an overwhelming majority of illegal arrests in the country, accounting for more than 80% of all such cases. In fact, it tips its nearest competitor, Delhi, by over 3,000% almost year after year.
In the past three years (April 2010 to July 2013), UP accounted for 3,397 illegal arrests out of 3,950 such cases recorded across India by NHRC. The count for the rest of the 27 states and seven union territories put together was just 553.
"What do you expect from a state where many politicians themselves are criminals? How do you expect them to have any respect for law and order or human rights?" says Colin Gonsalves of Human Rights Law Network.
From April 2012 to March 2013, NHRC recorded 703 cases of illegal arrests in all. As many as 589 of these were against the UP police. UP accounts for 161 of 192 illegal arrests in '13
Its closest rivals in this dubious distinction, Uttarakhand and Delhi, were way behind with 14 cases each. Data for this period shows only two other states where the number of illegal arrests had crossed double figures — Karnataka (12) and Andhra Pradesh (10).
In 2013 too (April 1 to July 20), UP accounted for 161 such cases of the total of 192 recorded by NHRC in the entire country. Its closest rival, Delhi, was again was behind with only five cases.
Year 2011 was the worse for UP, with the state police being at the wrong end of the law 1,101 times of the total of 1,249 cases registered by NHRC. Delhi again took the second spot with 38 cases. In 2010 too UP recorded 1,546 such cases of the total of 1,716. These are cases that were brought to NHRC's notice. The real figures for both UP and other states are bound to be higher as many complainants go to state human rights commissions instead of knocking at NHRC's doors.
Conversely, sources say, UP being closer to Delhi, more people may tend to approach NHRC in the capital. But if that was true, neighbouring Haryana would also show a high number of illegal arrests. However,Haryana's figures for many years have remained in single digits. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-accounts-for-over-80-of-illegal-arrests-in-India/articleshow/21853340.cms
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