Judiciary, legislature should curb misuse of matrimonial laws
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Judiciary, legislature should curb misuse of matrimonial laws

New Indian Express  

When Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash died by suicide with a placard on his t-shirt proclaiming ‘Justice is due’, it was his desperate plea for a systemic change in the country’s laws and judicial processes. Atul, who was going through a messy divorce and a Rs 3-crore maintenance suit, claimed he was trapped in at least eight false cases and accused a family court judge in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, of helping his wife in extortion. It is often true that dowry and rape laws, wife and child maintenance, and domestic abuse laws are weaponised against men, and children are used to harass estranged husbands. Recently, Karnataka High Court’s Justice M Nagaprasanna deplored the abuse of Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, saying the rights of both men and women should be protected.

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Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide
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Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the misuse of anti-dowry law and said, "It is being used as a weapon to unnecessarily harass the husband and his family". The apex court's statement comes amid outrage over the suicide of a 34-year-old techie, Atul Subhash, over alleged harassment by his wife Nikita Singhania. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna …

Courts must exercise caution in dowry cases to prevent misuse of law: Supreme Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Courts must exercise caution in dowry cases to prevent misuse of law: Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts must exercise caution in dowry harassment cases to prevent misuse of law and avoid unnecessary trouble to innocent family members observing a tendency to implicate husband's kin. The top court, therefore, said courts must exercise caution in such cases to prevent misuse of legal provisions and the legal process and avoid unnecessary harassment …

‘Even acquittal can’t erase scars’: SC slams misuse of dowry laws
3 weeks, 6 days ago

‘Even acquittal can’t erase scars’: SC slams misuse of dowry laws

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned courts against the indiscriminate prosecution of a husband’s relatives in dowry harassment cases, rueing the growing tendency to implicate entire families in domestic disputes. “We have no hesitation to hold that the said observation of this court is in fact, sounding of a caution, against non-discharge of the duty to see whether implication of …

Violence against women and girls ‘should be treated with same priority as terrorism’
3 years, 3 months ago

Violence against women and girls ‘should be treated with same priority as terrorism’

The Independent  

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