Domestic Violence

Domestic violence term itself conveys its meaning well. But, hold on, here it has a different meaning. If you are wondering what different meaning can it convey, you need to be aware of the laws related to Domestic Violence in India and should know about the cases in depth.

A shocking face of Domestic Violence is observed in India, since these laws came into being. There are a variety of cases of women ranging from the age of 20 – 60 and even more alleging that they have suffered domestic violence. Some of them have stayed with the accused for 20 years while some haven’t stayed with them for a day !!! YES, this is not a typing mistake, I mean it when I say that some of them haven’t stayed with the accused for a single day, at least this is claimed by the accused who are facing trial of such cases for years and giving this women a hefty amount of money as an Interim Relief in the alleged Domestic Violence case.

Many of us would wonder …. are the accused saying the truth ? … Well, that is something which needs to be proved at the “Evidence Stage”. But when ? Till then they would have lost some very precious years of their lives and also would have payed the woman a very heavy amount as DV relief. Now, if they are ever proved to be innocent, there is nobody who ever cares of returning them their life, their money and mental peace.

The woman who puts allegations on them is able to successfully subject them to years of financial, mental and physical torture. All that she needs to do is, give a statement of all her whims and fantasies. A mere statement with no evidence to prove that she was staying with the accused is enough to ruin the lives of the accused and to cause them a trauma which has no respite.

Yes, I know, some of you will contend that for how long can she sustain this case, which to the eye witnesses and even to a logical mind appears to be false ? There lies the crux of the matter. She can actually avoid evidence and keep pulling the matter till she has EARNED enough from her victims. In some cases, the victims become so helpless that they end up paying her a heavy amount of money and go for an “Out of Court” settlement. So, in either of the cases, she gains what she wanted from this brutal and insane game that she has played against so many innocent people.

No wonder these so called “Domestic Violence” cases are on a rise specially after the enactment of the law which claims to be a hope for the “Domestic Violence victim women” . So, now it does compel us to think … What is Domestic Violence? Has it got anything to do with the accused being in domestic relationship with the accuser or even being present near her to be able to cause violence ?

That answers my question …. Domestic Violence of an innocent family can start on the day they get one of their sons married and they let an inhuman extortionist in. While they suffer this violence, the abuser gets relief and “protection” to be able to harass them more. And this violence against these innocent men and women is unfortunately not covered under any law !