With growing popularity of dowry laws like 498 A, now there is a growing population of the misuse victims associated with the abuse of this law. While the accuser is called a dowry victim, there are thousands of accused who are dowry law victims.
INDIA IS celebrating its 62nd Independence day while there are thousands of Indians living their lives on the edge and struggling each day for that air of 'Independence and freedom'.
With growing popularity of the dowry laws like 498 A, now there is a growing population of the misuse victims associated with the abuse of this law. While the accuser is called a 'dowry victim', there are thousands of accused (mostly innocent) who are being tortured to that extent that now they should be rather called 'dowry law victims'.
Coming across a new case of the abuse of such laws almost once every week, I wonder why we, the Indians are not concerned about these 'dowry law victims'. Some of them commit suicide, while some of them die in police custody. What if the accused is proved to be innocent five years later, who will bring his life back? Have we asked ourselves, who gives maintenance to his family or who pays compensation to his aggrieved parents and siblings?
The fact is that there is no law to take care of these cases and prevent the abuse of such laws. There is no provision of financial support for these victims as if they were born to be killed. No one is held responsible for their death and the cries of their parents fall on deaf ears. Even a terrorist in this country is eligible for a fair trial while these people give their lives up waiting for a 'fair trial'.
We need to awake on the coming independence day and ask for a life more than anything else. Authorities should provide for the following to control this 'dowry law death' menace:
With growing popularity of the dowry laws like 498 A, now there is a growing population of the misuse victims associated with the abuse of this law. While the accuser is called a 'dowry victim', there are thousands of accused (mostly innocent) who are being tortured to that extent that now they should be rather called 'dowry law victims'.
Coming across a new case of the abuse of such laws almost once every week, I wonder why we, the Indians are not concerned about these 'dowry law victims'. Some of them commit suicide, while some of them die in police custody. What if the accused is proved to be innocent five years later, who will bring his life back? Have we asked ourselves, who gives maintenance to his family or who pays compensation to his aggrieved parents and siblings?
The fact is that there is no law to take care of these cases and prevent the abuse of such laws. There is no provision of financial support for these victims as if they were born to be killed. No one is held responsible for their death and the cries of their parents fall on deaf ears. Even a terrorist in this country is eligible for a fair trial while these people give their lives up waiting for a 'fair trial'.
We need to awake on the coming independence day and ask for a life more than anything else. Authorities should provide for the following to control this 'dowry law death' menace:
A Law for the 'prevention of cruelty against accused in dowry law'.
A law for 'prevention of dowry law death'. If a 'dowry law victim' dies (whether in custody or elsewhere), his family can file a complaint on his behalf against the people suspected to be responsible for his death (including authorities whoever were responsible for torturing him).
The death of such dowry law victim should be treated as murder. Burden of proof should be on anyone accused under the above two sections of the law. And the accused be treated as 'guilty until proven innocent'.
The family of this 'dowry law victim' should be provided a maintenance from the people who have misused 498 A and domestic violence against him.
If these things are not followed/cannot be followed then at least the 498 A and DV laws should be amended, so that they do not cause further loss of lives and dowry law deaths'.
I am not a ministry or an organisation; I am just a human being asking this nation on the grounds of humanity to stop this menace of dowry law deaths. He was also someone’s brother or someone’s son, and more than anything else, he was also a human being like you and me. On this independence day, at least light a candle for him and pledge to make this country really free, free from 'dowry law deaths'.
We must raise the voice against this family breaking law.
ReplyDelete2. Demand for compensation for spending days in jail
3. Demand compensation for suicide by the men due to threatening false dowary case.
4. Demand govt. to give 25 Lakh for every parents who have lost their sons.
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