July 20, 2010
July 19: A 47-year-old office assistant has approached the Madras high court challenging his dismissal from service for allegedly refusing to remove and throw household garbage into a dustbin kept outside the house while on duty at a judge’s residence.
A division bench comprising Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice K.K. Sasidharan before whom the petition was filed by office assistant A. Ramamurthy, ordered notice to the registrar general of the Madras HC, principal district judge and III additional district judge (ADJ) (CBI cases), Coimbatore.
The petitioner, who has vision impairment, was on July 12, 2002, asked to discharge duties in the residence of III ADJ. There he refused to clear garbage as it was not his duty. He was suspended and dismissed in 2004.
His case should have been considered under section 38 of the Persons with Disabilities (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act, he contended.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Inspector goes soft on woman despite husband’s suicide note
July 20, 2010
Tells victim’s family that laws favour the fair sex and he would book even a dog if a woman filed a complaint against it
Here’s a cop with a difference. Mico Layout Police Inspector C N Janardhana Rao believes that the law will always support a woman, no matter what. He told the victim’s family who went to lodge a complaint that he would book even a dog if a woman files a complaint against it.
No wonder he refused to take up a suo motu case of abetment of suicide against Ruchi Goel, wife of Ashish Goel, a senior software engineer with Trainz Consulting who recently killed himself, despite his leaving behind a note that clearly implicated his wife in his death. “Our laws always favour a woman victim and not a male victim,” Rao said.
BRASS TACKS
Ashish hanged himself at his BTM Layout house on June 23. He left a suicide note stating that he took the step because his wife had threatened him with a dowry harassment case if he did not pay her Rs 1 crore. When Mico Layout police refused to register a case, Ashish’s family leveraged some powerful political contacts in Delhi. The police finally registered a case on June 30. Rao confirmed this. “I was compelled to register a case against the girl because of pressure from Goel’s family,” he said.
Rao’s boss, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) B N S Reddy, however, has a different take on the matter. “There is no difference between a man or woman in the eyes of the law. If my officer has taken a contrary stand, it is wrong and he needs to be corrected. I will direct him to speed up the investigation,’’ he said.
A SORRY AFFAIR
Ashish and Ruchi got married in April 2009. She hailed from Meerut while he came from neighbouring Aligarh. Apparently, Ashish had an affair with another girl before he married Ruchi. After Ruchi learnt about it, the issue became a source of constant friction between the couple. Three months after their marriage, she went back to her parents’ home. After a while, Ashish brought her back to Bangalore.
But the fights continued and in April this year Ashish, according to his family, was pressured to try and find a job in Meerut. On June 20, he got a call from Ruchi in which she reportedly demanded Rs 1 crore in a week’s time, failing which she threatened to file a dowry harassment case against him and his family. This apparently acted as the trigger for Ashish to kill himself.
Tells victim’s family that laws favour the fair sex and he would book even a dog if a woman filed a complaint against it
Here’s a cop with a difference. Mico Layout Police Inspector C N Janardhana Rao believes that the law will always support a woman, no matter what. He told the victim’s family who went to lodge a complaint that he would book even a dog if a woman files a complaint against it.
No wonder he refused to take up a suo motu case of abetment of suicide against Ruchi Goel, wife of Ashish Goel, a senior software engineer with Trainz Consulting who recently killed himself, despite his leaving behind a note that clearly implicated his wife in his death. “Our laws always favour a woman victim and not a male victim,” Rao said.
BRASS TACKS
Ashish hanged himself at his BTM Layout house on June 23. He left a suicide note stating that he took the step because his wife had threatened him with a dowry harassment case if he did not pay her Rs 1 crore. When Mico Layout police refused to register a case, Ashish’s family leveraged some powerful political contacts in Delhi. The police finally registered a case on June 30. Rao confirmed this. “I was compelled to register a case against the girl because of pressure from Goel’s family,” he said.
Rao’s boss, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) B N S Reddy, however, has a different take on the matter. “There is no difference between a man or woman in the eyes of the law. If my officer has taken a contrary stand, it is wrong and he needs to be corrected. I will direct him to speed up the investigation,’’ he said.
A SORRY AFFAIR
Ashish and Ruchi got married in April 2009. She hailed from Meerut while he came from neighbouring Aligarh. Apparently, Ashish had an affair with another girl before he married Ruchi. After Ruchi learnt about it, the issue became a source of constant friction between the couple. Three months after their marriage, she went back to her parents’ home. After a while, Ashish brought her back to Bangalore.
But the fights continued and in April this year Ashish, according to his family, was pressured to try and find a job in Meerut. On June 20, he got a call from Ruchi in which she reportedly demanded Rs 1 crore in a week’s time, failing which she threatened to file a dowry harassment case against him and his family. This apparently acted as the trigger for Ashish to kill himself.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Court not to discharge woman from cases
July 15, 2010
“Madurai fast-tract court had rightly rejected her pleas”
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday refused to discharge A. Jayalakshmi of Sivakasi from four cheating cases pending trial before a lower court here.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked the cases against the woman for indulging in criminal activities between 2000 and 2004 by exploiting her proximity to a few police officers.
Dismissing all four criminal original petitions filed by the accused as not maintainable, Justice R. Mala said that a prima facie case had been made out against the petitioner as mentioned in the charge sheets.
She also held that the Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court-II) and the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Madurai had rightly rejected similar discharge petitions filed by the petitioner.
In 2004, the Madurai Bench had suo motu treated a letter written by Ms. Jayalakshmi's father as a habeas corpus petition because he had levelled several charges, including sexual harassment, bigamy and illegal detention, against more than 20 police officers.
Subsequently, the woman was produced before the court and the matter was referred to the CBI for a thorough investigation.
The CBI found out that the woman had cheated many individuals by utilising her closeness with some police officials.
In one case, she was accused of taking Rs.1 lakh from a financier in Karur after impersonating as a former police officer and in another case, the woman had allegedly taken Rs.2 lakh from an individual under a false promise of getting a job for his daughter in the police department.
The third case against the woman related to taking 16 sovereigns of jewellery from a shop without payment of money and pledging it with a private banking firm.
She was also booked for not paying Rs.16,385 to another jeweller in Madurai after purchasing some jewels in 2003.
“Madurai fast-tract court had rightly rejected her pleas”
The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday refused to discharge A. Jayalakshmi of Sivakasi from four cheating cases pending trial before a lower court here.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked the cases against the woman for indulging in criminal activities between 2000 and 2004 by exploiting her proximity to a few police officers.
Dismissing all four criminal original petitions filed by the accused as not maintainable, Justice R. Mala said that a prima facie case had been made out against the petitioner as mentioned in the charge sheets.
She also held that the Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court-II) and the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Madurai had rightly rejected similar discharge petitions filed by the petitioner.
In 2004, the Madurai Bench had suo motu treated a letter written by Ms. Jayalakshmi's father as a habeas corpus petition because he had levelled several charges, including sexual harassment, bigamy and illegal detention, against more than 20 police officers.
Subsequently, the woman was produced before the court and the matter was referred to the CBI for a thorough investigation.
The CBI found out that the woman had cheated many individuals by utilising her closeness with some police officials.
In one case, she was accused of taking Rs.1 lakh from a financier in Karur after impersonating as a former police officer and in another case, the woman had allegedly taken Rs.2 lakh from an individual under a false promise of getting a job for his daughter in the police department.
The third case against the woman related to taking 16 sovereigns of jewellery from a shop without payment of money and pledging it with a private banking firm.
She was also booked for not paying Rs.16,385 to another jeweller in Madurai after purchasing some jewels in 2003.
Phrasing a new coin: The new INR symbol
July 18, 2010
Finally, the Indian rupee has got an identity of its own. As India is becoming a hot destination for investors across the world, the new icon for
Indian currency is likely to create a brand around 1.2 trillion dollar economy of the nation.
Once the union cabinet gave its nod to the selection of IIT-Mumbai alumnus D Udaya Kumar’s creation of the symbol—a mix of Devanagri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’—history was scripted. The rupee has now entered into the elite club of currencies such as US dollar, Euro, British Pound Sterling and Japanese Yen which have distinct identities. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee whose ministry championed the cause, was one of the first persons to react to this historic development when he said Indian currency would now have an internationally recognisable identity.
According to plans, the symbol will be included in the Unicode Standard for representation and processing of text ensuring that it could be easily displayed or printed both in electronic and print media. While praising the symbol, deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia emphasised on the need to ensure its fast entry into computers and typewriters.
Once the symbol is encoded in the Unicode Standard and National Standard, Nasscom, the software industry association, is likely to approach software development companies for incorporating it in their operative software. The branding exercise will be meaningful only if computer users around the world have an access to the symbol even though it is not on their keyboards. But keyboards being used in India, which do not have the Euro or Yen symbols, will invariably have the new rupee symbol prominently.
The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology, the hardware industry body, will take the leadership in making the requisite changes in the production processes. But that can take place only after the symbol gets notified as a keyboard standard by Bureau of Indian Standards. Yet, the symbol will gain ground domestically only if it’s printed on currency notes, but that may take a while as it needs to follow a certain procedural mechanism. By the time, professional agencies could be engaged to brand the symbol nationally and internationally.
When Euro came into being in January 2002 as a common currency in most European nations, it was a Herculean task for the EU to brand the new
currency and its symbol, as common citizens were emotionally attached to their old respective currencies. But Euro finally won the battle.
The European Central Bank office, located in German city of Frankfurt, now houses a giant Euro sculpture symbolising prestige of the new currency. Critics may argue that it has turned out to be a symbol of greed and not prestige in the backdrop of the recent Eurozone crisis, but the giant sculpture has succeeded in capturing the strength of a brand that has become a challenge even to the US dollar.
So, why can’t the RBI headquarters in Mumbai’s Mint Road build a similar sculpture of the new symbol of Indian rupee? The Indian Central bank too should house a shop where tourists can buy the ‘Rupee’ coffee mugs and rupee gift-sets in the same way as it is done in European Central Bank.
But mere branding of a symbol will achieve nothing if India fails to march ahead in its financial reform agenda including full convertibility. The brand rupee will gain currency once money kiosks on the streets of London, New York and Tokyo prominently display the rupee symbol along with global biggies.
Indian currency is likely to create a brand around 1.2 trillion dollar economy of the nation.
Once the union cabinet gave its nod to the selection of IIT-Mumbai alumnus D Udaya Kumar’s creation of the symbol—a mix of Devanagri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’—history was scripted. The rupee has now entered into the elite club of currencies such as US dollar, Euro, British Pound Sterling and Japanese Yen which have distinct identities. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee whose ministry championed the cause, was one of the first persons to react to this historic development when he said Indian currency would now have an internationally recognisable identity.
According to plans, the symbol will be included in the Unicode Standard for representation and processing of text ensuring that it could be easily displayed or printed both in electronic and print media. While praising the symbol, deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia emphasised on the need to ensure its fast entry into computers and typewriters.
Once the symbol is encoded in the Unicode Standard and National Standard, Nasscom, the software industry association, is likely to approach software development companies for incorporating it in their operative software. The branding exercise will be meaningful only if computer users around the world have an access to the symbol even though it is not on their keyboards. But keyboards being used in India, which do not have the Euro or Yen symbols, will invariably have the new rupee symbol prominently.
The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology, the hardware industry body, will take the leadership in making the requisite changes in the production processes. But that can take place only after the symbol gets notified as a keyboard standard by Bureau of Indian Standards. Yet, the symbol will gain ground domestically only if it’s printed on currency notes, but that may take a while as it needs to follow a certain procedural mechanism. By the time, professional agencies could be engaged to brand the symbol nationally and internationally.
When Euro came into being in January 2002 as a common currency in most European nations, it was a Herculean task for the EU to brand the new
currency and its symbol, as common citizens were emotionally attached to their old respective currencies. But Euro finally won the battle.
The European Central Bank office, located in German city of Frankfurt, now houses a giant Euro sculpture symbolising prestige of the new currency. Critics may argue that it has turned out to be a symbol of greed and not prestige in the backdrop of the recent Eurozone crisis, but the giant sculpture has succeeded in capturing the strength of a brand that has become a challenge even to the US dollar.
So, why can’t the RBI headquarters in Mumbai’s Mint Road build a similar sculpture of the new symbol of Indian rupee? The Indian Central bank too should house a shop where tourists can buy the ‘Rupee’ coffee mugs and rupee gift-sets in the same way as it is done in European Central Bank.
But mere branding of a symbol will achieve nothing if India fails to march ahead in its financial reform agenda including full convertibility. The brand rupee will gain currency once money kiosks on the streets of London, New York and Tokyo prominently display the rupee symbol along with global biggies.
Six countries give I-T dept data on NRI black money
July 18, 2010
NEW DELHI: India's efforts at retrieving the black money its corrupt citizens have stashed abroad are being helped by some countries. The Income Tax
has made a list of 135 individuals and entities, who received payments of more than Rs 1 crore from companies abroad, and sent it to the Director General of Investigation in cities where they are supposed to be residing for further investigation.
The information has been culled out from data received from US, Finland, Japan, Korea, Denmark and New Zealand on entities in these countries having made payments to Indians.
The payments were in the form of dividends, interests, royalties, salaries and wages, fees, pensions, etc, some of which the department believes are merely a cover-up and could be linked to money laundering.
The data was received as part of the information exchange agreement with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, though not all of them have been cooperating with India at present. For instance, Switzerland and many of the tax havens have refused to share any information.
The directorate general of I-T Intelligence in Delhi, which was entrusted with the job of analysing this information, had till May 2010 received 25 CDs in two lots from these six countries out of which 14 were returned to the finance ministry for want of passwords to open them.
Of the 11 CDs, the directorate prepared a list containing names of 9,500 individuals and entities whose addresses could not be located. All such cases have now been sent to source country for more details.
Besides the 135 entities which are being investigated, the DG Intelligence has forwarded a list of more than 5,000 names who were beneficiaries of foreign remittances to the tune of Rs 1 lakh and above but below Rs 1 crore. These names have been referred to the chief commissioners in different cities for identification and further probe.
The data received from Australia and Japan do not carry details such as father's name, address, PAN card or date of birth. Though in some cases Indian addresses were available, they were later found to be incomplete.
India has, meanwhile, informed the foreign authorities to send any future data with complete information containing PAN, date of birth, father's name of the person to whom payments have been made, etc.
The department is already working on a database on shell companies operating out of foreign jurisdictions used by some of the Indian corporates and corrupt public servants for the purpose of tax evasion.
The government has set up two Income Tax Overseas Units (ITOUs) within Indian missions in Singapore and Mauritius to facilitate exchange of information and has plans to constitute more units in eight other countries -- USA, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Cyprus, Germany, France and the UAE.
These form part of the effort to widen the tax-base which has been almost stagnant at 3.5 crore though the number of PAN cards issued are above 9 crore and the department believes that there are many entities which are not filing returns even when they are eligible and at times engaged in money laundering.
The I-T department through Annual Information Returns (AIR), Central Information Branches (CIB) and other sources is using information on high value transactions to get back at tax evaders.
NEW DELHI: India's efforts at retrieving the black money its corrupt citizens have stashed abroad are being helped by some countries. The Income Tax
has made a list of 135 individuals and entities, who received payments of more than Rs 1 crore from companies abroad, and sent it to the Director General of Investigation in cities where they are supposed to be residing for further investigation.
The information has been culled out from data received from US, Finland, Japan, Korea, Denmark and New Zealand on entities in these countries having made payments to Indians.
The payments were in the form of dividends, interests, royalties, salaries and wages, fees, pensions, etc, some of which the department believes are merely a cover-up and could be linked to money laundering.
The data was received as part of the information exchange agreement with the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, though not all of them have been cooperating with India at present. For instance, Switzerland and many of the tax havens have refused to share any information.
The directorate general of I-T Intelligence in Delhi, which was entrusted with the job of analysing this information, had till May 2010 received 25 CDs in two lots from these six countries out of which 14 were returned to the finance ministry for want of passwords to open them.
Of the 11 CDs, the directorate prepared a list containing names of 9,500 individuals and entities whose addresses could not be located. All such cases have now been sent to source country for more details.
Besides the 135 entities which are being investigated, the DG Intelligence has forwarded a list of more than 5,000 names who were beneficiaries of foreign remittances to the tune of Rs 1 lakh and above but below Rs 1 crore. These names have been referred to the chief commissioners in different cities for identification and further probe.
The data received from Australia and Japan do not carry details such as father's name, address, PAN card or date of birth. Though in some cases Indian addresses were available, they were later found to be incomplete.
India has, meanwhile, informed the foreign authorities to send any future data with complete information containing PAN, date of birth, father's name of the person to whom payments have been made, etc.
The department is already working on a database on shell companies operating out of foreign jurisdictions used by some of the Indian corporates and corrupt public servants for the purpose of tax evasion.
The government has set up two Income Tax Overseas Units (ITOUs) within Indian missions in Singapore and Mauritius to facilitate exchange of information and has plans to constitute more units in eight other countries -- USA, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Cyprus, Germany, France and the UAE.
These form part of the effort to widen the tax-base which has been almost stagnant at 3.5 crore though the number of PAN cards issued are above 9 crore and the department believes that there are many entities which are not filing returns even when they are eligible and at times engaged in money laundering.
The I-T department through Annual Information Returns (AIR), Central Information Branches (CIB) and other sources is using information on high value transactions to get back at tax evaders.
Gurgaon airhostess found dead, husband detained
July 18, 2010
Gurgaon: The jobless husband of a 25-year-old airhostess was detained on Sunday after the woman was found shot dead in their residence in Gurgaon, Haryana.
Ruchi, who worked with a private airline and had a five-month-old child, was found dead by neighbours who rushed to her house after hearing two gunshots at Acharaya Puri Colony. Ruchi had a bullet injury on her forehead and was immediately taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Police officials said Ruchi had married Gaurav Chauhan against her parents' wishes two years ago. Chauhan has told police Ruchi shot herself after quarreling with him.
Officials claimed the couple had a strained relationship because Chauhan couldn’t find a job.
Gurgaon: The jobless husband of a 25-year-old airhostess was detained on Sunday after the woman was found shot dead in their residence in Gurgaon, Haryana.
Ruchi, who worked with a private airline and had a five-month-old child, was found dead by neighbours who rushed to her house after hearing two gunshots at Acharaya Puri Colony. Ruchi had a bullet injury on her forehead and was immediately taken to a hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Police officials said Ruchi had married Gaurav Chauhan against her parents' wishes two years ago. Chauhan has told police Ruchi shot herself after quarreling with him.
Officials claimed the couple had a strained relationship because Chauhan couldn’t find a job.
SC clears air on dowry after knot
18 July 2010
New Delhi, July 17: A demand for money even after marriage amounted to dowry-related cruelty, the Supreme Court has said, convicting a man who kept harassing his wife for Rs 5,000 for starting a new business.
A two-judge bench convicted Ashok Kumar under a clause that treats a woman’s unnatural death within seven years of marriage as a dowry-related death, unless shown otherwise, as it made clear that a demand for dowry needn’t only be before or during marriage.
However, customary payments in connection with the
birth of a child or other ceremonies didn't fall within the ambit of the word "dowry", the court clarified in its judgment on July 8, 2010.
Kumar, whose wife Rekha died of burn injuries within two years of their marriage in October 1986, sold vegetables and wanted to open a shop for which he needed cash.
Rekha's father Harbans Lal had given her as much dowry as he could for her marriage but her husband, brother-in-law Mukesh and mother-in-law Lajwanti kept harassing her for more and even beat her up. Among their demands were a refrigerator and a television set.
A week before she died, Rekha, who had a son, went to her father in Haryana's Kaithal village and told him that her husband wanted to set up a new business for which he needed Rs 5,000.
Her father said he couldn't rustle up the amount.
After Rekha returned emptyhanded, her husband and inlaws allegedly poured kerosene on her and set her on fire.
She died on May 16, 1988.
In January 1989, a trial court held all three -Kumar, Mukesh and Lajwanti -guilty of causing the dowry death of a woman under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code.
The court jailed them for 10 years and ordered each to pay a fine of Rs 1,000. If they failed to pay the fine, they would have to serve another three months.
Kumar and the others then filed an appeal before Punjab and Haryana High Court. The high court acquitted Mukesh and Lajwanti but upheld Kumar's conviction.
Kumar then moved the top court.
Kumar argued that every demand by a husband or his family couldn't be termed a "dowry demand" under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
So his wife's death couldn't be termed a "dowry death".
The court said it was accepted law that cases, where a wife dies after being harassed by her husband who has failed to get his father-inlaw to cough up money , wou ld be treated as dowry deaths.
Kumar tried to fall back on an earlier Supreme Court judgment that said demand for money to meet a financial need or urgent domestic expenses couldn't be termed a dowry demand.
The court rejected his argument, saying in this case there was proof to show the harassment and torture followed the demand for money .
The bench said a reasonable link between a wife's death and dowry-related harassment was enough to convict a man under the dowry law.
Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, however, reduced Kumar's sentence to seven years on humanitarian grounds.
New Delhi, July 17: A demand for money even after marriage amounted to dowry-related cruelty, the Supreme Court has said, convicting a man who kept harassing his wife for Rs 5,000 for starting a new business.
A two-judge bench convicted Ashok Kumar under a clause that treats a woman’s unnatural death within seven years of marriage as a dowry-related death, unless shown otherwise, as it made clear that a demand for dowry needn’t only be before or during marriage.
However, customary payments in connection with the
birth of a child or other ceremonies didn't fall within the ambit of the word "dowry", the court clarified in its judgment on July 8, 2010.
Kumar, whose wife Rekha died of burn injuries within two years of their marriage in October 1986, sold vegetables and wanted to open a shop for which he needed cash.
Rekha's father Harbans Lal had given her as much dowry as he could for her marriage but her husband, brother-in-law Mukesh and mother-in-law Lajwanti kept harassing her for more and even beat her up. Among their demands were a refrigerator and a television set.
A week before she died, Rekha, who had a son, went to her father in Haryana's Kaithal village and told him that her husband wanted to set up a new business for which he needed Rs 5,000.
Her father said he couldn't rustle up the amount.
After Rekha returned emptyhanded, her husband and inlaws allegedly poured kerosene on her and set her on fire.
She died on May 16, 1988.
In January 1989, a trial court held all three -Kumar, Mukesh and Lajwanti -guilty of causing the dowry death of a woman under Section 304-B of the Indian Penal Code.
The court jailed them for 10 years and ordered each to pay a fine of Rs 1,000. If they failed to pay the fine, they would have to serve another three months.
Kumar and the others then filed an appeal before Punjab and Haryana High Court. The high court acquitted Mukesh and Lajwanti but upheld Kumar's conviction.
Kumar then moved the top court.
Kumar argued that every demand by a husband or his family couldn't be termed a "dowry demand" under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
So his wife's death couldn't be termed a "dowry death".
The court said it was accepted law that cases, where a wife dies after being harassed by her husband who has failed to get his father-inlaw to cough up money , wou ld be treated as dowry deaths.
Kumar tried to fall back on an earlier Supreme Court judgment that said demand for money to meet a financial need or urgent domestic expenses couldn't be termed a dowry demand.
The court rejected his argument, saying in this case there was proof to show the harassment and torture followed the demand for money .
The bench said a reasonable link between a wife's death and dowry-related harassment was enough to convict a man under the dowry law.
Justices B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, however, reduced Kumar's sentence to seven years on humanitarian grounds.
Drunk husband sets wife, self on fire
June 23, 2010
Bangalore: A 31-year-old man in Bangalore poured four litres of kerosene on his wife and set her ablaze before hugging her to set himself on fire.
N Manjunath married Amruta five years ago. The couple would often quarrel because of Manjunath's drinking problem..
When Manjunath returned home drunk on Tuesday night, he and his wife got into yet another argument.
"I saw burning bodies and rushed out with water to save them. We then rushed the couple to Victoria Hospital," said Muniswamy Gouda, a neighbor.
Sources at the Victoria Hospital said the couple was in a critical condition. Amruta had sustained 80 per cent burn injuries, while Manjunath's body was burnt 65 per cent.
"The whole incident must have happened because of Manjunath's drinking habits. They have fought on several occasions and I have played peacemaker before. I pray that God saves my sister," said Rajanna, Amruta's brother.
Bangalore: A 31-year-old man in Bangalore poured four litres of kerosene on his wife and set her ablaze before hugging her to set himself on fire.
N Manjunath married Amruta five years ago. The couple would often quarrel because of Manjunath's drinking problem..
When Manjunath returned home drunk on Tuesday night, he and his wife got into yet another argument.
"I saw burning bodies and rushed out with water to save them. We then rushed the couple to Victoria Hospital," said Muniswamy Gouda, a neighbor.
Sources at the Victoria Hospital said the couple was in a critical condition. Amruta had sustained 80 per cent burn injuries, while Manjunath's body was burnt 65 per cent.
"The whole incident must have happened because of Manjunath's drinking habits. They have fought on several occasions and I have played peacemaker before. I pray that God saves my sister," said Rajanna, Amruta's brother.
Harassed for dowry, Bangalore teen kills self
June 30, 2010
Bangalore: A newly married girl in Bangalore committed suicide on June 29 after she was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry.
Nineteen-year-old M Nandini married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 grams of gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later agreed. When Nandini reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
Unable to bear the harrassment, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, Nandini committed suicide after writing a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
Following alleged torments meted by husband and in-laws, a newly married girl committed suicide in the city on June 29.
The police have arrested the husband, after they found a note that said that the husband and the in-laws were torturing her for dowry.
Ninteen-year-old M Nandini had married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 gm gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later he agreed. When she reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
According to the complaint filed by Nandini's father, the couple hadn't even consummate their marriage, as Mohan wanted the bike first.
Unable to bear the torments anymore, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, she hanged herself. However, before committing suicide, she wrote a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, Assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
Bangalore: A newly married girl in Bangalore committed suicide on June 29 after she was allegedly harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry.
Nineteen-year-old M Nandini married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 grams of gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later agreed. When Nandini reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
Unable to bear the harrassment, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, Nandini committed suicide after writing a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
Following alleged torments meted by husband and in-laws, a newly married girl committed suicide in the city on June 29.
The police have arrested the husband, after they found a note that said that the husband and the in-laws were torturing her for dowry.
Ninteen-year-old M Nandini had married Mohan G, a cabbie in Mysore, three months ago.
However, during the engagement, Mohan allegedly demanded 200 gm gold and a bike as dowry. Nandini's parents offered 180 grams of gold and requested Mohan to wait for a while for the bike.
Mohan refused initially, but later he agreed. When she reached Mysore, her husband and in-laws subjected her to mental and physical torture for the bike.
According to the complaint filed by Nandini's father, the couple hadn't even consummate their marriage, as Mohan wanted the bike first.
Unable to bear the torments anymore, Nandini asked her parents to arrange a two-wheeler within a fortnight.
Nandini's father gave Mohan Rs 30,000 and asked for a month's time to arrange for the remaining amount. This irritated Mohan, who subjected Nandini to more torture.
Fed up with the humiliation, she hanged herself. However, before committing suicide, she wrote a letter stating how her husband and in-laws tortured her.
Kyataraju J, Assistant PSI, Amrutahalli police station, said, "From the suicide note, it's clear that the girl committed suicide following harassment meted by the husband. We have arrested Mohan and are looking for his parents who have gone absconding."
NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill
July 17, 2010
NEW DELHI: A group of NGOs working for men's rights on Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace.
The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 26, should be discarded and a fresh gender neutral draft should be prepared.
The draft bill was prepared by the women and child development (WCD) ministry.
"The sexual harassment at workplace bill must be reviewed and amended immediately to make it gender neutral. The bill in its present form violates Article 15 of the Indian Constitution which prohibits discrimination against any citizen on grounds of religion or sex," said Niladri Shekhar Das, general secretary of Save Indian Family Foundation.
The NGOs demanded that corporate bodies like FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) and a corporate committee comprising equal number of male and female members be included while drafting laws to truly achieve equal opportunity at the workplace.
The proposed bill includes a clause which brings students, research scholars, patients and women in the unorganised sector within the ambit of the proposed law.
According to the government, the legislation will put pressure on the private sector, which has so far not been prompt in taking steps to check harassment of women employees.
The proposed law will ensure that a committee headed by a women is present in every firm to address cases of sexual harassment and a penalty is imposed on those who fail to follow the guidelines.
NEW DELHI: A group of NGOs working for men's rights on Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace.
The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament starting July 26, should be discarded and a fresh gender neutral draft should be prepared.
The draft bill was prepared by the women and child development (WCD) ministry.
"The sexual harassment at workplace bill must be reviewed and amended immediately to make it gender neutral. The bill in its present form violates Article 15 of the Indian Constitution which prohibits discrimination against any citizen on grounds of religion or sex," said Niladri Shekhar Das, general secretary of Save Indian Family Foundation.
The NGOs demanded that corporate bodies like FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) and a corporate committee comprising equal number of male and female members be included while drafting laws to truly achieve equal opportunity at the workplace.
The proposed bill includes a clause which brings students, research scholars, patients and women in the unorganised sector within the ambit of the proposed law.
According to the government, the legislation will put pressure on the private sector, which has so far not been prompt in taking steps to check harassment of women employees.
The proposed law will ensure that a committee headed by a women is present in every firm to address cases of sexual harassment and a penalty is imposed on those who fail to follow the guidelines.
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