Police Cannot Make Arrests Until Dowry Cases Are Verified - Nirmal Singh 3C Company
There is a growing trend among women of India involved in discorded marriages to exploit the law that allows them to file complaints against their husbands and in-laws in criminal cases. A truckload of hearings have taken place on the issue, but on Thursday, a bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice A K Goel decided that section 498A is being taken advantage of by women and human right are violated as a result of that. Frustrated wives misuse the anti-dowry law, and Supreme Court has directed that there will be no arrest in such cases until a complete and thorough verification is done on the allegations. The conception of women about this has always been to suffer behind closed doors without going to the authorities – they would rather suffer injustice than bringing a bad name to their families by taking cases of domestic violence to the court. - Nirmal Singh 3C Company Women only approach the court when things really get out of hand and they cannot take abuse an...