498a.org blog

New Delhi, Feb. 25
California-based engineer Yogish Kode has waited for over a year to see his “abducted” son, to feel the soft, tiny hand wrap itself around his forefinger and to sing Carnatic lullabies to him.
He knows exactly where his son — now four years old — is, and with whom. But […]

Anyone who has been awake the last two
decades knows how section 498A of IPC has been heavily
misused, dragging innocent men and women into police
stations, lock-ups and courts, thus depriving many
young children of a happy childhood, many youth of
productive careers and many senior citizens of mental
peace in the last leg of their lives.
As if this 498A […]

3 women set neighbour on fire
MUMBAI: The Bhandup police are looking for three women for attempting to murder their neighbour at Tembhipada in Bhandup.
The accused were married women and were identified as Tarabai Rakshane (36), Shobha Koladkar (32) and M Bhiungade (24).
Police officials said the victim, 40-year-old Ratnakar Kargutkar, had an altercation with his wife […]

I can very well understand that among the poor and the mostly uneducated families, the wives are thoroughly exploited, but 498A is not a weapon useful to them. It is weapon for the middle class women. Among the middle class, upper class (financially) and educated people, the men have to think 10, 20 or 100 […]

Spotlight: Two divorces for every 5 weddings
Mumbai: For every five weddings registered in Mumbai and Thane since 2002, family courts have received two divorce applications.
Between January 2002 and October 2007, some 104,287 marriages were registered in Mumbai and Thane. In the same time, the family courts received 44,922 divorce applications. And 2007 figures bear […]