Misuse of sec.498a ipc
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Misuse of section 498A IPC
498A of indian penal code(amend dowry law to stop missues )
Amend dowry law to stop its misuses,say supreme court of India.
The Hon”ble supreme court of India has painly told the government to take a re look at the anti-dowry law-section 498A of Indian penal code-the hon”ble court said that it has been misused by women to lodge false or ex-exaggerated complaints against husbands and their relatives accusing them of cruel behavior.
such is the level of exaggeration of cruel behavior on the part of husbands and their relatives that “to find out of truth is a Herculean task in a majority of these complaints”
The bench comprising Justice Dalveer Bhandari and K.S.Radhakrishnan.
The bench further said concerned at the rise in complaints under section 498A ipc .The bench further said “we come across a large number of such complaints which are not even bonafide and are filed with oblique motives.”
The Hon”ble court observed:-
1.large number of cases /complaints filed under the anti-dowry law are either falls or exaggerated .
2.At times,even after conclusion of the criminal trial,its is difficult to ascertain the truth,
3.Ask govt.to heed ground realities and make suitable changes to the law.
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V.K.Singh Advocate Supreme Court of India.
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