New Delhi:
The Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain a PIL that sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing laws of domestic dowry and violence to stop their misuse.
A Judges Bank because Nagarathna and Safe Chandra Sharma observed that society must change and cannot do anything. Declining listening to the plea, Judge Nagarathna said: “Society must change that we cannot do anything. Parliamentary laws are there.”
The petition was presented by the lawyer Vishal Tiwari who seeks the reform in the laws of domestic violence and to avoid its misuse following the recent suicide of Bengaluru Techie Atul Subhash.
The plea sought guidelines to avoid the misuse of such laws. The petition also requested the government’s address to register a list of articles/gifts/money granted during marriage and maintained with the affidavit and registration of them will be maintained and will be attached with the registration certificate of the marriage.
“The dowry prohibition law and section 498a of the CPI were destined to protect women married from demands and harassment, but in our country, these laws become weapons to resolve unnecessary and illegal demands and suppress the family and suppress the family of the husband when any other nature of dispute between the husband and the woman arises.
There have been many incidents and cases of false implications of men in cases of dowry that has led to a very tragic purpose and also raised questions about our justice and criminal investigation system, said the petitioner.
In addition, he added that it is not just a subhash atul, but that there have been a lack of men who have committed suicide due to multiple cases that their wives shower them.
“The serious use of dowry laws has defeated the purpose of these laws for which they were promulgated,” he said.
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