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Required Amendments in the Existing Law relating to Domestic Violence

Society is basic to civilization and family is the unit of society, for which marriage forms the basis. But the way the government has formulated the marital laws, heavily lopsided to one particular gender, the institution of marriage is sure to break down to an unnatural death sooner or later. The sole object of the women protective laws was to give legal protection to married women against victimization by dowry greedy in-laws or by stronger sex. Women protective laws have been justified with respect to the status of women in older times. But now the society has progressed to such an extent that criminality amongst women have achieved a higher stand in society and certainly have become influential but with respect to law is still where it was in older times. The repeatedly misuse of legal protection can lead to new legal terrorism. The object of the protective legal provisions was prevention of the crimes against women, but many instances have come to light where the complaints...

Victimizing Husbands under Domestic Violence Law: Some Observations and Reflections

3.1 Introduction Determining the rate of intimate partner violence against males can be difficult, as men are often reluctant to report their abuse or seek help. One of the reasons for this is that intimate partner violence against men is generally less recognized than women. Additionally, heterosexual male victims of intimate partner violence are often judged harshly for allowing themselves to be beaten based upon the general rule that men are physically stronger than women, and, therefore, should be able to prevent and view which disregards that violent women tend to use objects during intimate partner violence at a higher rate than violent men. 3.2 Opinion of Experts and Other Persons in Relation to Domestic Violence against Husband Mithun Kumar, a researcher at SIFF, has said that police don't take any action even if the suicide note of a man states that he was tortured by his wife and in-laws, but if a woman commits suicide, her husband's family is taken into cust...