MINUTES OF ONLINE (RTI) MEETING HELD ON 15-12-2024 ON THE CAPTIONED SUBJECT OF SUICIDES BY THE HUSBANDS AND MISUSE OF IPC -498(A)

It was an occasion today on 15-12-2024 when a scheduled meeting of the RTI welfare organization was attended through online mode of the event with the key members of the National campaign committee working for the welfare of the people of country and taking such issues before the appropriate authority for removal of harassment and penalisation. It was particularly mentioned in the meeting by number of the speakers that misuse of the IPC section, 498A becoming a tool against the harassed because of which Engineer Atul subhash was forced to have suicide and many others are facing such problems in their life servival. A detail discussion was held on the captioned subject where number of civil society representatives and retired judges and officers as well as public dignitaries were present on the occasion of this meet for resolving issues and matter and it was decided by the house of the members present on the occasion that during the recent years this problem is increased a lot and taking a notable rise in the matrimonial disputes across all over the country, and too becoming growing discord for the future in the family setup resolution required for the culture and coordination of the family atmosphere. Some of the members suggested to form the family welfare committees where presence of the civil society members must be ensured, as required for the verification of truth in the real sense of the demand under public utility and adjudication at the lower levels of the society for the preservation and action for the settlement of such disputes at first stage of the announce between the family members and the couple under dispute for service matters in reason of the disagreement among each other, where people are compelled to approach the police and the administration, even the court of law for action under law code manual prefixed by the Constitution of India in this behalf and related to the alimony so required to pay for the female from the side of the male partner even not in position to pay such huge payments and amount but the courts are taking no cognisance on the requests of the husbands and forcibly demanding said money for the living standard of the female partners as well as the children of the couple under disputes. The meeting further decided to register the matter before the honourable Supreme Court of India with the request to consider male and female partners at par with each other and not to harass the husband partners in case of misuse of the legal provisions and lies before the police and the administration, compelling the male partners to have suicide and for which the case of the Atul subhash is an instance for the review and reexamine of such cases where there is no truth and false implications are made for the money making and harassment of the husbands in general.