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Watch below video to confirm this

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B01 – The Book

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The Book

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Ten men are not chasing a single woman — as was anticipated after the drastic fall in the number of baby girls born over the last decade. The worst-case- scenario painted by the demographers may still be some time away. So far it is the same old wife versus mistress story, retold in the communist yet capitalist Republic of China, where a typical wife in the fastest growing economy is unhappy sharing the wallet of her husband with his mistress. Apart from sharing the conjugal rights! Despite the enviable economic growth achieved by both sexes, the social matrix still seems to be in favour of men — as they continue to enjoy the affections of the two – the wife and the mistress, both vying for the men in power. Keeping mistresses had always been the prerogative of the rich and powerful and China seems to be no exception. The anti-mistress association founded by Liu Zhixian, who failed to persuade her husband to abandon his mistress is now seeking to provide an online platform to other distressed sisters, to share the agonies of wifehood.

The chances of mistresses creating a similar platform may be thin due to social stigma attached to their status. The Chinese sisters would do well if they learnt a thing about Indian law, which, by a recent intervention of the apex court, recognised the live-in relationship as legal and also allowed a woman who has lived in a relationship for a considerable amount of time benefits of maintenance under Section 125 of the Cr P C. After all, in a global village things travel fast, and China is not far.

They may also get some solace from the fact that in India it is not only the weaker sex that suffers from such agonies of spouse betrayal, in a rare example of gender equality this country launched a forum created by harassed husbands, christened hypocritically as ‘Save India Family Foundation’, with branches in 50 cities of 20 states and an enviable following by the battered men. Ms Zhixian and the wives club could also draw some succour from the fact that many American counsellors suggest extra- marital relationship to save a marriage. Their marriage is on solid ground — going by these parameters.

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111026/edit.htm#3

NEW DELHI: A man’s  second marriage cannot be a ground for denying him custody of his child, a Delhi court has said while granting guardianship of a 10-year-old boy to his father who remarried after his wife’s death.

The boy had been living with his maternal grandparents since his mother’s death. Guardian judge  Gautam Manan rejected the grandparents’ contention that it would not be in the child’s interest to live with his stepmother.

“The second marriage of the petitioner cannot be held to be a disability,” the court said, noting that the man’s elder daughter was living with him and being brought up well by her stepmother.

“There is no evidence that the stepmother of the child has maltreated the sister of the minor… (who) is getting a good education,” the judge said, allaying the grandparents’ fears.

‘Dad can impart moral values to child’

The court said the man, a resident of Begumpur in south Delhi, “being the natural father of the minor, is more likely to impart moral and ethical values in the child”. It added the company of the child’s elder sister will be “fruitful” in his growth.

The man, earning Rs 12,000 a month, had approached the court seeking permanent custody of his son, who had been living with his maternal grandparents since he was seven months old.

Agreeing with his arguments, the court said the grandparents themselves were old and had to support their five unmarried children, none of whom had come forward to take responsibility for bringing up the boy.

The court also said the aged couple had failed to demonstrate how they were ensuring the boy got a good education. It said there was a huge age difference between the aged couple and the child, due to which they could face difficulty in taking care of him.

The grandparents have been granted visitation rights to the child twice a month.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2nd-marriage-no-ground-to-deny-childs-custody-Court/articleshow/10636548.cms

Bridegroom, kin
land in police station
Sushil
Manav/TNS

Fatehabad, October 18
Due to a skewed sex ratio in this part of the country, getting brides for youths has become a tedious job, particularly for those belonging to economically weaker sections and having lesser landholdings.

“Procuring” brides for a premium is common practice in villages and smaller towns due to the availability of a lesser number of girls as compared to the boys.

In one such incident, a quarrel over the payment of an agreed amount to a “go-between” at Ratia town landed the ‘baratis’ as well as the bride in the police station on Sunday, where the matter was resolved after a lot of persuasion by the police.

The incident occurred in a marriage palace on Tohana Road of Ratia town, when the bride refused to go with the bridegroom after the Anand Karaj ceremonies, until his family paid the agreed amount to her widowed mother and a “go-between”, who negotiated the “deal” for the marriage.

The bridegroom’s father, Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Nikuana village of the district, said he had “struck a deal” with a mediator, Gurmeet Singh, for the marriage of his son, Jaskirat Singh, with Komal, daughter of a widow, Paramjit Kaur, a resident of Nehar Colony at Ratia.

He said under the deal, he had agreed to pay Rs 30,000 each to the bride’s mother as well as the mediators, Gurmeet Singh and two others, including a woman.

A quarrel erupted when the bridegroom party tried to leave for their village along with the bride and the mediators refused to allow them to take away the girl till their money was paid.

The mediators took away the car’s ignition key and called the police for intervention in the matter.

Kuldeep Singh said he had already paid Rs 30,000 to the girl’s mother and would pay the mediators’ “fee”, when the girl settled in their house for a few days.

The matter was later resolved in the police station, when the bridegroom’s father, Kuldeep Singh, gave a written undertaking that he would pay the money on October 24, when his family would host a party in the village to celebrate the marriage.

While the incident points towards the difficulties villagers are facing for finding brides for their marriageable youths, it also reveals that in some societies, even a reverse dowry system has started due to scarcity of marriageable girls.

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111019/haryana.htm#10

New Delhi, October 8
Expressing concern over misuse of penal provisions for harassment to women for dowry and subjecting them to cruelty, a Delhi court has counselled women to get out of the sour marital relations rather than being revengeful.

The court’s concern and advice found a place in a ruling by Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau upholding the acquittal of a man and his three family members from the charges of harassing his wife. She expressed concern over the misuse of dowry laws citing a Supreme Court verdict which termed it as “legal terrorism.”

“I may observe that Section 498A (subjecting woman to cruelty) of the IPC in the recent years has become a consummate embodiment of gross human rights violation, extortion and corruption and even the apex court had acknowledged this abuse and termed it as legal terrorism,” ASJ Lau said.

The court counselled women to get out of discordant marital relations, quoting Sahir Ludhianvi.

“Taaruf rog ho jaaye to usko bhoolna behtar; Taalluk bojh ban jaaye to usko todna achcha; Wo afsaana jise anjaam tak laana na ho mumkin; Use ek khoobsoorat mod dekar chhodna achcha,” the court said.

The court gave the order upholding a magisterial court order which acquitted woman’s husband Sanjay Kumar, his father Vijay Kumar, mother Beena Devi and brother Ranjeet of the charges of subjecting his wife to cruelty for dowry. – PTI

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20111009/delhi.htm#9

New Delhi, September 29
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) being used in the Indian market could have major health implications for unsuspecting consumers, a significant new study on mercury contained in these energy efficient devices has shown.

Although mercury (a highly toxic heavy metal) is integral to the functioning of CFLs, the fact that Indian laws do not mandate caps on its content in these devices makes them hazardous.

Mercury leak from a broken CFL or an improperly disposed (India has no CFL collection, recycling or disposal rules) lamp could, over a period of time, adversely impact vital human organs like the liver and cause neurological problems; unregulated disposal of mercury from lamps could potentially contaminate the environment and the food chain.

New evidence from the testing of 22 samples of four leading CFL brands in India has now revealed shocking facts — the average mercury content per unit of CFL is 21.21 milligram (mg) in India — four to six times higher than that in the developed world where manufacturers are required to adhere to mandated mercury limits in CFLs and also follow safe technologies which cost more. Back
in India, leading CFL producers, mainly MNCs, are adhering to low cost and old droplet technology which has been phased out in
most of the developed world.

Released in the capital by Toxics Link today, the study titled, “Toxics in that glow”, found 50 per cent of the analysed samples containing average mercury ranging from 12.25 mg to 39.64 mg. This range is much higher than the 3 to 12 mg mercury range in Indian CFLs which the Central Pollution Control Board declared in its report on the subject in 2008.

In the sampled CFLs, the overall range of mercury content was 2.27 mg to 62.56 mg; the latter being extremely unsafe. Compare this with the situation in the west – in the US, members of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association voluntarily capped mercury content in CFLs at 4 mg per CFL for units up to 25 watts and 5 mg/CFL for units above 25 watts. In the European Union too, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) law mandates mercury capping at 5 mg/CFL.

But in India, there is no mandatory cap. The study also found the CFLs with the same wattage containing different levels of mercury. The highest mercury content – of 62.56 mg was found in 11 watt CFLs which are most purchased in India.

“Worse still, the Indian manufacturers have been resisting any pressure to follow mandatory mercury caps or recycling regulations. The Indian CFL industry is exploiting the new market opened up by climate change crisis and putting the consumers at risk. The Government is procrastinating on mandating a CFL collection and recycling system. Sadly, business interests are bypassing health concerns,” Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link said.

At present, the CFL has a market share of 21 pc with over 300 million units annually in India. The average penetration of CFLs in the Indian lighting market has been growing at an annual 36 pc. Moreover, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh having announced the Bachat Lamp Yojana in February 2009 to phase out incandescent lamps altogether, CFL share is set to cross 400 million units annually by 2012.

As the CFL market expands, we must think — where are the unusable and broken CFLs going? Where is their mercury going? Why are manufacturers not investing in new technology?,” Agarwal asks. Toxics Link estimates that 8.5 tonnes of mercury from CFLs and 8 tonnes of mercury from fluorescent lamps are entering the environment in the absence of recycling and safe disposal rules.

The new E-Waste Rules which the government released this May 18 also strangely leave out the lighting industry.

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No matter how old (or young) you are, the only way to stay on top of
your game is to know your risk factors and take the right steps to avoid
problems down the road. Here is everything you need to know to guarantee your
ticker stays stronger longer.

In Your 20s

There is a common problem among men in their twenties: they don’t know
they’re vulnerable Your twenties are the prefect time to establish heart-healthy
diet and exercise habits that’ll extend your expiration date and keep those
extra years healthy and worth living too . That means 30 minutes of aerobic
exercise five times a week and maintaining a normal blood pressure, healthy
weight and lipid profile.

Your 20s Checklist:

l 30 minutes of aerobic exercise five
times a week. Useful hint : bhangra is the best heart healthy aerobic exercise

lAnnual physicals

lEKG

lEchocardiogram if indicated

lBlood pressure: 119/ 79 mm Hg or lower

l Lipid profile: Triglycerides less than
150 mg/dL , LDL between 70 – 100 mg/dL and HDL greater than 40 mg/dL

lFasting blood sugar between 70-100 mg/dl

l Have a hobby / sport which interests you
- this is important for overall health and a good rounding of personality

l Learn yoga – this is one stress buster
which you can continue doing for the rest of your life

In Your 30s

Although most heart conditions are strongly hereditary, they may not manifest
till the 30′s. So along with your standard health check, schedule another
echocardiogram 10 years after the first one (if the first was normal)
-especially if you’re regularly weight lifting, wrestling, playing football,
cricket or participating in any sport with short bursts of activity or have a
profession which entails stress (actually which one doesn’t ? !!). Men older
than 35 should also have an electrocardiogram (EKG), which traces the electrical
waves of the heart every five years.

Your 30s Checklist

l30 minutes of exercise five times a week

lAnnual physicals

lEchocardiogram, 10 years after the first

lBlood pressure: 119/79 mm Hg or lower

l Lipid profile and blood sugar : as
before

It has been seen that happily married couples have a lower incidence of heart
disease – so make sure that you get along well with your spouse! This is also
the time that you should pass on healthy lifestyle habits to your children.

In Your 40s

When you hit 40, your doctor should additionally start monitoring the overall
degree of inflammation within your body with C-reactive protein (CRP) testing.
The higher your CRP level, the higher your risk of cardiovascular disease. But
there’s no need to make an extra appointment for this one-just an additional
tick on the same lab form as the blood test that checks your cholesterol levels
measures CRP levels. The best way to keep CRP levels in check? Regular exercise.

Your 40s Checklist:

l30 minutes of exercise five times a week

lAnnual physicals

l Echocardiogram, 10 years after your last
one

lEKG, 5 years after your last one

l Cholesterol: LDL less than 160 mg/dL and
HDL greater than 40 mg/dL

lBlood pressure: 119/79 mm Hg or lower

l Lipid profile and blood sugar : as
before

l C-reactive protein: Less than 1 mg per
liter

In Your 50s

Fifty is the typical age men develop coronary heart disease. An exercise
stress test — sometimes called a treadmill test, monitors how well your heart
handles work. If this test is positive or if you have symptoms (chest pain) your
doctor may decide on getting an angiogram done.

Your 50s Checklist:

l 30 minutes of exercise five times a week
: less strenuous than before, less of high impact

lAnnual physicals

l Echocardiogram, 10 years after your last
one

lEKG, 5 years after your last one

l Exercise stress test (tread mill test or
TMT)

l Lipid profile and blood sugar : as
before

l C-reactive protein: Less than 1 mg per
liter

l A nuclear perfusion scan and a CT
angiogram in carefully selected cases

Post-retirement

One is still quite young at age 60 years. Physical and mental activity must
continue – though at a slightly more dignified pace – although there are quite a
few ‘elderly’ people I know (including my father ) whose level of enthusiasm and
activity beats most ‘younger’ people like me! Make sure you have some form of
exercise – just a brisk walk for 20 minutes – has heart healthy advantages.

At Any Age

If you experience chest pain or shortness of breath, get to the hospital
right away. These are the two primary symptoms of heart disease and should never
go unchecked. A good percentage of heart attacks can be prevented and the
morbidity and mortality associated with this disease can be greatly reduced by
lifestyle changes, control of the risk factors and surgery where indicated.

The writer is Head, Cardio-Vascular Endovascular & Thoracic Surgery, at
the Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana

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What is 498 A— Section 498A was introduced into IPC by the Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983 to prevent cruelty to a woman by her husband or his relatives that was reportedly rampant. In order to make the impact of this section deterrent in nature, the crime was made punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years and also liable to fine.

A rethink on 498 A— After witnessing an unprecedented hue and cry over the use and misuse of Section 498 A, The Law Commission of India has come out with a document, “Consultation Paper-cum-Questionnaire regarding Section 498A of Indian Penal Code (IPC),” at the initiative of the Supreme Court through the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to elicit ‘informed public opinion.’

In scores of cases across India, the courts have witnessed misuse of section 498 A, while deciding disputes of domestic nature. The law, designed to help women regain social and economic empowerment in a highly patriarchal society, has been misused in several cases, as is observed even by the apex court. As was in the case of Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand ( 2010) and Sushil Kumar Sharma v. UOI (2005), where not only the husband but all his immediate relations were implicated under false charges.
Such acts of ‘over-implication,’ are often resorted with the sole motive to wreck personal vendetta, unleashing a sort of ‘new legal terrorism.’

What should be done to rein this tendency of ‘abuse’, ‘over-reach’ or ‘over-implication’, which of course cannot be the justifiable purpose of criminal law? To find a solution, The Law Commission in its consultation-paper has crystallised at least two different views. One view, which finds support from the observations of the apex court and also the recommendations of Malimath Committee’s report on Reforms of Criminal Justice System, is in favour of ‘relieving the rigour’ of section 498A of IPC by making the offence under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) as compoundable and bailable instead of non-compoundable and non-bailable.

The other opposite view echoed, inter alia, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development is in favour of maintaining the status quo. In their view, the provisions of section 498A of IPC have been specifically enacted to protect vulnerable married women, who are the victims of cruelty and harassment at the hands of their husbands and their close relatives.

The consultation paper also brings to the fore a third view with some variants, which seem to cut across the two extreme positions as mentioned above. One variation is that the offence under section 498A of IPC should be made ‘compoundable’ with the permission of the court, as has been done by the State of Andhra Pradesh. However, there is sharp difference of opinions on the second variant, namely, whether the offence under this section should also be made ‘bailable’, at least with regard to husband’s relations.

Moreover, while the Commission is appreciative of the need to discourage unjustified and frivolous complaints, ‘it is not inclined to take a view that dilutes the efficacy of s. 498A to the extent of defeating its purpose- to protect women against atrocities.

However, having adopted this clear stance, the Commission has hastened to add : ‘A balanced and holistic view has to be taken on weighing the pros and cons. There is no doubt a need to address the misuse situations and arrive at a
rational solution – legislative or otherwise.’

The Commission is in search of a ‘rational solution – legislative or otherwise’ through its questionnaire. It has suggested that there is a dire need to create awareness about the penal provisions of the section amongst the poor and hapless rural women ‘who face quite often the problems of drunken misbehaviour,’ by having ‘easy access’ to the Taluka and District level Legal Services Authorities and/or credible NGOs. The Commission has also reminded the lawyers and the police, what is expected of them ‘morally and legally.’

Perhaps the more pragmatic point that the Law Commission has made relates to the linkage of section 498A of IPC with the provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Such a linkage is evident at least in two respects. Firstly, in the exposition of ‘domestic violence’ under section 3 of the Act that encompasses the situation set out in the definition of cruelty under section 498A of the Code. This implies that there exists commonality of objective between the Code and the Act in terms of providing protection to married women from ‘domestic violence’ or ‘cruelty’.

Secondly, there is also a ‘functional-linkage’ as is found in the provisions of the Act itself that makes the Magistrate play pivotal role in protecting the married women.

The critical question still remains to be answered is, how to prevent the abuse of section 498A without diluting its deterrent effect? To answer this central issue, we need to remind ourselves that women seek defence outside home only under duress, and the protective umbrella of section 498A offers it.

The problem is essentially civil in nature and, therefore, is required to be handled by the civil court under the cognate provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and not by the criminal court under penal provisions of section 498A. This would enable the civil court to sort out matters of over-reach and over-implications with the added advantage of exploring the possibility of matrimonial reconciliation.

In the event, the Magistrate decides that a particular case falls in the realm of criminal law without the possibility of resuscitating the matrimonial relationship, he may pass an appropriate order for its trial by the criminal court.

The writer is Director (Academics), Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Chandigarh.

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