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It has
become a custom in India, when lots of social and legal concerns
are expressed for wives in cases of matrimonial disputes,
but husbands and their family members are totally ignored.
The Indian social and legal systems take for granted that
most of cruelty is done by husband and his family to wife,
but there are no provisions for crime against husband and
his family members.
It is
the predicament of husbands when they are continuously tortured
by cruel wives who get favors from everyone including courts,
public administration and society. The life style of married
couple have changed drastically in last few years that has
made husbands and his family members more susceptible to domestic
violence. It is not fair to pre-establish that domestic violence
happens to a wife only in the Indian family. In a typical
situation, a wife could act cruel to her husband physically,
mentally or by her anti-social behavior. As in most Indian
families, husband's parents live with him, so wife can be
also cruel to them. In such circumstances, many husbands and
their old parents committed suicide after being neglected
by everyone including the police, Indian courts and civil
authorities.
Many cases
go unreported when wife and her aides cannot be punished due
to limitations in our laws and social values. -
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