According to the news agency PTI report, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal that the Dowry Prohibition Act’s restrictions targeting women were being misused. The petitioner sought to shield men from the horrors perpetrated by women who made bogus allegations.
The news agency PTI reported that on Monday, February 3, the Supreme Court of India, India’s highest court, rejected an appeal contesting some parts of the Dowry Prohibition Act due to suspected abuse of laws pertaining to women.
On Monday, a court panel consisting of Justices B R Gavai and K Vinod Chandran rendered a decision regarding this appeal.
The bench told the counsel
“You can go and raise all these grounds in Parliament,”.
Additionally, the report stated that the petitioner was attempting to contest sections 2 and 3 of India’s Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The act’s definition of dowry is covered in Section 2, while the penalties for providing or receiving dowry are covered in Section 3.
The agency report states that the petitioner was worried about how these regulations would negatively affect men in accordance with the Act.
According to the news agency, public interest litigation (PIL) has called into question the legality of laws such as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the Dowry Prohibition Act, and the Cruelty to Women provision found in the previous Indian Penal Code.
Rupshi Singh, submitted the plea, highlighting the claimed malice in law, the unreasonableness of the contested clauses, and their lack of legal resemblance.
The petitioner sought to shield men from the horrors perpetrated by women who filed bogus accusations, as the news article made clear. The laws designed to keep women safe are often abused by them.
According to the news agency, the PIL said that the Dowry Prohibition Act discriminated against women based on their religion and also criticized the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005’s provisions, which are said to be discriminatory against men and women-centric.a
