Congratulations Shri Narendra Modi ji honorable prime minister and the respected Indian Army for the successful surgical attack on Terrorist camp in POK . We also believe that terrorism is a grave human rights violation. Said Dr Anthony Raju advocate chairman all India Council of Human Rights liberties and social justice AICHLS
All India Council Of Human Rights,Liberties and Social Justice(AICHLS) is an International Human rights Watch Agency , Social helping hand and an Organization for the ignored, disregarded, over- looked, victimised oppressed, depressed, tortured people of the Society and it cultivates awareness in them with regards to their RIGHTS.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Monday, 26 September 2016
AICHLS DECLARES “6th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS’2016”
& 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award - 2016
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS) declares
“6th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS’2016”
& 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award - 2016
Most respected friends,
I have the honor to bring to your kind attention that we are celebrating the INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ‘2016 and INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS “6TH BHARTIYA MANAVA ADHIKAR SAMMAN’2016) for Peace, Harmony, Protecting and Promoting Human Rights, with “National Council Of News & Broadcasting (NCNB), Asian Human Rights Council (AHRC) , Amnesty Worldwide (AW) , Universal Mission For Peace And Harmony (UMPH) And International Institute Of Human Rights Studies (IIHRS)”.
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS) has declared “6th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS’2016” & 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award – 2016 to be held on
Date & Time : 10TH DECEMBER’2016 at 5.00pm
Venue : India Islamic Centre Auditorium, 87 - 88, Lodhi Road ,New Delhi - 110 003, With High Tea/Dinner
The award is human rights council’s (AICHLS) most prestigious human rights award. It is given to individuals/ world peace leaders / business leaders / institutions / organisations / corporates, who show exceptional leadership in the fight to protect and promote human rights and service to humanity. The award aims to promote the work of AICHLS by association with the life, work and example of its ‘honorable patrons , honorary chairman & ambassadors’.
The Awards will be presented at a simple ceremony taking place in DELHI. The presence of expected guests from all the sectors i.e. Governors from various states , Human Rights Commission , Social Activists, Religious Leaders, Social NGO, Foreign Diplomat, United Nation, Ministers , Member Of Parliament , IAS , IPS, Judiciary , Advocates ,Sports, Film Industry , RWA , Journalists , Bureaucrats , Doctors, Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Law Colleges, Universities, School etc. from all over the India and Globally.
These prominent awards honour for outstanding performance & an increasingly important role in various walks of life. Sports, media, arts, culture and community services and significant contribution for Peace, Harmony, Protecting and Promoting Human Rights.
To ensure that the future generations will continue to carry the success further, AICHLS recognisee’s individuals from various fields for their contribution to the society since many years.
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS), is a duly registered Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, and is functioning with commitment to the Noble Cause of Human Rights Protection and Promotion, Justice for All, Economic Upliftment of the Underprivileged, Education, Love, Peace, Harmony and Friendship, National & International Integration by Exchange of Ideas & Ethos in India and also amongst the neighboring countries and the people of the rest of the World at large.
It has several branches in India and abroad, having Thousands of dedicated volunteers. AICHLS is a social organization for the ignored, disregarded, over-looked, victimized, oppressed, depressed, tortured people of the society and it cultivates awareness in them with regard to their rights. AICHLS is a highly informative secured Human Rights Agency in the service of the humanity with full Legal status.
I would therefore request you all to come and join us for this grand celebrations.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ANY HELP OR CLARIFICATION OR INVITATION
With warm regards,
Dr. Anthony Raju
Advocate , Supreme Court of India.
Global Chairman , All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice.
International Convener, Universal mission for Peace and Human Rights.
Chairman, National Council of News and Broadcasting.
Secretary General : Asian Human Rights Council
Cell – 9873005424 / 9873087903
www.humanrightscouncil.in
humanrightscouncil.org@gmail.com
& 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award - 2016
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS) declares
“6th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS’2016”
& 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award - 2016
Most respected friends,
I have the honor to bring to your kind attention that we are celebrating the INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ‘2016 and INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS “6TH BHARTIYA MANAVA ADHIKAR SAMMAN’2016) for Peace, Harmony, Protecting and Promoting Human Rights, with “National Council Of News & Broadcasting (NCNB), Asian Human Rights Council (AHRC) , Amnesty Worldwide (AW) , Universal Mission For Peace And Harmony (UMPH) And International Institute Of Human Rights Studies (IIHRS)”.
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS) has declared “6th INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS’2016” & 2nd Dr APJ Abdul Kalam World Peace Award – 2016 to be held on
Date & Time : 10TH DECEMBER’2016 at 5.00pm
Venue : India Islamic Centre Auditorium, 87 - 88, Lodhi Road ,New Delhi - 110 003, With High Tea/Dinner
The award is human rights council’s (AICHLS) most prestigious human rights award. It is given to individuals/ world peace leaders / business leaders / institutions / organisations / corporates, who show exceptional leadership in the fight to protect and promote human rights and service to humanity. The award aims to promote the work of AICHLS by association with the life, work and example of its ‘honorable patrons , honorary chairman & ambassadors’.
The Awards will be presented at a simple ceremony taking place in DELHI. The presence of expected guests from all the sectors i.e. Governors from various states , Human Rights Commission , Social Activists, Religious Leaders, Social NGO, Foreign Diplomat, United Nation, Ministers , Member Of Parliament , IAS , IPS, Judiciary , Advocates ,Sports, Film Industry , RWA , Journalists , Bureaucrats , Doctors, Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Law Colleges, Universities, School etc. from all over the India and Globally.
These prominent awards honour for outstanding performance & an increasingly important role in various walks of life. Sports, media, arts, culture and community services and significant contribution for Peace, Harmony, Protecting and Promoting Human Rights.
To ensure that the future generations will continue to carry the success further, AICHLS recognisee’s individuals from various fields for their contribution to the society since many years.
All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice (AICHLS), is a duly registered Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, and is functioning with commitment to the Noble Cause of Human Rights Protection and Promotion, Justice for All, Economic Upliftment of the Underprivileged, Education, Love, Peace, Harmony and Friendship, National & International Integration by Exchange of Ideas & Ethos in India and also amongst the neighboring countries and the people of the rest of the World at large.
It has several branches in India and abroad, having Thousands of dedicated volunteers. AICHLS is a social organization for the ignored, disregarded, over-looked, victimized, oppressed, depressed, tortured people of the society and it cultivates awareness in them with regard to their rights. AICHLS is a highly informative secured Human Rights Agency in the service of the humanity with full Legal status.
I would therefore request you all to come and join us for this grand celebrations.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME FOR ANY HELP OR CLARIFICATION OR INVITATION
With warm regards,
Dr. Anthony Raju
Advocate , Supreme Court of India.
Global Chairman , All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties & Social Justice.
International Convener, Universal mission for Peace and Human Rights.
Chairman, National Council of News and Broadcasting.
Secretary General : Asian Human Rights Council
Cell – 9873005424 / 9873087903
www.humanrightscouncil.in
humanrightscouncil.org@gmail.com
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Soldiers sacrifice is Supreme , pay 5 Crores compensation , demand by Dr Anthony Raju
Soldiers sacrifice is Supreme , pay 5 Crores compensation , demand by Dr Anthony Raju
Soldiers sacrifice is Supreme , pay 5 Crores compensation , request Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji and all the Honourable Chief Ministers of Indian States by Dr Anthony Raju , Advocate and Global Chairman - All India Council of Human Rights , Liberties and Social Justice AICHLS
When we shower crores of rupees on Players , Cricketers , foreign trips , why we can pay 5 Crors to the brave solders who has made supreme sacrifice for the country.
We request all the big players may be Mr Sachin Tendulakar or Mr Amitabh Bachchan or Mr Ambani to open their heartr and support financially to these Real Heros.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced Rs. 5 lakh award for each of the three soldiers, hailing from Bihar, who were killed in the terror attack at an army base in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Minister also announced that his government would accord full state honour to the three soldiers - SK Vidyarthi, Rakesh Singh and Ashok Kumar Singh - who belonged to the Bihar regiment.
While expressing his sadness over the attack on the army base, Mr Singh said: "The country will always remember their martyrdom."
He also offered his condolences to the families of the three soldiers, adding that the entire state shared their sorrow.
In Boknari village of Gaya, an angry Kiran Devi, the wife of SK Vidyarthi, demanded action against the men who killed her husband. Her daughter Aarti Kumari said that her father died a martyr, and that India must give a befitting reply to Pakistan.
Family members of Rakesh Singh of Nuwan village in Kaimur district and Ashok Kumar Singh of Ara in Bhojpur district remembered the two soldiers with teary eyes and pride in their sense of duty.
The bodies of the three soldiers are expected to reach Patna on Monday evening, from where they would be taken to their respective homes.
The minister in-charge of Kaimur and Gaya district would be present at the cremation of Rakesh Singh and SK Vidyarthi, while the funeral of Ashok Kumar Singh in Ara would be attended by industries minister Jai Kumar Singh.
Soldiers sacrifice is Supreme , pay 5 Crores compensation , request Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji and all the Honourable Chief Ministers of Indian States by Dr Anthony Raju , Advocate and Global Chairman - All India Council of Human Rights , Liberties and Social Justice AICHLS
When we shower crores of rupees on Players , Cricketers , foreign trips , why we can pay 5 Crors to the brave solders who has made supreme sacrifice for the country.
We request all the big players may be Mr Sachin Tendulakar or Mr Amitabh Bachchan or Mr Ambani to open their heartr and support financially to these Real Heros.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced Rs. 5 lakh award for each of the three soldiers, hailing from Bihar, who were killed in the terror attack at an army base in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Chief Minister also announced that his government would accord full state honour to the three soldiers - SK Vidyarthi, Rakesh Singh and Ashok Kumar Singh - who belonged to the Bihar regiment.
While expressing his sadness over the attack on the army base, Mr Singh said: "The country will always remember their martyrdom."
He also offered his condolences to the families of the three soldiers, adding that the entire state shared their sorrow.
In Boknari village of Gaya, an angry Kiran Devi, the wife of SK Vidyarthi, demanded action against the men who killed her husband. Her daughter Aarti Kumari said that her father died a martyr, and that India must give a befitting reply to Pakistan.
Family members of Rakesh Singh of Nuwan village in Kaimur district and Ashok Kumar Singh of Ara in Bhojpur district remembered the two soldiers with teary eyes and pride in their sense of duty.
The bodies of the three soldiers are expected to reach Patna on Monday evening, from where they would be taken to their respective homes.
The minister in-charge of Kaimur and Gaya district would be present at the cremation of Rakesh Singh and SK Vidyarthi, while the funeral of Ashok Kumar Singh in Ara would be attended by industries minister Jai Kumar Singh.
Monday, 12 September 2016
Dr Anthony Raju and Dr June Ann congrats Deepa Malik for Rio Olympics
Dr Anthony Raju and Dr June Ann congrats Deepa Malik for Rio Olympics
Dr Anthony Raju congrats Deepa Malik for Rio Olympics
Deepa Malik did win a medal for India at Rio . All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice has congratulated her for her great success. she has given her best performance in life , she is a role model for the world , said Dr Anthony Raju , Advocate and Chairman AICHLSDeepa Malik was honoured and awarded by the All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice with “GLOBE`S MOST EXCEPTIONAL SPEAKER” AWARD ‘2015".
Deepa Malik is also a brand ambassador for Mai Tulsi Tere Angan Kin initiative to " beti bachao beti padhao , a dream project of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji
RIO DE JANERIO: A Deepa did win a medal for India at Rio. It may not have come in gymnastics but it was still a Produnova in its own right. Deepa Malik, a 45-year-old wheelchair-bound adrenaline junkie, from Gurgaon made history when she became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics. Her throw of 4.61m won her a silver in the shot put F-53 event.
Deepa's silver extended India's tally at the Rio Paralympics to three medals. Bahrain's Fatema Nedham won the gold medal with a best throw of 4.76m, while Dimitra Korokida of Greece bagged bronze with a throw of 4.28m.
"I want to use this medal to support women with disabilities in India. This journey has been wonderful for me and my entire family. I am proud to be the oldest athlete in the team and win a medal," Deepa was quoted by news agency IANS as saying immediately after she won the medal.
"I don't know whether she was confident of winning a medal but she gave the best performance of her life," daughter Devika told TOI after the news came in, adding, "I haven't spoken to her after the event, but we had seen her work hard for the Games and we are happy that that hard work resulted in a medal."
The silver medal will be the icing on the cake for Deepa, also the first Indian woman to participate at the Paralympics, but it comes on the back of a dazzling array of swimming and javelin efforts for the paraplegic, who has been paralysed from the waist down after a spinal tumour in 1999, followed by three surgeries and 183 stitches, made walking impossible.
A former Rajasthan state women's cricketer, Deepa's first love remains biking. Deepa Malik once claimed she had gotten married at 20 because her husband supported her love for bikes. Despite her current condition, she became the first paraplegic woman in the world to ride a quad bike across nine high-altitude passesin nine days on Ladakh's motorable roads. In 2013, she participated in a Chennai-Delhi (3,278km) panIndia drive by paraplegic women.
That's not all. In 2008, Deepa created another record when she swam the Yamuna for a kilometre upstream.Four years later, she was awarded the Arjuna Award for her swimming performances. In all, she has 17 international medals, 58 National gold medals, she holds the Asian record in javelin throw and also has World Championship silver medals in shot put and discus in 2011.
Today , a mother of two and wife of an Army officer, Deepa is a vocal spokesperson for paraplegic rights in the country with her Ability Beyond Disability movement.
Friday, 9 September 2016
We shocked to see the conditions for Greece's migrant children , says Dr Anthony Raju , Global Chairman All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice AICHLS
We shocked to see the conditions for Greece's migrant children , says Dr Anthony Raju , Global Chairman All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice AICHLS
Compiled by : All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice in association with national Council of News and Broadcasting
They are being made to live in filthy, bug-and-vermin-infested cells, sometimes without mattresses or access to showers, claims report
Alarming numbers of migrant children in Greece are being detained in deplorable and depraved conditions , Human Rights Watch says.
Unaccompanied minors – some as young as 14 – are being held in substandard and chaotic detention centres across the country in flagrant violation of international and Greek law, the group said in a report on Friday.
“Children are being detained for weeks and months, and are being made to live in filthy, bug-and-vermin-infested cells, sometimes without mattresses or access to showers,” said Rebecca Riddell, who authored the report.
The conditions are really shocking and often worse in police stations than detention centres
Rebecca Riddell
Speaking from New York, Riddell told the Guardian the 27-page investigation – entitled “Why are you keeping me here?”– documented indisputably that children were being held for prolonged periods in places where they had little access to basic care and services.
“The conditions are really shocking and often worse in police stations than detention centres,” said Riddell, a Europe fellow at Human Rights Watch. The report, she added, was based on visits to police stations and detentions centres on the mainland and 42 interviews with children who were or had been detained.
“This isn’t a new problem but it is being made much worse by significant migration to Greece and callous inaction by EU countries … We’re talking about kids who are all alone and who fled their countries, often to escape violence.”
Migration crisis: Greece plans new shelters to reduce overcrowding on islands Counselling, information and legal aid were virtually non-existent along with psychological care or even access to interpreters.
Greek police detained 161 unaccompanied children in the first six months of 2016, according to official data. Authorities have long argued that alternatives to detention, in the form of child-friendly shelters, simply do not exist, although private philanthropic organisations are working around the clock to fill the gap.
More than 3,300 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and other migrant children were registered by local authorities between January and July this year. Under the weight of the numbers, and with the overburdened shelter system full to brimming, Greek police say they are necessarily compelled to place children in so-called protective custody until suitable accommodation is found.
But in its excoriating indictment of the situation, Human Rights Watch said the children were often incarcerated for much longer than the 25-day period that Greek law permitted, pending transfer to a shelter, as a measure of last resort.
Greece resumes migrant deportations to Turkey
“Greece should end the unjustified detention of unaccompanied children and ensure they have suitable accommodation,” said Riddell. “The EU should not only support those efforts but accommodate the transfer of unaccompanied children from Greece to other EU countries through relocation and family reunification.”
In a visit to Greece two weeks ago, the UN High Commisioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, spoke openly of the risk migrant children now faced.
“Unaccompanied minors are extremely exposed to exploitation of many kinds and in particular sexual exploitation,” he said in Athens. “There is a lot of survival sex that is happening, there is sexual harassment and sexual abuse. I think that this is something we cannot tolerate, in particular in the European Union.”
Compiled by : All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice in association with national Council of News and Broadcasting
They are being made to live in filthy, bug-and-vermin-infested cells, sometimes without mattresses or access to showers, claims report
Alarming numbers of migrant children in Greece are being detained in deplorable and depraved conditions , Human Rights Watch says.
Unaccompanied minors – some as young as 14 – are being held in substandard and chaotic detention centres across the country in flagrant violation of international and Greek law, the group said in a report on Friday.
“Children are being detained for weeks and months, and are being made to live in filthy, bug-and-vermin-infested cells, sometimes without mattresses or access to showers,” said Rebecca Riddell, who authored the report.
The conditions are really shocking and often worse in police stations than detention centres
Rebecca Riddell
Speaking from New York, Riddell told the Guardian the 27-page investigation – entitled “Why are you keeping me here?”– documented indisputably that children were being held for prolonged periods in places where they had little access to basic care and services.
“The conditions are really shocking and often worse in police stations than detention centres,” said Riddell, a Europe fellow at Human Rights Watch. The report, she added, was based on visits to police stations and detentions centres on the mainland and 42 interviews with children who were or had been detained.
“This isn’t a new problem but it is being made much worse by significant migration to Greece and callous inaction by EU countries … We’re talking about kids who are all alone and who fled their countries, often to escape violence.”
Migration crisis: Greece plans new shelters to reduce overcrowding on islands Counselling, information and legal aid were virtually non-existent along with psychological care or even access to interpreters.
Greek police detained 161 unaccompanied children in the first six months of 2016, according to official data. Authorities have long argued that alternatives to detention, in the form of child-friendly shelters, simply do not exist, although private philanthropic organisations are working around the clock to fill the gap.
More than 3,300 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and other migrant children were registered by local authorities between January and July this year. Under the weight of the numbers, and with the overburdened shelter system full to brimming, Greek police say they are necessarily compelled to place children in so-called protective custody until suitable accommodation is found.
But in its excoriating indictment of the situation, Human Rights Watch said the children were often incarcerated for much longer than the 25-day period that Greek law permitted, pending transfer to a shelter, as a measure of last resort.
Greece resumes migrant deportations to Turkey
“Greece should end the unjustified detention of unaccompanied children and ensure they have suitable accommodation,” said Riddell. “The EU should not only support those efforts but accommodate the transfer of unaccompanied children from Greece to other EU countries through relocation and family reunification.”
In a visit to Greece two weeks ago, the UN High Commisioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, spoke openly of the risk migrant children now faced.
“Unaccompanied minors are extremely exposed to exploitation of many kinds and in particular sexual exploitation,” he said in Athens. “There is a lot of survival sex that is happening, there is sexual harassment and sexual abuse. I think that this is something we cannot tolerate, in particular in the European Union.”
Friday, 2 September 2016
Former Delhi minister for women and child development, Sandeep Kumar is allegedly involved in a sex scandal
Former Delhi minister for women and child development, Sandeep Kumar is allegedly involved in a sex scandal. What is this scandal, what is being alleged and by whom? Nobody is sure about it. As of now the facts are like this — a CD appeared in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s mail which contained ‘objectionable’ visuals of a half-dressed Sandeep Kumar with two women. There is no mention of any violence in the video or exchange of cash transaction.
Former Delhi minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar. PTIFormer Delhi minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar. PTI
When was the CD made, when did it reach Kejriwal and how, what is the location of the events, who are the women – none of these facts are established yet. The CD was anonymously dropped at Kejriwal’s office. Media is calling the anonymous person a whistle-blower. Usually whistle-blowers expose corruptions and scandals by making considerable evidence public. In this case, all we got is a CD with nine minutes of visuals without any context. The person probably has explored all means by which more damage could have been caused but found none. As such, nobody has come forward to allege any crime of rape, force, coercion, corruption, cheating or adultery.
Visuals of a man with women other than his wife in compromising positions by itself is not a scandal unless somebody reports a crime or files any kind of complaint with any authority, seeking any kind of justice.
Yet the nation is morally outraged at the mere fact that a man had sex. Because sex is against our culture and we all fall from trees. Media is doing all kinds of sleazy speculations and with each speculation outrage level increases with dramatic sound effects. There were two women. Horror! The minister himself was recording the video. Double horror! My naïve nation doesn’t know that recording consensual act of love making can become quite a pleasurable activity.
For all we know, there is some role playing and voyeurism going on, might be even with the consent and active participation of the wife. I am just saying anything is possible in this 'sanskari' nation.
The outrage is double because the man was in charge of the women and child ministry. Had he been transport minister or something it would have perhaps been understandable. But, if you care for women’s issues, you have to be morally superior and should not have kinky sex. Women’s body here once again is an area of contestation for the nation. We are moral vigilantes and we do it for the nation’s women.
Outrage is triple because apparently the former minister committed a crime of adultery against the wife and the nation is weeping for the plight of the poor woman. Dear nation, before you reach the third level of moral outrage, please know that even if you prove adultery it doesn’t benefit the woman. It only establishes a man’s right over a woman’s body. Unlike rape or domestic violence, adultery is not a crime committed against women. It is committed by one man against another man. The adultery law treats married women as their husband’s chattel. It gives the husband the right to establish his ownership over the wife’s body (his chattel)and punish whoever uses the chattel. The chattel’s consent here is not required. The chattel also cannot bring charges of adultery against her owner (husband).
ALSO SEE
Section 497 of Indian Penal Code defines adultery as—"Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor."
It is a non-cognizable and bailable offense, which means police cannot act on its own unless somebody comes and files an FIR but police may grant bail on its own without taking the matter to the magistrate.
The charge of adultery is similar to charges of somebody stealing fodder. Why did your cattle graze in my farm? Why did you steal fruit from my orchard? Why did you have sex with my wife? The operative words are ‘wife of another man’ and ‘without consent or connivance of that man’.
A married woman is a man’s property. He can stop other men from having an affair with her. In the present case, AAP MLA's wife does not have any locus standi to bring a case against him. Only the husband of the women involved in sex tape can bring a case of adultery. Is the nation so concerned about the obscure man's rights? But she has no right to stop her husband from going out and having sex with other women. Adultery law in India is one of the most regressive laws and goes against everything women’s movement has ever fought for — dignity, individuality and the basic right to be treated as human beings.
It is a shame that self-appointed custodians of women’s sexuality are shedding crocodile tears for so called ‘poor woman’ raising crime of adultery. So please dear nation, you may have a right to be morally outraged at whatever you wish, but please don't do it in women’s name. My body or my honour is just mine, not of the nation to be outraged about.
Former Delhi minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar. PTIFormer Delhi minister and AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar. PTI
When was the CD made, when did it reach Kejriwal and how, what is the location of the events, who are the women – none of these facts are established yet. The CD was anonymously dropped at Kejriwal’s office. Media is calling the anonymous person a whistle-blower. Usually whistle-blowers expose corruptions and scandals by making considerable evidence public. In this case, all we got is a CD with nine minutes of visuals without any context. The person probably has explored all means by which more damage could have been caused but found none. As such, nobody has come forward to allege any crime of rape, force, coercion, corruption, cheating or adultery.
Visuals of a man with women other than his wife in compromising positions by itself is not a scandal unless somebody reports a crime or files any kind of complaint with any authority, seeking any kind of justice.
Yet the nation is morally outraged at the mere fact that a man had sex. Because sex is against our culture and we all fall from trees. Media is doing all kinds of sleazy speculations and with each speculation outrage level increases with dramatic sound effects. There were two women. Horror! The minister himself was recording the video. Double horror! My naïve nation doesn’t know that recording consensual act of love making can become quite a pleasurable activity.
For all we know, there is some role playing and voyeurism going on, might be even with the consent and active participation of the wife. I am just saying anything is possible in this 'sanskari' nation.
The outrage is double because the man was in charge of the women and child ministry. Had he been transport minister or something it would have perhaps been understandable. But, if you care for women’s issues, you have to be morally superior and should not have kinky sex. Women’s body here once again is an area of contestation for the nation. We are moral vigilantes and we do it for the nation’s women.
Outrage is triple because apparently the former minister committed a crime of adultery against the wife and the nation is weeping for the plight of the poor woman. Dear nation, before you reach the third level of moral outrage, please know that even if you prove adultery it doesn’t benefit the woman. It only establishes a man’s right over a woman’s body. Unlike rape or domestic violence, adultery is not a crime committed against women. It is committed by one man against another man. The adultery law treats married women as their husband’s chattel. It gives the husband the right to establish his ownership over the wife’s body (his chattel)and punish whoever uses the chattel. The chattel’s consent here is not required. The chattel also cannot bring charges of adultery against her owner (husband).
ALSO SEE
Section 497 of Indian Penal Code defines adultery as—"Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor."
It is a non-cognizable and bailable offense, which means police cannot act on its own unless somebody comes and files an FIR but police may grant bail on its own without taking the matter to the magistrate.
The charge of adultery is similar to charges of somebody stealing fodder. Why did your cattle graze in my farm? Why did you steal fruit from my orchard? Why did you have sex with my wife? The operative words are ‘wife of another man’ and ‘without consent or connivance of that man’.
A married woman is a man’s property. He can stop other men from having an affair with her. In the present case, AAP MLA's wife does not have any locus standi to bring a case against him. Only the husband of the women involved in sex tape can bring a case of adultery. Is the nation so concerned about the obscure man's rights? But she has no right to stop her husband from going out and having sex with other women. Adultery law in India is one of the most regressive laws and goes against everything women’s movement has ever fought for — dignity, individuality and the basic right to be treated as human beings.
It is a shame that self-appointed custodians of women’s sexuality are shedding crocodile tears for so called ‘poor woman’ raising crime of adultery. So please dear nation, you may have a right to be morally outraged at whatever you wish, but please don't do it in women’s name. My body or my honour is just mine, not of the nation to be outraged about.
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हाल ही में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के एक फैसले ने आधार के उद्देश्य पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। शीर्ष अदालत ने माना कि आधार कार्ड को आयु के प्रमाण के रूप में इस्तेमाल नहीं किया जा सकता, जबकि स्कूल लीविंग सर्टिफिकेट जैसे अन्य आधिकारिक दस्तावेज़ इस उद्देश्य को पूरा करते हैं। भारतीय विशिष्ट पहचान प्राधिकरण (UIDAI) आधार को "सार्वभौमिक पहचान संरचना" के रूप में वर्णित करता है।
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हाल ही में सुप्रीम कोर्ट के एक फैसले ने आधार के उद्देश्य पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं। शीर्ष अदालत ने माना कि आधार कार्ड को आयु के प्रमाण के रूप...