For every maid who undergoes torture like this there are 10 men who undergo torture by criminal wives. This is something evident from crime record bureau statistics itself. No one denies that women are harassed but does that mean it is fair to harass other innocent women and men? the problem with this one sided sad stories is that they always fail to recognize the abuse going other way around. There are so many reports of criminal women murdeing their husbands. So, should we now say arrest ALL WIVES AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY WITHOUT PROOF? But this is what is happening to men and his families with the same silly execuse.
Yes there is a mother in law who harasses daughter in law, but for every one such mother in law there are 10 daughter in laws who torture their mother in laws by breaking their families, demanding to live seperately, verbally abusing and NOW LEGAL ABUSE including wrong jailing because all it takes is just one false verbal complaint and by law it need not be verified at all. It takes 10 to 15 years to prove it was wrong and by that time IT IS TOO LATE.
All these can be prevented by one small change. Jail a person after investiagation. When 98% of cases have been proven to be false after 10 years of investigation this is a very ligitimate demand. Also, if the case is false then punish the folks who have put false cases with same punishment as prescribed in the relevant dowry law. This will deter the 98% abusers of law and help the 2% genuine vic