Check 498a.org for how bad it is, or wikipedia or search 498a victims on google. Past 20 years are different from recent 5-7 years in terms of economic growth. India's growth rate is about to touch double digits now. Cultural changes come hand in hand with economic growth. Divorce rate in India has gone up by 100% in past 5 years. The essentially required women empowerment finally seems to be arriving. At this point of time if you let biased unfair laws exist in society they are bound to be misused. Its not about Men or Women - its about good or bad. There are good men as well as women and there are bad men as well as women. Law should be pro good and anti bad; not pro women (daughter in law) and anti men. Trust me, its difficult to see your young unmarried sister or old mother going to jail when its still to be proved in court whether they were guilty or not! If they are guilty, punish them as hell, but let court decide, don't treat them as guilty just because the daughter in law thinks so! Even TADA came under severe attack because of this and had to be revoked. Its simply against human rights! See this study from CSR http://mynation.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/csr-study-98-dowry-cases-498a-are-false/ regarding 98% figure. Also its not about how many 498a cases are filed by women, it starts the day your wife yells out at you - I AM WALKING OUT WITH THE BABY AND POLICE IS GOING TO WALKIN IF YOU DON'T xyz..... and you can't do anything. That crucial balance is lost in family.
