Banglalore Mirror
"Men are not free ATM machines"
Several Bangaloreans welcome the SC judgment against maintenance for women in live-in relationships, say it's high time government amended the Domestic Violence Act
Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 05:18:52 AM
Excerpts: "Men's rights groups in the city have welcomed the recent supreme court judgment that women in live-in relationships cannot demand maintenance from their male partners. They have also come out against additional solicitor general Indira Jaisingh who has criticised the judgment. "Virag Dhulia, liaison officer (India) for the National Coalition for Men (NCFM), said, 'It is outrageous that Indira Jaisingh argues in a non-government case and demands that a man pays Rs 500 every month to one of his sexual partners for many decades in future just like a free ATM machine. Given a chance, she can also push courts to order men to pay maintenance to their female colleagues at work, citing some imaginary office romance. We are heading towards a society where women are independent and men are no longer treated as free ATM machines.'" "Today, sexual relationships between men and women are mostly mutual. Lawmakers must put an end to this practice of maintenance, alimony and compensation to women just due to some mutual sexual or emotional relationships for short or long periods of time," says Jahgirdar. |