Talk:Dowry law in India

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This page has Point of View problems. I want to move it to a better title. I suggest Dowry law in India. Objections? Zeimusu | (Talk page) 06:13, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

There have been no objections to this move. I will go ahead and make it.

POv tag entered. This page will need editing to make it more fully cover the topic. Also the external links should be trimmed. To make it less of a web directory.

[edit] 498A misuse content in Dowry Law...is questionable

1. Objection 1 - Moving "Misuse of 498A" to more general Dowry Law page Section 498A is just one of the many dowry laws in India. Section 498A comes under Criminal Code and NOT under Civil Code. Civil code has more dowry laws.. and less stringent ones.. Misuse of 498A deals with just the Misuse aspect Section 498A, and not General Dowry Laws.

So, moving "Misuse of 498A" to a general "Dowry law" page does not make sense. This leads to your and my second objection. "PLEASE move latest Misuse of 498A page back to its original link.

2. Objection 2 - Adding Misuse of 498A under NPOV section Dowry laws in India are pretty vast and 498A is just one section but very stringent one. The Misuse of 498A wiki page provides information from the Misuse perspective. 498A did help lots of women, but it spoiled the lives of many men also. So, this page is meant to provide information, links, support to the victims of misuse of 498A. This page and most of groups mentioned within unequivocally supports equal rights and equal justice.

so... branding the misuse of 498A wiki content disputable is disputable.

498aVictim 14:47, August 20, 2005 (UTC)


I hope to respond more fully later, but I have little time right now. Please see Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not In particular wikipedia is not a soapbox, and wikipedia is not a web directory. An article on the various Dowry Laws in India is a useful article. A page describing the misuse of one of the sections is not a useful wikipedia article. A page ment ot provide information links and support to victims is not a wikipedia article. So, I will not move this article back to it's old name, and I will not remove the ((POV)) tag from it. I hope to make some significant edits to it, to greatly change the current character. Zeimusu | (Talk page) 15:01, August 20, 2005 (UTC)


I have now removed the web directory and somewhat rewrote it introduction to address the factual points you raise. Please feel free to improve it Zeimusu | (Talk page)


[edit] Cut

Ok I've made a big cut. Feel free to improve and extend, but please try to remain neutral. I'd really appreciate it if you would discuss before reverting. Zeimusu | Talk page 06:07, 2005 August 22 (UTC) 498a is section dealing with dowry and it is very inmportant to know that there are a lot of misuse happening 498a and dowry laws go hand in hand so it does belong to same page

For more information on misuse of 498A see the sites: www.498a.org, www.pariwariksuraksha.org, www.saveindianfamily.org, www.mynation.net