Domestic Violence Bill came into effect on 26th October 2006. Some call this Doomsday. Even before one month of its existence, there are already incidents coming to the surface proving the claims of people about the way this bill will be heavily misused. There was already desperate apprehension in the society about this bill, which has not yet been documented by the press media for they have the agenda of appeasing women’s group. Quite obvious.
The victim, obviously not the first and the last victim, is none other than the charismatic Azim Premji, the chairman of Wipro Ltd, who was once the richest man in the country. The way he is falsely implicated under the provision of heavily biased DV Act is as incredible as it gets. Gaurav Nigam, working in Wipro Technologies as a software engineer, is the main accused. His wife, Tripti Nigam, alleges that her husband’s behaviour has changed toward her since he started getting dating allowance from the company. She has alleged that because of the dating allowance, her husband was keeping away from her. For this, she has dragged Wipro chairman Azim Premji and the HRD Head Pratik Kumar as responsible for her husband’s change of behaviour.
Surprisingly, Wipro Ltd has absolutely no such dating allowance given to their employees. They have categorically stated that they don’t have a dating allowance in any form for the employees. So what could be the reason, or should we call, the intention of this Tripti Nigam to drag the company into her personal affairs?
It is pretty understandable that a company as big as Wipro and the chairman so respected and reputed like Azim Premji, any woman would be tempted to use the biased provisions in DV Act to blackmail and extort very large sum of money from Azim Premji.
On this, it would be worth to hear the justification of Renuka Chowdhury who once said, “Good husband will not be harmed” and also “It is not a bad idea if men suffer.” Yes, both the statements are contradictory. This is our Honorable Minister of Women and Child Development of our Country. If Renuka is asked the definition of “Good Husband”, she would not hesitate to say, “Husband who lives like a slave to his wife is a good husband, and so he should not worry at all.” And she will say it smoothly with a little wicked smile on her face.
Tripti observed from her own questionable perception that her husband Gaurav Nigam’s behaviour has changed. Perhaps Gaurav Nigam was way too loving, affectionate, caring and ever ready to fulfill all his wife’s wishes, and when he very slightly deviated from the code of conduct as prescribed by Tripti, she couldn’t wait to test the power of DV Act. She can definitely screw the innocent Gaurav legally, but she seemed to be so greedy that she thought that, “Why not test the power of DV Act on Wipro’s chairman.”
Anyways, the claims of millions of people about Domestic Violence Act are proving right. This Bill will definitely get misused on a massive scale. This Bill is of course enacted exclusively to be misused by women against their vulnerable and defenseless men. If Tripti Nigam goes scot-free after trying to defame Azim Premji and Wipro, then many Tripti will be induced to test the power of DV Act against a little lesser influential man. In short, punish this Tripti Nigam and set an example that will deter other Tripti Nigam to legally harass innocent men. Predictably, press media will continue to prove their loyalty toward women’s group.
New developments have taken place now. Gaurav Nigam said in the press Conference organized by Asha Kiran and Save Indian Family Foundation that he was beaten up by his wife on several occasions. The motive he says was Tripti wanted him to transfer the ownership of the house and car on her name. It seems that Tripti thought that if Gaurav is not willing to transfer the house and car on her name even after beaten him up so violently, why not test the power of DV Act on him and in-laws? After all, she knows that when a woman files a complaint against a man, she is legally not responsible to prove her allegations.
Now her statement has obviously changed since people are no longer jumping to conclusions when a woman files a complaint. Now she says that she contacted Azim Premji to seek guidance on how to force Gaurav to transfer the house and car on her name. Azim Premji thought it would be appropriate to allow the couple to sort out their own problems. Obviously, why would the company, irrespective of its size, intervene in their employee’s marriage dispute? Tripti lost her temper saying how dare he (Azim) dismiss my issue? She and her lawyer cooked up a deceptive plot to drag Azim and Wipro into DV Act not realizing that they will publicly condemned for filing a false DV case.
Now Tripti is trying to cut her loses. She is saying that she doesn’t want to deprive her child the affection and care of his father Gaurav and she wants her husband back. Gaurav was already falsely accused under dowry harassment case IPC 498A and now under DV Act. And when Tripti is realizing that her ways of torturing her husband is backfiring, she now decides to reconcile. Maybe her lawyer must have suggested that after this false DV case is settled and Gaurav comes back and lives a regular life with Tripti, she can plan for another false complaint of IPC 498A and DV Act on her Gaurav without naming anybody else. And then she might be in a position to legally extort the house and car she always wanted, which apparently is more important to her than the father to a child.
Renuka Chowdury once said, “If men suffer, they should speak up.” It seems that Renuka is regretting over her statement. Now men are really breaking their silence and complaining against their wife over domestic violence.
It was long overdue. Men must speak up if they are harassed by their wife.