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Indian Constitution, the longest written constitution in the world ensures certain rights to each and every citizen, the legislator and Judiciary are responsible to safeguard those rights. When a country face severe civil unrest and when legislator and Judiciary face problem in ensuring the constitutional rights to its citizens they freeze the Constitution and declare a state of Emergency. India has already faced this state of unrest three times due to external attacks from China, Pakistan and also due to internal disturbance.
Our legislator makes laws completely biased on a particular gender and there by violating the fundamental rights of other gender. Judiciary is also showing partiality on one gender and keep coming with verdicts which absolutely ignore the civil rights of another gender. The recent comment made by the Apex Court will make everyone think that we have already frozen our Constitution and declared emergency! I’m referring to the comment.
It is not a ridiculous comment made by a dirty politician. it is from the Supreme Court of India which takes the matter to the next level. Do we really have a Constitution in practice? Are executive, legislature and the judiciary still governed by The Constitution?
Why do husbands need to obey their wives or the other way around? Shouldn’t be marital relationship based on MUTUAL CONSENSUS? If that is not present isn’t it the right of a citizen to get divorce? Is divorce a crime in India? If it is a crime the fine/penalty should go to the government. Why should husband PAY wife?
In this particular case, civil rights of Deepak Kumar have got seriously violated just because of the lousy system and its slow corrupted process. The Apex Court said “you waited for 17 years and so wait for more”! 17 years of one’s life is so silly matter for The Supreme Court of India. Judiciary is doing absolute insult of The Constitution by not providing justice within a specific time frame.
Article 15(3) of The Constitution of India allows the State to give provisions for women and children. But if we look at the Constitution little bit further down. 15(5), 16(2), 19(2), 19(3), 19(4), 19(5), 19(6), 25(2), 33, 34, 35(a), you will find the key difference between PROVISION and PROVISION BY LAW. Where ever The Constitution gives the provision to make Law it clearly says so, but in the case of 15(3) it’s just Provision.
Hence, all those gender biased laws are absolutely against The Constitution. There is no justification what so ever for making gender based laws. I’m not against any Laws as long as it is gender neutral.
What amazes me is that why people are worried to make gender neutral laws? For example Domestic Violence Act, Its not just wife in the household, there are kids, parents and husband too. violence can happen to anyone. Then why is it applicable only to women and wife in particular?
RSS 
I think while living in USA you have forgotten about the plight of Indian women. The women here are still facing discrimination and exploitation here.
I don't understand why these men are ignoring the sufferings of those ladies who are genuinely being suppressed by their in-laws. We still have to go a long way before people start treating their daughters-in-law as a human being.
Still many women are beaten by their drunken husbands at night. They need help.
Women in India have been suffering from ages in the name of culture and rituals. We don’t know how many of them laid their lives for Sati pratha, how many became devdasis, how many had to die right after the birth just because they were girls, how many had to burn alive because they didn’t get dowry.
It took ages for India to take a step to liberate them.
No doubt some of these laws are misused but there are many more who actually need these laws for their protection.
Now, people are coming across the loopholes in the constitution and realizing that they need to be reformed. This will no more be a problem in few years from now.
I assure you that men would definitely not have to wait for ages.
For those who promote Domestic Violence Act 2005
http://prassoon.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/02/for-those-who-promote-domestic-violence-act-2005.htm
The flaw lies in the Laws that have been created since then, the inability of the common man in India to understand the spirit of the Law, hence the wrong interpretation of many of those laws and certainly the painfully slow judicial system of the country. Paradoxically it’s a Judicial adage that states ”Justice delayed is justice denied”
As regards domestic violence. The solution does not lie in promulgating laws that end up being draconian for some and leave it wide open for misuse.
The current laws assume that every man in India is an MCP, unfortunately that’s not true. Neither is it true that domestic violence and ill treatment of women in India is restricted to a few isolated cases. It’s a widespread malady rooted in tradition.
The solution therefore needs to be Social and not Judicial. Does any textbook in India try instilling equality of sexes during the formative years. What’s needed is a Social revolution that exposes the hypocrisy and ills of many of our Social structures from the Caste System to the Dowry System and Female Infanticide.
Is the new HRD Minister listening??
Alternatively, we need more Raja Ram Mohan Roys and Rabindranath Tagores who can inspire India to change just like they changed Bengali Society in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
None of the constitution is perfect. It takes time to the judiciary members to see the loopholes and cover them Im sure these will be covered as well. Have a little patience and till then, keep reminding the authorities that these issues are pending.