Promote Mumbai Meeting:Details &Invitations which can be sent

Hello All,

Please see the invitation we have sent the press/media as below, to
have all the details. You can have a question answer session with the
guests and invited dignitaries, so note down your burning issues and
come with a positive view, together we will prevail with the Truth.

Do note that we have to share the expenses of the event, for this we
have decided on a registration fee of Rs.100. If the expenses/costs
overshoots the collection, you are free to contribute more, but no
compulsion :).

Do confirm your participation, email to drmura @ hotmail.com , lets
make this a big success and help ourselves.

Regards
Gokul
9821414336
**********Promote the Mumbai Meeting************I have uploaded 3 files at : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sif-mumbai/files/Meeting/ , which you can use to spread the news aboutour meeting and make it a success, forward this mail to anyone whocould use this:Or see http://www.geocities.com/gokul_p_r/MumbaiMeetInvitationsAndPressRelease/Invitation-of-Dignitaries.doc

http://www.geocities.com/gokul_p_r/MumbaiMeetInvitationsAndPressRelease/InvitationAndPressReleaseSentToMedia.doc

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**********Promote the Mumbai Meeting************
********* Brief Details of the Meeting***********
At the Press Club of India, Near C.S.T(VT) Station, Fort, Mumbai:13th Sunday August.
Legal awareness seminar(coping with Misuse of Family laws):IPC 498a.

Conducted by Save Indian Family foundation from 3 P.M to 6 P.M. Lawslike IPC 498a are misused and the Husband and his family getarrested and entangled in long-drawn legal proceedings. Arrestscould happen even without any witness, evidence or policeinvestigation, on the basis of just a false complaint by wife. Knowhow to take precautions and cope with these situations. Call9224335577, 9820241589.

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1st File: "Invitation of Dignitaries": You can send this to inviteLegal Experts to be guests for the meeting(Experienced Advocates,retired Police officers, Judges, Sociologists, Psychologists, or anyone who can add value in this seminar, etc.)

2nd File:"Innocent Victims of 498a-Standing up for their rights":You can send this to any of your media/press contacts to invitethem, and can have the details to write about us.

3rd File: "Request for listing in Today's events in papersm media"-self-explanatory, u can send this to papers u know and get the briefnews about the meeting annouced in their media.
********************* More Details: Invitation and Press release sent
to Media*****************
Innocent Victims of IPC 498a & Marital Laws: Standing up for their
Rights.
Inviting you for a Seminar cum meeting on 13th August 2006 between
3.00pm-6.pm- At the Press Club of India (Near C.S.T(VT) Station), Glass
House, Mahanagar Palika Marg, Mumbai –1.
Legal awareness seminar(coping with Misuse of Family laws): Conducted
by Save Indian Family foundation(SIF). Laws like IPC 498a are misused
and the Husband and his family get arrested and entangled in long-drawn
legal proceedings. Arrests could happen even without any witness,
evidence or police investigation, on the basis of just a false
complaint by wife. Know how to take precautions and cope with these
situations.
We have invited victims from all over India, who will be discussing
their problems and would share their harrowing experiences with this
law of 498a. Lawyers, Retired senior Judges and Police Officers have
expressed their interest in attending this meeting and addressing the
concerns of the innocent affected families. We Invite your
representative to be present to know more about our movement called
“SAVE INDIAN FAMILY”. A rapidly growing internet yahoogroup of 1100+
families. The regional teams in different states of India, have
launched self-funded phone help-lines. The guys next door, who happen
to be innocent victims of this Legal Terrorism, manage these teams.
A Brief about the Misuse of Section 498a by law-misusing Wives
23 yrs old section 498a of IPC was introduced to tackle the Dowry
menace at large. But the trend over the years have proven this section
as a failure. Observation of even Supreme Court of India is that these
laws(intended to save a family) have been misused rather than used for
genuine reasons.
The potency of misuse in 498a is unfathomable and highly destructive
since the Police doesn't need any other supporting evidence or
witnesses, other than JUST the wife's statement/complaint, to straight
away arrest the Husband and his relativesMajor reason of misuse is that the “burden of proof is on the accused”
and the “accused is considered guilty, till proven innocent”(opposite
to the general legal Maxim which presumes “Innocent till proven
Guilty”, as in all other crimes). This involves the mandatory arrests
of all the accused without investigation on a mere complaint of an
inconsiderate or cunning wife, against the innocent husband and his
family members. Thus damage is already done without crosschecking the
verity of the complaint. Generally this tool is effectively misused or
threatened to be misused, by the divorcing wives to extract a huge
alimony amount from the husband. This Nonbailable, Non Compoundable and
Cognizable offence has had a conviction rate of just 2% over the years,
which itself speak volumes about its low efficacy and usefulness. We
are only trying to amend these laws in such a way that its genuine use
will protect families, but its misuse does not break families apart
like its happening now.
Even with so much of misuse and appeals the government is pretending
sleep. The general opinion on this law is as follows:
1: Supreme Court of India on 498A stated, "The object is to strike at
the root of dowry menace. But by misuse of the provision a new legal
terrorism can be unleashed. The provision is intended to be used as a
shield and not as assassin's weapon. If [the] cry of "wolf" is made too
often as a prank, assistance and protection may not be available when
the actual wolf appears."-it has unleashed a new form of Legal
Terrorism as per Supreme Court 2. Kiran Bedi says: "Laws had been provided for the welfare of women.
The police need not assist those who misuse or abuse the law meant for
the protection of women."3. Justice J D Kapoor Says: ‘‘There is a growing tendency among women,
which is further perpetuated by their parents and relatives, to rope in
each and every relative, including minors and even school going
children of distant relatives.’’4. Kolkatta High Court Justice S.P. Talukdar said the “dangerous”
practice of misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (cruelty on
housewives by husbands and in-laws) should be immediately stopped. 5. NRI Journalist Kulbhushan stated "Filing a non-bailable dowry case
under IPC 498A is easier than ordering a meal. But while a restaurant
can refuse service, the police normally arrest the groom and the
in-laws. While the Indian media is flooded with reports of
dowry-related bride torture, it hardly mentions the horrific cases of
suffering husbands at the hands of unscrupulous wives."
Our sites: www.saveindianfamily.org ; www.mynation.net ; www.498a.org ;
http://forgottenwomen.org
emails: help@498a.org , info@mynation.net , mail@saveindianfamily.com,
help@asha-kiran.com
Our Blogs:
http://at498a.blogspot.com/2006/08/mumbai-meeting-save-indian-family.ht
ml , http://indianhusbands.blogspot.com
We request your august presence in this Seminar cum Member meeting, and
to help us to spread the word to the world. Our Movement is called
“Save Indian Family or SIF”.
Contact: Jinesh Zaveri. Ph: 98 202 41589; P R Gokul: 9821414336; Mumbai
Helpline: 9224 33 55 77.