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Calcutta High Court: Women’s misuse of Section 498A IPC amounts to “legal terrorism”

  • Fadia Jiffry
  • August 21, 2023
Calcutta High Court: Women’s misuse of Section 498A IPC amounts to “legal terrorism”
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On Monday, the Calcutta High Court issued a ruling saying that women had committed “legal terrorism” by abusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which makes it a crime for a husband or his family to be unkind to his wife.

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