Be very careful when going for Arrange marriage meetings (498a)

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        January 13, 2025 at 2:37 pm
        During a visit to my advocate regarding a land issue, I overheard a tense conversation between him and another client about a dowry case. After the client left, curiosity got the better of me, and I asked my advocate about the matter. What he told me was nothing short of shocking.

        The client had been accused of demanding dowry, but here’s the twist—he wasn’t even married! The girl’s family had filed a fake dowry case against him after a mere marriage proposal.

        Here’s what happened: the guy’s family met the girl’s family twice, once at each other’s homes, to discuss the possibility of marriage. However, the man decided to back out of the proposal due to concerns about the girl’s past relationships. What followed was outright malicious—a false case was registered against him, alleging both a promise to marry and a dowry demand, neither of which ever occurred.

        The lesson here is clear: never meet a prospective bride’s family without a neutral third party present, preferably your lawyer. This simple precaution could save you from falling victim to such fraudulent accusations.

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          January 13, 2025 at 2:44 pm
          Is this is even valid ?
          How come just for meeting can they file such cases

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              January 13, 2025 at 2:48 pm
              Our courts are a joke. Thats why.

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                  January 13, 2025 at 2:55 pm
                  A case is registered in Police station.

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                      January 13, 2025 at 2:56 pm
                      Yes, because courts accept such cases.

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                          January 13, 2025 at 3:19 pm
                          Yes it is there business.

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                      January 13, 2025 at 2:59 pm
                      Doesn’t matter. The process is the punishment. The mere threat that we will drag you to the court is enough to harass someone.

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                        January 13, 2025 at 3:12 pm
                        Demanding dowry is just as much criminal as giving/ receiving as per the law.

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                        January 13, 2025 at 2:48 pm
                        People go to see a girl for arranged marriages with a lawyer?

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                          January 13, 2025 at 2:48 pm
                          Bodycams are a necessity these days. Record everything. Them abla naari’s will screw your happiness at every possible opportunity.

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                              January 13, 2025 at 2:54 pm
                              Even with body cam they will claim to be under pressure

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                              January 13, 2025 at 2:50 pm
                              Section 498A was introduced to protect women from harassment, cruelty, and dowry-related abuse within marriage. It applies strictly to married individuals and addresses harassment by the husband or his relatives. If the accused individual was not married to the complainant, 498A would not technically apply.

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                                  January 13, 2025 at 3:11 pm
                                  Story writing competition hai, jo likhna hai likh do 😂. A lawyer starts telling a random guy intimate details of a case, if the is a real lawyer, he needs to be changed.

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                                  January 13, 2025 at 2:55 pm
                                  If such laws exists then people will certainly use it to their advantage. Laws should be judged by their extremes. We elect fools because majority are fools

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                                    January 13, 2025 at 2:57 pm
                                    He told you everything about the case? Yeah sounds like a very good advocate to me.

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                                        January 13, 2025 at 3:16 pm
                                        Yeah, also he practices both real estate n family law!

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                                            January 13, 2025 at 3:33 pm
                                            People like OP don’t actually give a damn about men’s rights. He is just a hate monger and its sad to see that people are actually falling for it.

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                                                January 13, 2025 at 3:36 pm
                                                I noticed the same things lol! Started cackling. I mean, the breach of ethics, the fact that 498 most probably doesn’t apply here (I think it’s only for married women, if I am wrong i appreciate correction) and the land issue + dowry issue. Story writing should at least be believable.

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                                                    January 13, 2025 at 4:18 pm
                                                    >Story writing should at least be believable.

                                                    Exactly.

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                                                    January 13, 2025 at 4:00 pm
                                                    You are the hate monger. Just triggered cause he raised awareness about a valid issue.

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                                                        January 13, 2025 at 4:16 pm
                                                        Raising awareness is fine and it should be done but making up a fake story isn’t the right way to do it.

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                                                            January 13, 2025 at 4:33 pm
                                                            Why is it fake?

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                                                                January 13, 2025 at 5:47 pm
                                                                Many times even interns aren’t told the entire thing and you think a good advocate will ever risk his license by gossiping about his case with another client of his?

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                                                                    January 14, 2025 at 5:18 am
                                                                    So just those assumptions of yours qualifies this post as fake?

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                                                                        January 14, 2025 at 5:31 am
                                                                        So you can just assume it to be true without any evidence but I can’t even imply that the story might be false?

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                                                                            January 14, 2025 at 5:47 am
                                                                            How about being neutral ? Isn’t that an option?

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                                                            January 13, 2025 at 2:59 pm
                                                            Abandon arrange marriages and go only for love marriage, preferably from communities that don’t practice arrange marriage.

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                                                              January 13, 2025 at 3:04 pm
                                                              Ofcourse, a guy on reddit, who constantly posts about “how men are wronged” and “fake cases” , suddenly met a lawyer who told him everything about a case. Wow. I believe you. Also, was the lawyer there when the parties met? If not, usko itna kaise pata kaun sach bol raha hai?

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                                                                  January 13, 2025 at 4:02 pm
                                                                  It does apply, case does get’s filed it does show up in your background checks.”I do not think it a law is present/applied”
                                                                  Just because you have your head in the ground doesn’t mean bad stuff doesn’t happen

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                                                                    January 13, 2025 at 4:36 pm
                                                                    Similar case was discussed by a lawyer with me when I went to discuss my case. Here also it was previous client. So it all depends on how close you’re to the lawyer. They do discuss this in good faith but yeah OP should not have made it public.

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                                                                    January 13, 2025 at 3:08 pm
                                                                    Our justice system is joke ….

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                                                                      January 13, 2025 at 3:14 pm
                                                                      This is more accurate and common than you think. People with sufficient lack of morals are using this threat to pressure a potential match to go in for the wedding.

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                                                                          January 13, 2025 at 3:50 pm
                                                                          This is uncommon as fk

                                                                          Nice username tho

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                                                                          January 13, 2025 at 3:17 pm
                                                                          Every case has 3 sides: Defendant ‘s view, Plaintiff’s view and the Truth.

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                                                                            It has become a very successful startup for many families now

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