Men's Rights Group Demand 'Shared Parenting' Law

They also want amendment of section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) - that deals with harassing a married woman - to make it a bailable offence.

Quoting figures from a National Crime Record Bureau report titled "Crime in India - 2013" released last month, he said the number of suicides increased to 134,799 in 2013 from 110,851 in 2003.

The report says the number of married men (64,098) committing suicide in 2013 was double the number of married women (29,491).

"The incidence of married men committing suicide mainly due to family stress is on the rise," Jahgirdar said.

On the analogy of the Lokpal Act, which has a special clause to punish those who misuse the law, there should a law to check misuse of Section 498(A) and the Domestic Violence Act, said Save Family Foundation-Delhi founder member Swarup Sarkar.

He said parents who force their children into marriage should be punished as in most cases, a failed marriage often ends up in falsely implicating dowry and harassment cases against the husband and his family.

CRISP, with regional chapters in Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Lucknow, has been demanding an increase in the number of family and magistrate courts.

"The current budgetary allocation for judiciary is abysmally low at 0.4 percent of the GDP (gross domestic product). This should be increased to at least three percent of the GDP. The additional allocation should be used for setting up of new courts," Jahgirdar added.

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