Women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A IPC: Calcutta High Court

Single-judge Justice Subhendu Samanta said that Section 498A was introduced for the welfare of women but the same is now being misused by filing false cases.
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The Calcutta High Court said on Monday that women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision which criminalises cruelty against a woman by her husband or his relatives [Swapan Kumar Das @ Swapan Das vs State of West Bengal].

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