Vishnu Karle

Indian laws are strange. There is a lot of talk of equality here but in reality the law itself does not provide equal rights. One of the most troubling aspects in this regard is that if a Hindu man has the desire/ability to marry more than one woman and the respective women willingly consent to such marriage, Indian law denies this right to a Hindu man by banning bigamy. And at the same time gives permission to other religious people. Where is the equality? It is not known from what exact tradition such restriction has been imposed on Hindu men. That I don't know (but I aspire to know it) what tradition of Hindus was assumed behind this oppressive condition of monogamy for Hindu men, because polygamy is an important feature of Hindu tradition except in exceptional cases. One can give examples of one hundred polygamous marriages against one monogamous marriage. Then it is not known what basic tradition was taken into account when making this law. Monogamy law violates the basic huma...

भारताचे कायदे विचीत्र आहेत. इथे समानतेच्या मोठ्या गप्पा मारल्या जातात परंतु प्रत्यक्षात कायदाच समान हक्क देत नाही. या संबधीची एक सर्वात खटकणारी बाब म्हणजे हिंदु पुरुष असेल व त्याची एका पेक्षा अधिक स्त्रीयांशी विवाह करण्याची आकांक्षा/ क्षमता असेल आणि संबंधित स्त्रीयांची ही आनंदाने या विवाहाला संमती/तयारी असेल तरी एका हिंदु पुरुषाला भारताचा कायदा द्विभार्या प्रतिबंधन घालुन हा हक्क नाकारतो. आणि त्याच वेळी इतर धर्मीयांस ही परवानगी देतो. यात कसली आलीय समानता? असा प्रतिबंध नेमका कोणत्या भुमिकेतुन हिंदु प्रुरुषांवर लादण्यात आलेला आहे याची माहीती नाही. म्हणजे हिंदु पुरुषांना ही एकपत्नीव्रता ची जाचक अट का कायद्यात घातली यामागे हिंदुंची कोणती परंपरा गृहीत धरण्यात आलेली होती याची मला माहीती नाही( जाणुन घेण्याची आकांक्षा आहे) कारण अपवादात्मक उदाहरणे सोडली तर बहुपत्नीत्व हे हिंदु परंपरेचे एक महत्वाचे लक्षण आहे. एका एकपत्नीव्रती महापुरुषाच्या विरोधात शंभर बहुपत्नीव्रती महापुरुषांची उदाहरणे देता येतील,मग हा कायदा बनवितांना कोणती मुळ परंपरा गृहीत धरण्यात आली होती माहीत नाही.या कायद्याने हिंदु पुरुषांच...

                   Illustative picture only   Today I am going to narrate you a true story of a case that I witnessed in the Latur Juvenile Court.  Since last seven months I have been working with the District Legal Services Authority in Latur.  My duty is handling cases at juvenile court, CJM, jmfc and visiting prisoners at Latur District Jail. On 20th January 2024 it was around 01:40 pm. I was going to have my lunch when I received a phone call from the juvenile court. A juvenile was apprehended by police on the allegations of rape on his own minor sister. I reached the juvenile court and met juvenile's mother. The case was of incestuous relationship of two minor brother and sister.  I could see a desparate mother trying to save his son who committed terrible sins.   A 14 year old girl was hospitalized in Government Hospital by her mother. Doctor found victim 7 months pregnant and asked mother whether...

                             Major William Sleeman People living in this well governed, modern state today cannot even imagine the condition that the country was during the 19th century in colonial India.  Those were terrible times.  Theft, dacoity, fraud, assault and murder were par for the course.  In those days,  a man hesitated less before killing a fellow human than he did before swatting a mosquito.  It was from Lord Bentinck's time that laws became very strict.  Major William Sleeman assumed charge of the office of Commissioner for the Suppression of Thuggee and Dacoity in early 1839. He is best known for his work from the 1830s in suppressing the organized criminal gangs known as Thuggee.  During the operations that he supervised, more than 1400 Thugs were hanged or transported for the life.   In 19th century colonial India, two prevalent forms of criminal acti...

               Adv Manoharrao Gomare Saheb  Everyday thousands of people die around the world but we care only then when someone near to us is no more.  People come and people go.  It does not change our life.  But some people change our life and the way of our thinking.   The one such person i have seen in my life is Advocate Manoharrao Gomare Saheb. Adv Manoharrao Gomare Saheb died on 20th December 2023 by old age.  Manoharrao Gomare Saheb was a civil advocate practicing in Latur District Court.  I did not have a personal interaction or talk with him ever. But I have seen his life very closely.  My introduction to him was of less than three years.  I listened him for the first time at Latur District Bar liabrary during his autobiography book inauguration.   A polite man with a poetic heart. Mother died after giving him birth. He couldn't see his mother's face also. In his many sad poems...

आबेद खान मूलसे हैदराबाद का रहने वाले था लेकिन काम के लिए वह गुलबर्गा आया था। वह अपनी पत्नी आयशा और नवजात बेटी के साथ किराए के कमरे में रहता था। वह कम पढ़ा लिखा और भोला था। आबेद की पत्नी आयशा हैदराबाद की रहने वाली थीं. आयेशा की उदगीर के सलीम के साथ विवाहेतर लैंगिक संबंध थे। आयशा ने आबेद को उदगीर आकर वहां काम करने को कहा. आबेद और उसकी पत्नी आयशा उदगीर आकर सलीम के घर में रहने लगे।                Illustrative picture only  आयशा का प्रेमी सलीम एक चोर था. वह सामान चुराकर अपने घर में रखता था। उसने गाडी की कुछ बैटरियां चुरा लीं और अपने घर में रख लीं। पुलिस को जैसे ही उसके ठिकाने के बारे में जानकारी मिली और फिर सलीम और आबेद की पत्नी आयशा दोनों उदगीर छोड़कर भाग गए। घर में सो रहे मासूम आबेद खान को उदगीर पुलिस ने चोरी के मामले में गिरफ्तार किया। जिस घर में आबेद रह रहा था, वहां से चोरी की बैटरियां बरामद कर ली गईं। पुलिस ने आबेद खान के खिलाफ कई एफआईआर दर्ज कीं। एमसीआर के बाद आबेद को लातूर जिला जेल भेज दिया गया। जब भी मैं जेल जाता था आबेद जमानत के लिए बिनती...

The ads called "matrimonials" in India are aimed at finding appropriate spouse.  The ads run under such headings as Brahmin, Kshetriya or any professionals like doctors, engineers etc.  Some of India's leading newspapers like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Loksatta, Dainik  Jagran etc public matrimonial ads every weekend. The ads are split evenly between the "Grooms Wanted For" and "Brides Wanted For" sections.  The recent examples of ads like, "A beautiful girl, 28 years old, educated, caste no bar is looking for a well settled man, own house, living in city".  The similar other ads in 'Brides wanted section' published like - The modern boy, 28/165, Medium build, smart, Civil Engr working in metro city having a rational progressive and liberal outlook seeks an educated, beautiful and preferably professionally qualified girl with similar outlook."  The days when people used to arrange marriages is gone.  Marriage ha...