Questionnaires:

Dear Group Member, The following questions may be replied to, as per your convenience, for conducting the survey, and it will surely be helpful for further research against the Biased laws existed in our society, Name and personal details may not be disclosed or shared for any reasons except for confirming the authentication of the study. If you are not comfortable with any question you may say PREFER NOT TO SAY. Kindly post the to my inbox or e-mail me at needformenrightscommission@gmail.com

 

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1        Your Name? or prefer not to disclose:

 

2        E-mail: ( Prefer not to say)

 

3        Age/Sex

 

4        Geographical Region:

 

5        Marriage (Arranged/Non-Arranged)

 

6        Whether complaint of 498-A filed at your Home town? ( Yes/No)

 

7        Time period in years of filing first complaint filed after the  marriage ( Less than 1 year/ 1-3 years/3-7 years/ >7 years)

8    Did Police, after receiving a report from the women cell, has conducted an investigation and heard your version before filing Charge-sheet into the Court? (Yes/ No)

 

9    Apart from Family members, did Police has filed the list of independent witness? (Yes/No)

 

10      Whether the Dowry List filed with charge-sheet bears the signature of you (Husband) or your family members (Husband’s Parents)? (Yes/No)

 

11      Did Police have made an accused of your female family members? (Yes/No)

If yes, how many of the female family members have been made as accused?

 

12      Whether senior citizens (above 60 years) have been named in the complaint/FIR? (Yes/No)

If yes, please specify their age 

 

13      Did you or your lawyer has filed the exemption application for personal appearance for your old parents/female family members? (Yes/No)

 

14     Whether exemption application has been opposed by the wife/ or their relatives?

 

15      How long the case has been pending for trial?

( less than 1 Year/1-3 years/3-5 years/ more than 5 years)

 

16     Have you or your family have developed stress or anxiety-related problems with the cases? (Yes/No)

 

17      Do you feel stress at the workplace? (Yes/No)

 

18      Do your performance affected at the workplace in comparison with your other colleagues? (Yes/No)

 

19      How you cope up with the stress?

 

20      Do you or your family feel isolated because of the pendency of these cases? (Yes/No)

 

21   Do you think family reputation has been damaged due to the pendency of the cases? (Yes/No)

 

22   Have you or your family shared this ordeal with your friends, relatives, or colleagues? (Yes/No)

How often you share (Less than 1 week/ 1-4 weeks/more than 4 weeks)

 

23      During the pendency of the case, whether prospects for the marriage of unmarried siblings have been affected? (Yes/No)

 

24      In normal days, before corona, How often do you have to travel to attend the court proceedings?

(more than 3 times per month/1-3 times/ less than 1)

 

25      Are you facing financial problems due to the Litigations? (Yes/No)

 

26      Have you ever contacted courts for free legal aid? (Yes/No)

27     If free legal aid services are provided, Are you willing to take the free legal aid services to overcome the financial problems?

 (Yes/No/Cannot say)

 

28      On the rating scale, where you place the free legal services in 498-A cases? 

(1-Good 2-Satisfactory 3- Below Satisfactory 4 -poor 5- Cannot say)

 

29     Do you think that there should be a speedier trail for disposal of these cases? (Yes/No/Cannot say)

 

30     Do you think that a married woman and her family should also have to face the consequences of filing false cases? (Yes/No/cannot say)

 

31      Do you think that there are weak provisions to prosecute the woman and her family members which encourages the woman to file the false cases? (Yes/ No/Cannot say)

 

32      Do you think that Police without investigation mechanically files the charge-sheet in 498-A cases (Yes/No/Cannot say)

 

33      During the pendency of the cases, whether a woman or her family members directly or indirectly demands money to settle the cases? (Yes/No/prefer not to say)

 

34     Whether your wife also has filed the 125 CRPC & DV cases against you and your family ( Yes/ No/Prefer not to say)

 

35     Do you think that there is a need for a men’s rights commission where the man grievances should also be heard? (Yes/No/Cannot say)

 

36      Any suggestion you want to give?