Rise in women misusing law to get lucrative settlements: SC

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday flagged a "worrying trend" of women misusing laws on dowry harassment, domestic violence and Pocso by filing frivolous and vexatious complaint against husband and in-laws. The court said genuine cases were getting overshadowed and obscured by the "overwhelming" number of false cases filed by spouses as an "arm-twisting" method to reach a more lucrative settlement.

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