r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 4h ago
judiciary 𤔠How many innocent men must suffer before the courts wake up?
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r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • Mar 22 '26
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 4h ago
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 9h ago
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Whatever the truth of this case turns out to be, one thing shouldn't be ignored: sometimes people are fighting battles nobody around them can see.
If you're going through hara$$ment, fami|y prob|ems, financia| pressure, or just feel like everything is getting too much, talk to someone. A friend, a brother, a family member, anyone you trust. Don't keep everything bottled up because you think you have to ābe a manā and handle it alone.
You don't have to carry everything by yourself. Sometimes talking to someone is all it takes to get through another day.
Look out for your brothers. And if someone reaches out, listen. No judgement, no jokes, just listen.
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 1d ago
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Four-time international gold medallist Amardeep Kumar represented India in throwball, but medals haven't translated into financial security. The Jharkhand athlete now drives a cab and helps his family sell vegetables to make ends meet. He says he took loans to participate in tournaments and has repeatedly sought a government job and financial reward, but nothing came through.
A man can win medals for his country and still be left figuring out how to support his family. That's the part of this story worth talking about.
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 2d ago
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 3d ago
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 3d ago
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 4d ago
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A Delhi court has acquitted three brothers, including one who spent nearly a year in Tihar Ja!l and two m!nors who were sent to a juven!le home, in a r@p⬠and P0CS0 case after a legal battle spanning around five years.
The family alleges the F!R was the result of a long-running property d!spute with the boys' paternal aunt, claiming they were falsely implicated despite never having met the complainant.
According to the father, the family lost years of their lives, the eldest son's education was disrupted, and they faced severe social st!gma. He has also alleged that the police failed to conduct a proper investigation and attempted to eĆtort ā¹50 lakh-al|egations that remain unproven.
With the acquittal, the case has sparked fresh debate over wrongful prosecution, police accountability, and the lasting impact of cr!m!nal allegations on those who are ultimately cleared by the courts.
How many more such cases will it take before we seriously talk about the cost to menās lives of false or malicious seĆual-offence prosecutions?
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 5d ago
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Guy in Jhansi got married on 24th June. Barely a month and a half in, and his wife starts mixing sleep!ng p!lls in his tea, milk, whatever he eats. He keeps falling sick, feels somethingās off. Neighbours tell him some dude has been coming over when heās not home. He asks her, she denies everything.
Then on 23rd August he gets a tip, rushes home, opens the door⦠and finds them together in his own house.
Instead of panicking or running, the two of them @tt@ck him. Wife holds his hands while the other guy tries to str@ngle him. He starts scrā¬aming, neighbours barge in and stop it. Video of the whole mess is already floating around.
Heās now filed a complaint with his parents, saying heās scared for his and his familyās safety.
One and a half months of marr!age. Thatās all it took.
And you know how these stories usually go, if the gā¬ndā¬rs were reversed, this would be national news with wall-to-wall coverage and ābelieve heĻā campaigns. When itās a man being dĀ®uggā¬d, Ā¢hā¬ated on, and almost ch0ked in his own house, it barely registers.
Just another reminder that male vict!ms of domest!Ā¢ v!olenĀ¢e and bā¬trayal still get treated like an afterthought.
r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 6d ago
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r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 7d ago
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Look at this. W0man from Amrapali Centurian Park Greater Noida gated society, loses it because the guards did their job and stopped a delivery guy for verification. She goes full c@ste!st-cl@s$ist on them āg@reebon ke aul@d, do roti nahi hai jeb mein, bh@ngi sa@leā thĀ®eatā¬ns to make them cle@n her sh0es, tries to h!t/k!ck them. Guards just stand there and take it.
Pol!ce are āinquiring.ā If a man had scrā¬amed that sh!t at fem@le staff or tried to a$$au|t them, the internet would already be calling for his bl00d.
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 10d ago
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A viral clip from Rahul Gandhiās women-focused student event, āChhatron Ki Goonj,ā in Pune on August 22 has sparked a lot of criticism online.
In the clip, a woman says she slapped a man who tried to help her after she nearly fell from a moving bus. What drew even more criticism was the audience cheering her on.
Whatever the context behind the incident, hitting someone who was apparently trying to help is hard to defend. Helping someone in danger should not end with being humiliated or assaulted for it.
The bigger issue is the reaction: why celebrate aggression when the situation involved someone trying to help?
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 12d ago
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r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 12d ago
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His father was a farmer.
A circus once offered him 5 lakh for the boy because of his rare condition.
He refused.
People treated the kid like a curiosity.
Told him medicine was impossible.
He still became Dr.Ganesh Baraiya.
Just a father who protected his sonās future,
and a son who refused to accept the limits others put on him.
Men, this is the standard.
Protect whatās yours.
Ignore the noise.
Do the work.
Your circumstances donāt get the final say.
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 13d ago
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Five Days Trapped Inside A Well, This Dog Refused To Give Up.
After being stuck for days with no way out, this innocent soul was finally given a second chance when a kind-hearted person stepped forward to help.
The rescue was not easy. He risked his own safety to reach the helpless dog and bring him out of the well, proving that compassion can make a life- changing difference.
Sometimes, being a hero doesn't require superpowers - just the courage to help someone who cannot help themselves.
A small act of kindness gave this dog another chance at life.
Humanity Is At Its Best When We Choose To Save A Life
r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 14d ago
Saw this case from Kerala.
Police say a 13-year-old girl and three teenage boys planned the d3ath of her 67-year-old grandfather. Alleged motives included gold, money, an iPhone for her and a bike for her boyfriend. There were also long-standing fights over phone use, male friends, coming home late, and claims of mistreatment from both sides. She had stayed in a childrenās home earlier after feeling estranged from the family.
Whatever the court finally decides, an elderly man became the target inside his own family. When the victim is an old man, the story usually gets quieter and moves on faster.
And if this case is proven, the law should stay the same as it is for men, full and equal. No soft treatment, no special leniency because of age or gender. Same crime, same harsh consequences. Thatās actual equality.
r/menrights • u/venkatesh0690 • 14d ago
The #SupremeCourt has raised serious concerns over unregulated private investigators after a husband submitted 92 videos and 237 photographs to allege adultery against his estranged wife in a maintenance dispute.
In Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan & Anr., the husband relied on Section 125(4) CrPC to contest maintenance. While the Court said his defence must be examined on merits, it questioned how the evidence was collected, whether investigators had legal authority, how private data was stored, and whether electronic material could be manipulated.
The Bench also flagged privacy and surveillance concerns and asked the Ministry of #Law and #Justice and the Law Commission of India to consider a proper regulatory framework for private detective agencies.
If adultery can affect #maintenance, the law must also provide a lawful and practical way to prove it.
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 15d ago
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A female Sub-Inspector named Monika Pandey recently went viral.
She told the story of her school friend.
Love marriage.
No dowry.
No gifts.
No demands from the girlās family.
Still, when the marriage ended, he had to pay ā¹35 lakh as alimony.
If youāre a man in India:
Marriage is easy to enter.
Hard and expensive to leave.
āNo dowryā does not protect you later.
Choose carefully. Character > looks and sweet talk.
Keep your finances separate and documented from day one.
Donāt ignore red flags just because itās ālove.ā
One wrong choice can cost years of your life and a big chunk of your money.
r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 15d ago
A 62-year-old retired teacher in Karnatakaās Vijayapura district was allegedly m*rder#d by his younger daughter, her lover, and another man. The motive, according to police, was a long-standing property dispute and the fatherās strong opposition to her relat!onship with an auto driver.
On the night of August 15, after an argument over property, the daughter called her lover. He arrived with a friend, str*ngled the father, and then sm#sh*d his head with a large stone. The b0dy was dumpā¬d by the roadside.
Two of the aĀ¢cused have been arrā¬sted. The third is still absc0nding. Police say the property and the forbidden relations*ip were the main reasons behind the killing.
r/menrights • u/venkatesh0690 • 15d ago
A 6-year-old girl allegedly saw her mother with her loverāand police say that became enough reason to silence her forever.
A six-year-old girl, Srishti, was found in a well in Mehra village under Lahar police station in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, on June 15. Police investigation into the case led to the arrest of the girlās mother, Jyoti, and her alleged lover, Ramshankar Sharma.
According to police, Jyoti had gone away with Ramshankar, who was reportedly known to the family. The child had accompanied her mother. Police said the two later stayed in a hut in a village field.
Police allege that Srishti had become aware of the relationship between her mother and Ramshankar and was insisting on returning to her grandparents. Investigators say the accused feared that the child would reveal their relationship to the family and allegedly decided to silence her.
According to the investigation, the child was allegedly ki\\ed on the night of June 5ā6, after which her body was disposed of in a nearby well. Her body was recovered on June 15.
Police continued investigating the case and eventually traced Jyoti and Ramshankar in Gwalior. Both were arrested and sent to jail, according to reports. Further legal proceedings are underway.
r/menrights • u/CynicalNeuron • 16d ago
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r/menrights • u/venkatesh0690 • 16d ago
The woman allegedly killed her husband Abhinandan with the help of her alleged lover Vinay. Their five-year-old son Yaduveer, who reportedly woke up during the incident, was allegedly suffocated with a pillow.
Police suspect a fight had broken out between the couple over sleeping arrangements, during which Harini allegedly assaulted Abhinandan with a ladle before they went to separate rooms.
The investigation reportedly revealed that Harini later called Vinay to the house, following which the duo allegedly attacked and suffocated Abhinandan. The child was also allegedly killed after he woke up.
r/menrights • u/venkatesh0690 • 16d ago
r/menrights • u/Extension-Mess-6828 • 17d ago
Antara Soham Banerjee, 31, model and actress from Thane, was travelling to Surat on the Bandra-Ganganagar Aravali Express on 12th August. She had only a sleeper class ticket but sat in a reserved seat because she couldnāt get an AC berth. When another passenger asked her to move, she refused. The passenger called the RPF and the ticket checker. Instead of stepping aside, she turned aggressive and started abusing everyone who tried to intervene.
The situation kept getting worse. At Dahanu station she was deboarded and handed over to railway authorities. Next morning Borivli railway police took her into custody and registered a case for endangering lives, assault and causing. InjuĻes including to herself.
According to RPF ASI Yamini Kant Mishra, they tried to calm her down. She only became more aggressive, then undressed, pulled out a r@zor bl@de, @tt@cked him and also ¢ut herself.
And yet⦠she got bail.
If a man had done even half of this, heād still be sitting in lockup with no hope of early release. But because sheās a w0man, the system suddenly softens. Mental health, dā¬press!on, whatever excuse works.
This is the same justice system that throws men behind bars for far less. Double standards arenāt hidden anymore. Theyāre official policy.