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Are Marriage Settlements and Reconciliations at Mahila Police Stations Proper ?

You might have heard about the process of mediation and reconciliation process at Mahila Thana, if not then let me tell you that this process begins when a aggrieved women (aggrieved of domestic violence, dowry harassment, cruelty and abuse- verbal, economic, social, physical etc.) approaches the Mahila Police Station of her jurisdiction area and files a complaint against her husband and in-laws.  After such complaint, as per the process, the officials calls and informs the husband and in-laws of the contents of the complaint and allegations alleged therein and ask them to visit the P.S on specific date and thereafter start to reconcile the dispute in hand and the same goes over for almost 5-6 dates. However, there is no specific period or number of dates mentioned for this reconciliation stage but occasionally 5-6 is an average decent number in the state like Delhi.  In 99.9 % of cases, the disputes remains unresolved and the matter be then forwarded to registrati...