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Amendment to CrPC has been proposed for NRI marriage issue: Maneka IANS | New Delhi Last Updated at July 27, 2018 21:55 IST

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that amendment to Code of Criminal Procedure has been proposed for better tackling of issues related to NRI men abandoning wives in India and absconding.

"Amendment to CrPC has also been proposed, wherein in case an erring spouse does not appear after the summons has been uploaded, he will be declared a proclaimed offender," she tweeted after she attended a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children" here.

"The problem of women being abandoned in NRI marriages is a grave issue. For the first time, government of India is providing coordinated support to women facing problems in their marriage to NRIs," she wrote.

Gandhi also said that based on the recommendations by NCW, the Integrated Nodal Agency (INA) has been issuing Look-Out Circulars (LoCs) to absconding husbands in cases of NRI Marriages.

"Till now, 6 LoCs have been issued. MEA has also revoked passports of erring husbands," she said.

--IANS

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Mediation cell on NCPCR website for Indians who elope with their children from abroad: Maneka Gandhi PTI | Jul 27, 2018, 10.33 PM IST

NEW DELHI: A mediation cell has been opened on the website of the

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for complaints of

Indians who fled with their children from abroad, Union minister Maneka

Gandhi said on Friday.

Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions,

Maneka Gandhi said the cell consisting of members of the ministry of

external affairs and NCPCR would contact the embassies of the respective

countries and try to reach a solution after consultations with them.

About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention,

she said If India was a signatory then the child would have to be sent back

and the woman apprehended.

"We refused that we would not send our women back so their child is

snatched away from them," the minister for women and child development

said.

She said her ministry has been desperately looking for a solution for

women who eloped from abroad with their child to escape domestic

violence or for some other issue.

"We haven't come to a solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has

been formed," she added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect

children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the

other parent.

She recommended members of the women commissions to follow three

things - release a book on the performance every year, identify single

cases and try to solve them and hire lawyers for women who cannot afford

it.

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Amendment to CrPC has been proposed for NRI marriage

issue: Maneka Latest News By: IANS Friday, 27 July 2018 10:00:11 PM

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NEW DELHI : Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi

on Friday said that amendment to Code of Criminal Procedure has been

proposed for better tackling of issues related to NRI men abandoning wives in

India and absconding.

"Amendment to CrPC has also been proposed, wherein in case an erring

spouse does not appear after the summons has been uploaded, he will be

declared a proclaimed offender," she tweeted after she attended a seminar on

"NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children" here.

"The problem of women being abandoned in NRI marriages is a grave issue. For

the first time, government of India is providing coordinated support to women

facing problems in their marriage to NRIs," she wrote.

Gandhi also said that based on the recommendations by NCW, the Integrated

Nodal Agency (INA) has been issuing Look-Out Circulars (LoCs) to absconding

husbands in cases of NRI Marriages.

"Till now, 6 LoCs have been issued. MEA has also revoked passports of erring

husbands," she said.

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Sushma Swaraj: New Law To Tackle Problems In NRI

Marriages

Jul 27, 2018, 21:47 IST | IANS

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a

new bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament

Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new law to

tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like confiscating the

property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives.

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a new bill is

likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament.

"We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRI men who

have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded. Those responding

to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be seized," she added.

Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be cancelled and the

property will also be confiscated.

"And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his aggrieved wife. We

will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure. We are already in talks

with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are being made to ensure that a law is in place by the

end of this year," she said.

In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who have been

deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of

abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The accused whose passports were revoked have

surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added.

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Agent who trafficked 39 Indians to Iraq still sending people abroad: Swaraj Posted on 28/07/2018 by Dailyexcelsior

NEW DELHI, July 27: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said the agent responsible for trafficking 39 Indians to Iraq, who were abducted and later killed, was still operating his business and urged state women commissions to crackdown against such illegal agents. Swaraj had told Parliament in March that the 39 Indians, who were were abducted by the ISIS terror outfit in Mosul three years ago, were dead. While addressing a national conference on state women commissions, she urged them to launch a crackdown on the illegal network of agents operating across the country. She lamented that agent who transported the 39 Indians to Iraq was still sending people abroad. Swaraj said the passage of the anti-trafficking bill was a very good step but till the network of such illegal agents was curbed its full impact could not be realised. “Young boys are trafficked from Mumbai who say that they are being sent to different merchant ships as crew members, but in reality they are being sent for smuggling and when they get arrested in other countries it becomes very difficult to rescue them from there,” she rued. Swaraj advised that people need to go only through authorised Government agents. “The Ministry has all the information of people who go through government authorised agents and we know who is the employer. So in case of any unforseen incident, we have an agent responsible for them,” she said. She said the state commissions need to identify these illegal agents and give their names to the Chief Minister and ask him to take action against “so called agents”. “Half of the problem would be solved if such agents are identified and a crackdown is launched against them,” she added. (PTI)

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Govt framing new law to tackle problems in NRI marriages: Sushma Swaraj At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and

children", she said that a new bill is likely to be taken up in the

next session of Parliament. Edited by: India TV News Desk, New Delhi [ Updated: July 28, 2018 7:13 IST ]

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Sushma Swaraj

The government is framing a new law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and

providing for deterrent measures, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on

Friday. The measures would include confiscation of property of NRIs who have

abandoned their wives.

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that

a new bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament.

"We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against

NRI men who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be

uploaded. Those responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his

properties would be seized," she added.

Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be

canceled and the property will also be confiscated.

"And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his

aggrieved wife. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal

Procedure. We are already in talks with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are

being make to ensure that a law is in place by the end of this year," she said.

In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who

have been deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men

accused of abandoning their wives have been canceled. The accused whose

passports were revoked have surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added.

(With IANS inputs)

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MEA portal to track missing husbands THE ASIAN AGE. Published : Jul 28, 2018, 1:39 am IST Updated : Jul 28, 2018, 1:39 am IST

The MEA is developing a portal, where summons and warrants against absconding NRI

husbands would be served.

New Delhi: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) is developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be attached, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said on Friday.

She said for coming up with such a portal, there needs to be amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) that would allow the district magistrate to accept such summons and warrants put on the portal to be “deemed as served”.

The external affairs minister said the law ministry, legislative Assembly, home ministry and the women and child development ministry have agreed on the proposal, according to news agency PTI.

According to the MEA, 3,328 complaints have been received during the last three years (January 2015 to November, 2017) from distressed Indian women deserted by their NRI spouses. The MEA is developing a portal, where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be “attached,” Ms Swaraj said.

Attachment is a legal process by which at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor. The creditor in this case would be the victim.

“We are trying if the amendments could be introduced in the Cabinet and we would try to get it passed in the next Parliament session,” Ms Swaraj was quoted as saying said at a conference on NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and Children.

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MEA developing portal to serve summons,

warrants against absconding NRI

husbands, says Swaraj

MPOST BUREAU | 28 July 2018 12:03 AM

New Delhi: The MEA is developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding

NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be declared a

proclaimed offender and his property would be attached, Union minister Sushma Swaraj said on

Friday.

She said for coming up with such a portal; there need to be amendments in the Code of Criminal

Procedure (CrPc) that would allow district magistrate to accept such summons and warrants put

on the portal to be "deemed as served".

The External Affairs Minister said the Law Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Home Ministry and the

Women and Child Development Ministry have agreed on the proposal.

Swaraj said the move aims to prevent NRI marriages where husbands abandon their wives and

flee or mentally and physically abuse them after marriage in a foreign country.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, 3,328 complaints have been received during the last

three years (January 2015 to November 2017) from distressed Indian women deserted by their

NRI spouses.

In a bid to prevent such fraudulent marriages, the Ministry of External Affairs is developing a

portal, where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if

the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property

would be "attached", Swaraj said. Attachment is a legal process by which at the request of a

creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or

sold for the benefit of the creditor.

The creditor, in this case, would be the victim. "We are trying if the amendments could be

introduced in the Cabinet and we would try to get it passed in the next Parliament session," she

said at the national conference on NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and Children. But in

the meantime, an inter-ministerial committee has been established for which the Ministry of

Women and Child Development is the nodal authority.

The committee also has members from the Law Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs and

based on their recommendations lookout notices against eight absconders have been issued,

and their passports have been cancelled. "The accused whose passports were revoked have

surrendered," she added.

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Agent Who Trafficked 39 Indians To Iraq Still Doing Business: Swaraj

By Agencies Last updated Jul 27, 2018

New Delh: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the agent responsible

for trafficking 39 Indians to Iraq, who were abducted and later killed, was still operating

his business and urged state women commissions to crackdown against such illegal

agents.

Swaraj had told Parliament in March that the 39 Indians, who were were abducted by the

ISIS terror outfit in Mosul three years ago, were dead.

While addressing a national conference on state women commissions, she urged them

to launch a crackdown on the illegal network of agents operating across the country. She

lamented that agent who transported the 39 Indians to Iraq was still sending people

abroad.

Swaraj said the passage of the anti-trafficking bill was a very good step but till the

network of such illegal agents was curbed its full impact could not be realised. “Young

boys are trafficked from Mumbai who say that they are being sent to different merchant

ships as crew members, but in reality they are being sent for smuggling and when they

get arrested in other countries it becomes very difficult to rescue them from there,” she

rued.

Swaraj advised that people need to go only through authorised government agents.

“The ministry has all the information of people who go through government authorised

agents and we know who is the employer. So in case of any unforseen incident, we have

an agent responsible for them,” she said. “Half of the problem would be solved if such

agents are identified and a crackdown is launched against them,” she added. (PTI)

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LAW TO NAIL DESERTER NRI HUBBIES SOON

Saturday, 28 July 2018 | PNS | New Delhi

Govt to legalise online summons/warrants,

assets to be seized in case of defiance

NRI husbands abandoning their wives would

soon face the legal music as the Centre plans

to bring in a law to deal with them.

Union Minister of External Affairs (MEA)

Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the

Government will frame a law — Summons

and Warrants Against Indian People Living

Abroad — in the next session of Parliament

entailing serving of summons and warrants

online and confiscation of property of NRI husbands who defy the law.

“The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants on Indians/NRIs living abroad through a

new MEA website. It is mainly targeted at NRIs who have abandoned their wives. We will upload

summons and warrants on the website and those not responding to it will be declared a proclaimed

offender and his properties would be seized.

“We will get a law to this effect passed preferably in the next session of Parliament,” Swaraj said after

inaugurating day-long national seminar on “NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children”,

jointly organised by the MEA and the Maharashtra State Commission for Women.

The Government is in the process of developing a portal too, she said, adding that the Law Ministry,

the Home Ministry and the Women and Child Development Ministry have agreed to the proposal.

According to the MEA, 3,328 complaints were received during the last three years (January 2015 to

November, 2017) from distressed Indian women deserted by their NRI spouses. In Punjab alone,

there are over 15,000 women who are affected with this menace.

“We are acting tough in such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of abandoning

their wives have been cancelled. The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered,” she

added.

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said till the time a law comes into

force, an inter-ministerial coordination committee has been formed to look into grievances of

affected women. “My Ministry gets 10-12 complaints regarding NRI marriages on a daily basis.

Similar complaints come to the MEA. The committee does coordination work and ensures that each

case is handled effectively so that aggrieved women get relief,” she said.

Talking about the problem of trafficking of women and illegal immigration, Swaraj said a new

phenomenon of “asylum seekers” have come to notice where youngsters in the age group 20-25 are

trying to get to the US through Mexico and are getting caught on borders.

“We have come across three batches of around 500 people mostly from Punjab and Haryana who

are illegally trying to get into the US. Illegal immigration agents are charging Rs 20-25 lakh for this.

It is a very dangerous trend which we need to stop,” she added. Sushma lamented despite her

repeated requests, State Governments have failed to take action against illegal agents who are

operating freely.

Maharashtra State Women Commission Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said the State panel has taken

various initiatives to tackle the problem of NRI marriages and trafficking of women. “Apart from

taking courts to doorsteps of affected people, we have published books in Marathi to make women

aware of various social problems affecting them.

“We have also created a helpline and a special cell for NRI marriages in Maharashtra, a first-of-its-

kind initiative in India. We have urged the Foreign Minister to create a similar cell at the national

level,” Rahatkar said.

Rahatkar further said, “Similarly cases of trafficking of women and children are also growing.

Trafficking of Indians to other nations and of women of other nationalities, particularly from Nepal,

Bangladesh, Burma and erstwhile Russian Federation nations are on the rise. We also need to find

ways to address this burning issue.”

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Sushma Swaraj urges all CMs

to control illegal agents

trafficking women for jobs Sushma Swaraj said she had come across cases where women were assured

a certain job in one country, but trafficked to another country only to be

subjected to abuse. By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: July 28, 2018 4:23:02 am

X Swaraj at the conference in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI Photo)

The Ministry of External Affair’s (MEA) hands are tied when it comes to acting against

agents who illegally facilitate migration of Indians to work abroad, External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj said on Friday, while urging all states to register cases against such agents

operating illegally within their jurisdiction.

“This is a rampant problem. Our hands are tied. I have written to all chief ministers to control

agents who traffic women for job,” Swaraj said said at the national conference on NRI

Marriages and Trafficking of women and children, which was organised by the MEA and

Maharashtra State Commission for Women in New Delhi.

Referring to The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill,

2018, which was passed by Lok Sabha on Thursday, Swaraj said: “Under the Trafficking

Bill, agents will now be booked for trafficking women on pretext of employment…”

The Bill provides for the prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation of trafficked persons.

The Minister said that since the BJP government had come to power, the MEA had helped to

bring back over one lakh women, including distressed Indian women deserted by their NRI

spouses and those stuck abroad after being duped by agents over job opportunities.

Swaraj said she had come across cases where women were assured a certain job in one

country, but trafficked to another country only to be subjected to abuse. “In several cases,

these stranded Indians have created Twitter accounts to reach out to our Ministry,” the

Minister said.

Dnyaneshwar Mulay, secretary (CPV and OIA), MEA, said that Indian missions and posts in

other countries have been informed and sensitised about these issues. “Migrants seeking

employment abroad should go through only government agents,” he said.

To regulate issues arising in marriages with NRIs, Swaraj said, the MEA is developing a

portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and

if the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property

would be attached.

“For this a CrPC amendment is required. Home Ministry and WCD are on it with us. A

dedicated portal on our website will display list of court summons in NRI marriage cases and

it will be deemed as served. The husband will be declared offender if he does not appear,”

she said.

Union WCD minister Menaka Gandhi meanwhile said that a single window portal had been

already set up to accept all such complaints. “The WCD provides names for lookout notices

to MEA that can revoke passports in cases where husband is found guilty of abandoning his

wife…Eight cases have come to us so far where passports have been revoked,” she said.

Gandhi said that while around 200 one-stop-crisis centre exist in India, over 600 more are

slated to be launched for women in legal or medical aid.

According to Rakesh Kumar Garg, Chairperson of State Commission for NRI in Punjab,

maximum number of complaints related to NRI marriages have been registered in the state.

https://www.abplive.in/india-news/govt-to-frame-law-to-tackle-problems-in-nri-marriages-733548

Govt to frame law to tackle problems in NRI marriages

By: ANI | Updated: 28 Jul 2018 08:05 AM

New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Centre is in the process of framing a new law to tackle problems in NRI marriages and provide for deterrent measures like confiscating the property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives and illegally married abroad.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that the government will enact a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', during the next session of Parliament.

"Government will make a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', in next session of Parliament which will make provision of confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives in India and illegally married abroad," Swaraj said at a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children".

She further said that her Ministry will be developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRIs who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded.

"The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants against NRIs who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad through a new MEA website. We will upload summons and warrants on the website and those not responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be seized," she said.

The External Affairs Minister said that under the new law, the passport of the person will be canceled along with the confiscation of the property.

Swaraj also said that the external affairs ministry is in talks with the law and home ministries and all efforts are being made to ensure that a law is in place by the end of this year.

"We will not only cancel the passport but also confiscate the property. And NRIs who don't return, their property could be sold to give financial aid to their aggrieved wives. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure," she added.

According to the MEA, 3,328 complaints were received during the last three years from Indian women who have been deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough in such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," Swaraj said. (ANI)

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Centre to frame law to tackle problems in NRI marriages: Sushma Swaraj Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that the government will enact a law,

'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', during the

next session of Parliament to tackle problems in NRI marriages

Published: 28th July 2018 08:41 AM |

External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj (File| AP)

By ANI

NEW DELHI: The Centre is in the process of framing a new law to tackle

problems in NRI marriages and provide for deterrent measures like

confiscating the property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives and

illegally married abroad.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that the

government will enact a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian

People Living Abroad', during the next session of Parliament.

"Government will make a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian

People Living Abroad', in next session of Parliament which will make

provision of confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their

wives in India and illegally married abroad," Swaraj said at a seminar on

"NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children".

She further said that her Ministry will be developing a separate website

where summons and warrants against NRIs who have abandoned their

wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded.

"The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants against NRIs

who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad

through a new MEA website. We will upload summons and warrants on

the website and those not responding to it will be declared a proclaimed

offender and his properties would be seized," she said.

The External Affairs Minister said that under the new law, the passport of

the person will be canceled along with the confiscation of the property.

Swaraj also said that the external affairs ministry is in talks with the law

and home ministries and all efforts are being made to ensure that a law is

in place by the end of this year.

"We will not only cancel the passport but also confiscate the property.

And NRIs who don't return, their property could be sold to give financial

aid to their aggrieved wives. We will have to make some amendments in

the Code of Criminal Procedure," she added.

According to the MEA, 3,328 complaints were received during the last

three years from Indian women who have been deserted by their NRI

husbands.

"We are acting tough in such cases. For a start, the passports of eight

NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The

accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," Swaraj said.

(ANI)

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absconding-bridegroom-going-abroad

शादी कर विदेश भाग जाने िाले दुल्ह ों की

सोंपवि जब्ती का कानून बनाएगी सरकार डिडिटल बू्यरो, अमर उिाला, नई डिल्ली Updated Sat, 28 Jul 2018 02:01 AM IST

डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि ने कहा है डक भारत में लड़डकयो ंसे शािी कर डििेश भाग िाने

िाले भगोडे़ िुल्ो ंकी भारत में मौिूि संपडि को िब्त करने के डलए कानून बनाया िा रहा

है। इसे समन एिं िारंट अगेंस्ट इंडियन पीपुल्स लीडिंग एबरोि, का नाम डिया गया है।

मंत्रालय का प्रयास है डक यह डबल संसि के चालू सत्र में ही पेश कर डिया िाए। अगर इस

बार यह पेश नही ंहो सका तो अगले सत्र में इसे कानून का रूप िे डिया िाएगा।

स्वराि शुक्रिार को महाराष्ट्र सरकार के राज्य मडहला आयोग द्वारा एनआरआई डििाह एिं

मडहला अिैध तस्करी, डिषय पर आयोडित एक सेडमनार में बोल रही थी।ं उन्ोनें कहा, इस

कानून में यह प्रािधान भी रहेगा डक डििेश में रहने िाले डकसी भारतीय को अगर समन या

िारंट भेिना हो तो उसे मंत्रालय की समडपित िेबसाइट पर प्रकाडशत डकया िाएगा। यहां

पर प्रकाडशत होने के बाि यह माना िाएगा डक िारंट-नोडटस संबंडधत व्यक्ति ने इसे पढ़

डलया है।

डििेश मंत्री ने कहा डक यह िेखा गया है डक यहां से शािी कर भागने िाले िुले् डििेश में

िाकर अपना पता, ईमेल ि फोन नंबर बिल लेते हैं। उसी को ध्यान में रखकर यह

िेबसाइट तैयार की िा रही है। भगोडे़ िुले् की भारत में संपडि िब्त करने का िो मसौिा

तैयार डकया गया है, उस पर कें द्रीय गृह मंत्री रािनाथ डसंह, कानून मंत्री रडिशंकर प्रसाि

और मडहला एिं बाल डिकास मंत्री मेनका गांधी सहमत हैं। अकेले पंिाब में ही करीब 15

हिार मडहलायें ऐसी हैं, िो एनआरआई डििाह के मामलो ंमें फंसी हैं।

डििेश भेिने के डलए मानि तस्करी का एक नया रूप सामने आया है। डििेश मंत्री ने कहा,

एिेंट लोगो ंको शरणाथी बनाकर डििेश भेि रहे हैं। इसमें पंिाब पहले नंबर पर, हररयाणा

िूसरे और गुिरात तीसरे स्थान पर है। एक व्यक्ति से लगभग 25 लाख रुपए डलए िाते हैं।

एिेंट इनके िस्तािेि में क्या डलखते हैं, यह बड़ा रोचक है।

पंिाब से आिेिन करने िालो ंके िस्तािेिो ंमें डलखा होता है डक हम आम आिमी पाटी के

कायिकताि हैं, िहां पर कांगे्रस पाटी की सरकार है, िह हमें प्रताडड़त कर रही है। इसडलए

हमें अपने िेश में शरण िे िीडिए।

हररयाणा के आिेिक डलखते हैं डक हम इनेलो के कायिकताि हैं, िहां पर भािपा की सरकार

है, िह हमें परेशान कर रही है। यही ििह है डक हम आपके िेश में शरण चाहते हैं।डपछले

तीन साल में करीब 600 लोगो ंने इस तरकीब का सहारा लेकर अमेररका में िाने की चेष्ट्ा

की है। राज्य सरकारो ंको अिैध एिेंटो ंपर डशकंिा कसना होगा।

http://womenexpresstv.com/2018/07/27/govt-to-bring-frame-a-law-this-

year-to-penalize-nri-men-who-have-deserted-their-wives-sushma-swaraj/

NRI दूल्ह ों की सोंपवि जब्त करने की तैयारी July 27, 2018 Khushboo Pandey 0

NEW DELHI. डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि ने कहा है डक भारत में लड़डकयो ंसे शािी

करके डििेश भाग िाने िाले भगोडे़ िुल्ो ंकी भारत में मौिूि संपडि को िब्त डकया

िाएगा। इससे िुड़ा कानून, समनस एंि िॉरेंटस अगेंस्ट इंडियन पीपुल्स लीडिंग एबरोि,

संसि के अगले सत्र में लाया िाएगा। इस कानून की कड़ी में ही एक और सहायक कानून

भी लाया िा रहा है। इसके तहत यह व्यिस्था की िाएगी डक डििेश में रहने िाले भारतीय

िो यहां शािी करके भाग गए हैं, उन्ें अगर समनस और िारंट िेना हो तो उनके पीछे िाने

की ििह एक समडपित िेबसाइट पर उस नोडटस िारंट को प्रकाडशत डकया िाएगा। यहां पर

प्रकाडशत िारंट नोडटस को यह मान्यता होगी डक उसे संबंडधत व्यक्ति द्वारा पढ़ा हुआ और

प्राप्त डकया गया माना िाएगा। इस समय िेश में ऐसी व्यिस्था है डक अगर कोई व्यक्ति

सम्मन नोडटस िारंट नही ंलेता है तो उसके डनिास के्षत्र के डकसी अखबार में डिज्ञापन िेकर

उसे बताया िाता है डक उसके क्तखलाफ नोडटस िारंट िारी है। इसे अिालत में संबंडधत

व्यक्ति द्वारा प्राप्त डकया गया माना िाता है। उसी तिि पर इस िेबसाइट पर ििि नोडटस

िारंट को भी मान्यता होगी।

–इससे जुडा कानून सोंसद के सत्र में लाएगी सरकार : सुषमा स्वराज

–विदेश मोंत्रालय की िेबसाइट पर दजज हहगी भगहडह ों की जन्म कुों डली

–एनआरआई मैररजेस एों ड टर ैफवकों ग ऑफ िूमेन एों ड विल्ड्र न: इशू्यज एों ड िे फॉरिडज

पर सेवमनार

सुषमा स्वराि आि यहां महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग की ओर से आयोडित, एनआरआई

मैररिेस एंि टर ैफडकंग ऑफ िूमेन एंि डचल्ड्र न: इशू्यि एंि िे फॉरििि नामक सेडमनार को

संबोडधत कर रही थी।

दुल्ें विदेश में जाकर अपना पता, ईमेल, फहन नोंबर बदल लेते हैं

डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि ने कहा डक यह िेखा गया है डक यहां से शािी करके भागने

िाले िुल्ें डििेश में िाकर अपना पता, ईमेल, फोन नंबर बिल लेते हैं। उसी को ध्यान में

रखकर यह िेबसाइट लांच की िा रही है। इसकी तैयारी लगभग पूरी हो गई है। िल्द ही

इसे लांच डकया िाएगा। उन्ोनें कहा डक भगोडे़ िुल्ो ंकी भारत में संपडि िब्त करने पर

अगले सत्र में कानून लाया िाएगा। कें द्रीय गृह मंत्री रािनाथ डसंह, कानून मंत्री रडिशंकर

प्रसाि और मडहला एिं बाल डिकास मंत्रालय मंत्री मेनका गांधी इस पर सहमत हैं।

पोंजाब में हजारह ों दुल्हनेेे ोें पीवडत

सुषमा स्वराि ने कहा डक िेश में एनआरआई िुल्ो ंके भागने की संख्या डकतनी है इसका

अंिािा इसी बात से लगाया िा सकता है डक केिल पंिाब में ऐसी 15000 मडहलाएं

(िुल्नें) हैं िो इस समस्या से पीड ित हैं। इसमें कुछ हि तक अडभभािक की यह सोच भी

डिमे्मिार हैं डक बच्ची डििेश में रहेगी। खुश रहेगी। इस लालच में पहले पूरी पड़ताल िुले्

को लेकर नही की िाती है।

सुषमा स्वराि ने कहा डक एक अन्य समस्या मानि तस्करी या अिैध एिेंट द्वारा डििेश

भेिने की है। डबना पड़ताल डकये ही लेाग डकसी भी व्यक्ति के बहकािे मेंंं आकर डििेश

िाने को तैयार हो िाते हैं। ऐसे ही एक मामले में मंुबई की फरीिा का आया है।

सेडमनार में अन्य लोगो ंके साथ महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग की अध्यक्ष डििया राहटकर भी

उपक्तस्थत थी।

पीव डत मवहलाओों के वलए न्याय जरूरी : मेनका गाोंधी

कें द्रीय मडहला एिं बाल डिकास मंत्री मेनका गांधी ने कहा डक सरकार उन मडहलाओ ंकी

मिि करने के डलए प्रडतबद्ध है िो अपने एनआरआई पडतयो ंद्वारा छोडे़ गए हैं। डििेश

मामलो,ं मडहलाओ ंऔर बाल डिकास मंत्रालय, कानून और गृह एक प्रभािशाली कानून लाने

के डलए डमलकर काम कर रहे हैं िो पीड ित मडहलाओ ंके डलए न्याय सुडनडित करता है और

डनराशािनक पडतयो ंके क्तखलाफ सख्त िंि कारििाई करता है।

मेनका गांधी ने यह भी कहा डक िब तक कानून लागू नही ंहोता है, तब तक प्रभाडित

मडहलाओ ंकी गंभीरता को िेखने के डलए एक अंतर-मंत्रालयी समन्वय सडमडत का गठन

डकया गया है। उन्ोनें कहा डक मेरे मंत्रालय को िैडनक आधार पर अडनिासी भारतीय

डििाहो ंके बारे में 10-12 डशकायतें डमलती हैं। मेनका गांधी ने सभी राज्य मडहला आयोगो ं

से एनआरआई डििाह और तस्करी से प्रभाडित मडहलाओ ंके डलए काम करने के डलए एक

साथ आने का आग्रह डकया।

https://www.lokmatnews.in/india/sushma-swaraj-said-agent-who-send-39-

indians-to-iraq-is-still-

active/?utm_medium=Referral&utm_source=epaperlokmat.in

सुषमा स्वराज ने वकया खुलासा- 39 भारतीयह ों कह इराक

भेजने िाला एजेंट अब भी लहगह कह भेज रहा है विदेश

सुषमा स्वराज ने कहा वक मानि तस्करी रहधी विधेयक का पाररत हहना एक बहुत अच्छा कदम है

लेवकन जब तक ऐसे अिैध एजेंटह ों के नेटिकज कह खत्म नही ों वकया जाता तब तक इसका पूरा प्रभाि

नही ों वदखेगा।

By भाषा | Follow | Published: July 27, 2018 06:07 PM | Updated: July 27, 2018 06:07 PM

सुषमा स्वराि ने डकया खुलासा- 39 भारतीयो ंको इराक भेिने िाला एिेंट अब भी लोगो को भेि रहा है

डििेश

नयी वदल्ली , 27 जुलाई (भाषा) डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि ने आि कहा डक 39 भारतीयो ंको मानि

तस्करी के िररये इराक भेिने के डलये डिमे्मिार एिेंट अब भी अपना धंधा चला रहा है। इस एिेंट ने डिन

39 भारतीयो ंको इराक भेिा था , उन्ें िहां अगिा कर डलया गया था और बाि में उनकी हत्या कर िी

गयी। डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि ने राज्य मडहला आयोगो ंसे ऐसे गैरकानूनी एिेंटो ंके क्तखलाफ मुडहम चलाने

का अनुरोध डकया।

स्वराि ने माचि में संसि को बताया था डक तीन साल पहले मोसुल में आतंकिािी संगठन आईएसआईएस

द्वारा बंधक बनाये गये 39 भारतीयो ंकी मौत हो चुकी है। राज्य मडहला आयोगो ंके एक राष्ट्र ीय समे्मलन को

संबोडधत करते हुए उन्ोनें अनुरोध डकया डक आयोग िेशभर में चल रहे ऐसे एिेंटो ंके गैरकानूनी नेटिकि

के क्तखलाफ मुडहम शुरू करें। उन्ोनें खेि व्यि डकया डक डिस एिेंट ने 39 भारतीयो ंको इराक भेिा था ,

िह अब भी लोगो ंको डििेश भेि रहा है।

स्वराि ने कहा डक मानि तस्करी रोधी डिधेयक का पाररत होना एक बहुत अच्छा किम है लेडकन िब तक

ऐसे अिैध एिेंटो ंके नेटिकि को खत्म नही ंडकया िाता तब तक इसका पूरा प्रभाि नही ंडिखेगा। उन्ोनें

कहा, ‘‘मंुबई से युिाओ ंकी तस्करी हो रही है, डिन्ें कहा िाता है डक उन्ें चालक िल के सिस्य के तौर

पर डिडभन्न व्यापाररक िहािो ंपर भेिा िा रहा है। लेडकन हकीकत में उन्ें मानि तस्करी के इरािे से भेिा

िाता है और िब अन्य िेशो ंमें उन्ें डगरफ्तार कर डलया िाता है तो िहां से उन्ें मुि कराने में बहुत

कडठनाई आती है।’’

स्वराि ने लोगो ंको डसफि अडधकृत सरकारी एिेंटो ंके िररये ही डििेश िाने की सलाह िी। उन्ोनें कहा,

‘‘सरकारी एिेंटो ंके माध्यम से िाने िाले लोगो ंके बारे में मंत्रालय के पास सारी सूचनाएं होती हैं और हम

िानते हैं डक कौन उनका डनयोिा है। इसडलए डकसी भी अनपेडक्षत घटना के मामले में हमारे पास उनके

डलये डिमे्मिार एिेंट होता है।’’

सुषमा ने कहा डक राज्य के आयोगो ंको ऐसे अिैध एिेंटो ंकी पहचान करने की आिश्यकता है। इनके नाम

िे मुख्यमंत्री को िें और उनके क्तखलाफ कारििाई करने को कहें। उन्ोनें कहा, ‘‘अगर ऐसे एिेंटो ंकी

पहचान कर उनके क्तखलाफ मुडहम शुरू की िाती है तो आधी समस्या खत्म हो िायेगी।’’

https://www.thequint.com/hotwire-text/new-law-to-tackle-problems-in-nri-marriages-sushma

New law to tackle problems in NRI marriages: Sushma IANS

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives. At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a new bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament. "We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRI men who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded. Those responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be seized," she added. Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be canceled and the property will also be confiscated. "And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his aggrieved wife. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure. We are already in talks with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are being make to ensure that a law is in place by the end of this year," she said. In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who have been deserted by their NRI husbands. "We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have been canceled. The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added. --IANS

https://www.thestatesman.com/india/sushma-swaraj-calls-for-strict-action-

against-illegal-agents-sending-people-abroad-1502666089.html

Sushma Swaraj calls for strict action against illegal agents sending people abroad She said in Punjab alone more than 15,000 females have been left by their NRI husbands which is a matter of concern.

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | July 27, 2018 6:12 pm

Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PIB/File) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked the concerned authorities to take strict action against illegal agents who have been sending people on false promises abroad.

Addressing a national conference in New Delhi on NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children, she said people were suffering and being exploited in the name of good opportunities in foreign countries by these agents. She said, there was a need to create awareness among people that they must opt for government registered agents only. The minister asked the states to identify such illegal agents who were bypassing all rules and regulations. Her ministry has saved a large number of women who were being sent abroad on the false promise of employment.

On the issue of NRI marriages, she said efforts are being made to provide justice to those females who have suffered in such marriages. She asked people to carefully verify the NRI grooms before the marriage.

She said in Punjab alone more than 15,000 females have been left by their NRI husbands which is a matter of concern.

The MEA, the minister said, was developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused did not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property attached,

For coming up with such a portal, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) needed to be amended to allow district magistrates to accept such summons and warrants put on the portal to be “deemed as served”.

Swaraj said the Law Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Home Ministry and the Women and Child Development Ministry have agreed on the proposal.

Swaraj said the move was aimed at preventing NRI marriages where husbands abandon their wives and abscond or mentally and physically abuse them after marriage in a foreign country.

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under-new-law/627498.html

Properties of NRIs deserting wives to be confiscated under new law

Photo for representational purpose only.

Ravi S Singh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 27

The Centre is in the process of strengthening the legal framework to

prosecute the absconding NRIs who abandon their wives which will

include confiscation of property owned by them or their relatives.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said the

government will enact a law during the next session of Parliament, if

not during the current session to beef up the legal provisions.

Other measures which will be incorporated in the proposed law

include posting the court warrants and summons on a website being

developed by the ministry against the accused NRIs.

They will be deemed as served, and legal action proceeded accordingly

against the person.

Those who will not respond to the warrants and summon will be

considered a proclaimed offender leading to seizure of his or his

relatives properties, said Swaraj, while inaugurating a day-long

National Seminar on “NRI marriages and trafficking of women and

children jointly organised by MEA and Maharashtra State

Commission for Women.

The law will ensure that deserter husband is penalised, Swaraj said.

“We will not only cancel his passport but also confiscate his property.

And if he doesn’t return, his property could be sold to give financial

aid to his aggrieved wife. We will have to make some amendments in

the Code of Criminal Procedure…We are already in talks with Law and

Union Home Ministry and all efforts are being make to ensure that a

law is in place by the end of this year,” she added.

Till the time the new law is in place a committee consisting of

personnel of MEA, Women and Child Development (WCD) and Law

Ministry and Home Affairs under the nodal authority of WCD had

been constituted to look into complaints against NRIs in abandoning

and physical abuse of their wives.

The MEA has been continuously receiving complaints about NRIs in

the matter. In Punjab alone, there are over 15,000 women who are

affected with this menace.

Attributing the practice to be a fad among youngsters and their

parents to settle abroad, she said: “In last three years, the ministry has

received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who have been

deserted by their NRI husbands.

“We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight

NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The

accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered,” Swaraj

added.

A top official of the MEA told The Tribune that MEA and the Law

Ministry, WCD and Home Affairs have agreed in principle to

strengthen the legal framework.

Addressing the conference, WCD minister Maneka Gandhi said the

need for strengthening the legal framework is on account of NRIs not

responding to justice system, and often furnishing fake addresses to avoid court summons and warrants.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-mea-developing-portal-to-serve-summons-warrants-against-

absconding-nri-husbands-sushma-swaraj-2642431

MEA developing portal to serve

summons, warrants against absconding

NRI husbands: Sushma Swaraj

sushma-swaraj| Updated: Jul 27, 2018, 05:56 PM IST

The MEA is developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding

NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be

declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be attached, Union

minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

She said for coming up with such a portal, there needs to be amendments in the

Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) that would allow district magistrate to accept

such summons and warrants put on the portal to be "deemed as served".

The External Affairs minister said the Law Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Home

Ministry and the Women and Child Development Ministry have agreed on the

proposal.

Swaraj said the move aims to prevent NRI marriages where husbands abandon

their wives and abscond or mentally and physically abuse them after marriage in a

foreign country.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, 3,328 complaints have been

received during the last three years (January 2015 to November, 2017) from

distressed Indian women deserted by their NRI spouses.

In a bid to prevent such fraudulent marriages, the Ministry of External Affairs is

developing a portal, where summons and warrants against absconding NRI

husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be

declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be "attached", Swaraj said.

Attachment is a legal process by which at the request of a creditor, designates

specific property owned by the debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for

the benefit of the creditor. The creditor in this case would be the victim.

"We are trying if the amendments could be introduced in the Cabinet and we

would try to get it passed in the next Parliament session," she said at the national

conference on NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and Children.

But in the meantime, an inter-ministerial committee has been established for which

the Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal authority.

The committee also has members from the Law Ministry and the Ministry of

External Affairs and based on their recommendations lookout notices against eight

absconders have been issued and their passports have been cancelled.

"The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," she added.

A Women and Child Development official has said the committee has received 70

complaints in the last two months based on which the National Commission for

Women conducted its probe and recommended cancellation of eight passports.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/agent-who-trafficked-39-indians-to-iraq-still-sending-

people-abroad-sushma-swaraj-5279612/

Agent who trafficked 39 Indians to Iraq still sending people abroad: Sushma Swaraj "In reality, they are being sent for smuggling and when they get

arrested in other countries it becomes very difficult to rescue

them from there," Swaraj rued. By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: July 27, 2018 5:03:10 pm

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed a press conference over the death of 39 Indians who were kidnapped in Iraq, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the agent responsible for

trafficking 39 Indians to Iraq, who were abducted and later killed, was still operating his

business and urged state women commissions to crackdown against such illegal agents.

Swaraj had told Parliament in March that the 39 Indians, who were abducted by the ISIS

terror outfit in Mosul three years ago, were dead.

While addressing a national conference on state women commissions, she urged them

to launch a crackdown on the illegal network of agents operating across the country.

She lamented that agent who transported the 39 Indians to Iraq was still sending people

abroad.

Swaraj said the passage of the anti-trafficking bill was a very good step but till the

network of such illegal agents was curbed its full impact could not be realised.

“Young boys are trafficked from Mumbai who say that they are being sent to different

merchant ships as crew members, but in reality they are being sent for smuggling and

when they get arrested in other countries it becomes very difficult to rescue them from

there,” she rued.

Swaraj advised that people need to go only through authorised government agents.

“The ministry has all the information of people who go through government authorised

agents and we know who is the employer. So in case of any unforseen incident, we have

an agent responsible for them,” she said.

She said the state commissions need to identify these illegal agents and give their names

to the chief minister and ask him to take action against “so-called agents”.

“Half of the problem would be solved if such agents are identified and a crackdown is

launched against them,” she added.

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operating-his-business-says-sushma-swaraj

Agent who trafficked 39 Indians to Iraq

still operating his business, says Sushma

Swaraj The Indians were abducted by the Islamic State terror group from Mosul and later killed.

PTI

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the agent who trafficked 39

Indians to Iraq three years ago was still running his business. She requested state women

commissions to take action against such illegal agents across the country, reported PTI. The

minister was addressing a national conference on state women commissions.

In March, Swaraj had told Parliament that the 39 Indians, who were kidnapped by the Islamic

State in Mosul, had been killed.

Swaraj said passing the anti-trafficking bill was a very good step but its impact would not be

completely felt till the network of such illegal agents was active. “Young boys are trafficked

from Mumbai who say they are being sent to different merchant ships as crew members, but

in reality they are being sent for smuggling, and when they get arrested in other countries it

becomes very difficult to rescue them,” she said.

Swaraj said people should only employ the services of authorised government agents. “The

ministry has all the information of people who go through government authorised agents and

we know who is the employer,” she said. “So in case of any unforseen incident, we have an

agent responsible for them.”

The minister said state commissions should identify illegal agents, give their names to the

respective chief ministers, and ask them to take action against them. “Half of the problem

would be solved if such agents are identified and a crackdown is launched against them,” said

Swaraj.

On Thursday, the Lok Sabha passed the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and

Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, which aims to prevent trafficking of persons, especially women

and children. It seeks to provide care, protection and rehabilitation to the victims of

trafficking, to prosecute offenders, and to create an environment conducive to the victims.

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Swaraj addresses National Conference on NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and Children in Delhi

Ani27 July 2018

A national conference on "NRI Marriages, and Trafficking of Women and Children-Issues and way forward", was attended by Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Friday. Speaking at the event, Swaraj has urged people to be aware of the people fake NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and Children. The conference was attended by representatives from 20 state women commissions and government officials.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/new-law-to-tackle-problems-in-nri-

marriages-sushma-118072701250_1.html

New law to tackle problems in NRI marriages: Sushma IANS | New Delhi Last Updated at July 27, 2018 21:20 IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new

law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like

confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives.

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a

new bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament.

"We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRI

men who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be

uploaded. Those responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his

properties would be seized," she added.

Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be canceled

and the property will also be confiscated.

"And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his aggrieved

wife. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure. We are

already in talks with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are being make to ensure that

a law is in place by the end of this year," she said.

In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who have

been deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused

of abandoning their wives have been canceled. The accused whose passports were

revoked have surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added.

--IANS

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warrants-against-absconding-nri-husbands-sushma-swaraj/articleshow/65162336.cms

MEA developing portal to serve summons,

warrants against absconding NRI

husbands: Sushma Swaraj

BY PTI | JUL 27, 2018, 02.13 PM IST

Sushma Swaraj with Maharashtra Women Commission chief Vijaya Rahatkar during the 'National Conference on

NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children', in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI: The MEA is developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands

would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his

property would be attached, Union minister Sushma Swaraj said today.

She said for coming up with such a portal, there needs to be amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure

(CrPc) that would allow district magistrate to accept such summons and warrants put on the portal to be "deemed

as served".

The External Affairs minister said the Law Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Home Ministry and the Women and

Child Development Ministry have agreed on the proposal.

Swaraj said the move aims to prevent NRI marriages where husbands abandon their wives and abscond or

mentally and physically abuse them after marriage in a foreign country.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, 3,328 complaints have been received during the last three years

(January 2015 to November, 2017) from distressed Indian women deserted by their NRI spouses.

In a bid to prevent such fraudulent marriages, the Ministry of External Affairs is developing a portal, where

summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond

he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be "attached", Swaraj said.

Attachment is a legal process by which at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the

debtor to be transferred to the creditor, or sold for the benefit of the creditor. The creditor in this case would be

the victim.

"We are trying if the amendments could be introduced in the Cabinet and we would try to get it passed in the next

Parliament session," she said at the national conference on NRI Marriages and Trafficking of Women and

Children.

But in the meantime, an inter-ministerial committee has been established for which the Ministry of Women and

Child Development is the nodal authority.

The committee also has members from the Law Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs and based on their

recommendations lookout notices against eight absconders have been issued and their passports have been

cancelled.

"The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," she added.

A Women and Child Development official has said the committee has received 70 complaints in the last two

months based on which the National Commission for Women conducted its probe and recommended

cancellation of eight passports. PTI UZM KJ

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/consider-yourself-served-move-to-check-abuse-by-nri-husbands-

fraud-marriages-1890787

'Consider Yourself Served': Government Move To Check Fraud NRI Marriages Website to issue summons to NRIs: Foreign Ministry, Law Ministry,

Home Ministry and the Women and Child Development Ministry have

agreed on the plan

All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: July 27, 2018 14:18 IS

Sushma Swaraj said, for a start, the passports of eight NRI men have been revoked

NEW DELHI:

A website is being developed where summons and warrants against non-resident

Indian men who have run into trouble with the law over abandoning their wives will

be uploaded, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said today. If the accused does not

respond, he will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be

seized.

For the website to go live, amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure are

needed so that district magistrates can consider the summons and warrants that are

uploaded on the website as "served" under Indian law.

The Foreign Ministry, Law Ministry, Home Ministry and the Women and Child

Development Ministry have agreed on the plan to launch the website.

"We are trying if the amendments could be introduced in the cabinet and we would

try to get it passed in the next parliament session," Sushma Swaraj said at a

conference that discussed NRI marriages and how to prevent trafficking of women

and children.

Foreign Minister Swaraj Swaraj said her ministry has received hundreds of complaints about NRI men

abandoning their wives in foreign lands

Ms Swaraj said her ministry has received hundreds of complaints about NRI men

abandoning their wives in foreign lands, and husbands subjecting their wives to

mental and physical abuse.

According to the foreign ministry, 3,328 complaints have been received in the last

three years (January 2015 to November, 2017) from Indian women who have been

deserted by their NRI husbands.

An inter-ministerial committee has set up to monitor summons served to NRI

husbands; the women and child development ministry will oversee the committee,

whose members include people from the law and foreign ministries.

Sushma Swaraj said, for a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of

abandoning their wives have been cancelled. "The accused whose passports were

revoked have surrendered," she added.

A women and child development ministry official said the committee received 70

complaints in the last two months, based on which the National Commission for

Women conducted a probe and recommended cancellation of the eight passports.

http://www.deshbandhu.co.in/news/open-nod-for-nri-girls-for-prey-girls-107488-1

'एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ंकी डशकार

मडहलाओ ंके डलए खुले सहायता कें द्र'

महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग ने डििेश मंत्रालय से एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ंकी

डशकार मडहलाओ ंके डलए एकल क्तखड़की सहायता कें द्र खोलने का अनुरोध

डकया है ताडक ऐसे लोगो ंपर कानूनी कारििाई की िा सके

Reported by: एिेंसी 2018-07-27 00:09:30

नई वदल्ली। महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग ने डििेश मंत्रालय से एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ंकी डशकार

मडहलाओ ंके डलए एकल क्तखड़की सहायता कें द्र खोलने का अनुरोध डकया है ताडक ऐसे लोगो ं

पर कानूनी कारििाई की िा सके। महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग की अध्यक्ष डििया राहटकर ने

कहा, "डििेश मंत्रालय कोई ऐसा तंत्र बनाए डिससे ऐसे ठग िुल्ो ंको डििेशो ंमें भी उनके

मामलो ंसे संबंडधत समन भेिे िा सके, डिससे िे इनकार नही ंकर पाए डक उन्ें कानूनी

कायििाही के बारे में कुछ पता नही ंथा।"

उन्ोनें कहा डक यह िेखा गया है डक यहां पर शािी करके िाने िाले एनआरआई ठग िूल्ा

अक्सर डििेश में िाने के बाि अपना पता, ईमेल भी बिल लेते हैं। िे ऐसा इसडलए करते हैं

क्योडंक िह िानते हैं डक अगर िह अपनी पत्नी को यहां पर छोड़कर िाते हैं तो उन्ें कानूनी

नोडटस डमल सकता है डिससे भडिष्य में उन्ें परेशानी हो सकती है। यही ििह है हमने उन्ें

समन भेिने में डििेश मंत्रालय से मिि मांगी है।

डििया रहाटकर ने कहा डक डपछले तीन साल में 3,300 ऐसे मामले ििि हुए डिसमें

एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ंको लेकर डशकायत िी गई। हमारा प्रयास है डक ऐसे बढ़ते मामलो ं

को िेखते हुए एक समुडचत किम उठाया िाए, डिससे ऐसे मामलो ंपर प्रभािी रोक लगाई

िा सके। साथ ही िोषी ठग िूल्ो ंको सिा डिलाई िा सके।

रहाटकर ने कहा डक हमने डििेश मंत्रालय से अनुरोध डकया है डक िे अपनी िेबसाइट पर

ऐसे ठग िूल्ो ंको िारी होने िाले समन को िारी करे और डनडित प्रडक्रया के बाि उनके

पासपोटि रद्द करने की प्रडक्रया को भी शुरू करे। सभी राज्य मडहला आयोग की ओर से इस

प्रस्ताि को समथिन हाडसल हुआ है। रहाटकर ने कहा डक हमें उम्मीि है डक डििेश मंत्री

सुषमा स्वराि सेडमनार में डशकरत के िौरान इस मसले पर डकसी डनणिय से अिगत कराएंगी।

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एनआरआई ठग दूल्ह ों की वशकार मवहलाओों के

वलए खुले सहायता कें द्र [EDITED BY : नया इंडिया टीम ] PUBLISH DATE: ; JUL 26, 2018 09:21 PM

नई वदल्ली। महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग ने डििेश मंत्रालय से एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ंकी डशकार मडहलाओ ंके

डलए एकल क्तखड़की सहायता कें द्र खोलने का अनुरोध डकया है ताडक ऐसे लोगो ंपर कानूनी कारििाई की िा

सके। महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग की अध्यक्ष डििया राहटकर ने कहा, "डििेश मंत्रालय कोई ऐसा तंत्र बनाए

डिससे ऐसे ठग िुल्ो ंको डििेशो ंमें भी उनके मामलो ंसे संबंडधत समन भेिे िा सके, डिससे िे इनकार

नही ंकर पाए डक उन्ें कानूनी कायििाही के बारे में कुछ पता नही ंथा।"

उन्ोनें कहा डक यह िेखा गया है डक यहां पर शािी करके िाने िाले एनआरआई ठग िूल्ा अक्सर डििेश

में िाने के बाि अपना पता, ईमेल भी बिल लेते हैं। िे ऐसा इसडलए करते हैं क्योडंक िह िानते हैं डक अगर

िह अपनी पत्नी को यहां पर छोड़कर िाते हैं तो उन्ें कानूनी नोडटस डमल सकता है डिससे भडिष्य में उन्ें

परेशानी हो सकती है। यही ििह है हमने उन्ें समन भेिने में डििेश मंत्रालय से मिि मांगी है।

डििया रहाटकर ने कहा डक डपछले तीन साल में 3,300 ऐसे मामले ििि हुए डिसमें एनआरआई ठग िूल्ो ं

को लेकर डशकायत िी गई। हमारा प्रयास है डक ऐसे बढ़ते मामलो ंको िेखते हुए एक समुडचत किम

उठाया िाए, डिससे ऐसे मामलो ंपर प्रभािी रोक लगाई िा सके। साथ ही िोषी ठग िूल्ो ंको सिा डिलाई

िा सके।

रहाटकर ने कहा डक हमने डििेश मंत्रालय से अनुरोध डकया है डक िे अपनी िेबसाइट पर ऐसे ठग िूल्ो ंको

िारी होने िाले समन को िारी करे और डनडित प्रडक्रया के बाि उनके पासपोटि रद्द करने की प्रडक्रया को

भी शुरू करे। सभी राज्य मडहला आयोग की ओर से इस प्रस्ताि को समथिन हाडसल हुआ है। रहाटकर ने

कहा डक हमें उम्मीि है डक डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि सेडमनार में डशकरत के िौरान इस मसले पर डकसी

डनणिय से अिगत कराएंगी।

https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/nri-grooms-cannot-hide-by-cheating-wife-now-external-

affairs-ministry-will-deliver-summon

पत्नी कह धहखा देकर छुप नही ों सकता

एनआरआई दुल्ा, अब विदेश मोंत्रालय

पहुोंिाएगा समन डितेंद्र भारद्वाि, नई डिल्ली Updated Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:11 PM IST

प्रतीकात्मक तस्वीर

िह एनआरआई पडत िो अपनी पत्नी को धोखे से उसके मायके या ससुराल में छोड़कर खुि

डििेश डनकल लेते थे, अब अपनी ऐसी हरकत से बाि आ िायें। महाराष्ट्र मडहला आयोग

की पहल पर डििेश मंत्रालय ऐसे व्यक्तियो ंको न केिल ढंूढ डनकालने में मिि करेगा,

बक्ति मडहला आयोग या डकसी िूसरे न्याडयक शक्ति प्राप्त संगठन द्वारा भेिे गए समन की

भी तामील कराएगा। िह समन डििेश मंत्रालय की िेबसाइट पर अपलोि होगा। इसके बाि

आरोपी एनआरआई पडत के पास ििाब न िेने का कोई भी बहाना नही ंबचेगा।

िेशभर में ऐसे मामलो ंके डनपटारे के डलए डििेश मंत्रालय में डसंगल डिंिो डसस्टम भी शुरू

कराया िा रहा है। इसके साथ िेश के सभी राज्य मडहला आयोग इस डसस्टम से िुड़

िाएंगे। उनकी िांच ररपोटि पर ही यह मंत्रालय केस को िूसरे मुि में िहां की न्याडयक

व्यिस्था के मुताडबक आगे बढ़ाएगा। डपछले िो-तीन साल में ऐसे तीन-चार हिार मामले

पंिीकृत हुए हैं।

एनआरआई वििाह: कब और कैसे शुरू हहते हैं झगडे

महाराष्ट्र राज्य मडहला आयोग की चेयरमैन एिं भािपा मडहला मोचे की राष्ट्र ीय अध्यक्ष

डििया रहाटकर ने इस डिषय पर अमर उिाला िॉट काम के साथ डिशेष बातचीत की है।

उनका कहना है डक हमारे िेश में एनआरआई डििाह से संबंडधत झगडे़ बढ़ते िा रहे हैं।

िब डििाह की बात होती है तो लड़की पक्ष सभी बातो ंपर ध्यान नही ंिेता। उनके डलए बड़ी

बात केिल यही होती है डक हमारी लड़की डििेश िाएगी।

कई केसो ंमें िेखने को डमला है डक डििाह के बाि लड़का यह कह कर डििेश चला िाता है

डक िह िो-तीन माह में लड़की को िहां पर बुला लेगा। कुछ मामलो ंमें यह होता है डक

लड़की साथ तो चली िाती है, लेडकन डििेश में उसे प्रताड़ना झेलनी पड़ती है। यह क्तस्थडत

सबसे ज्यािा कष्ट्िायक होती है, क्योडंक िूसरे मुि में उसकी मिि करने िाला कोई नही ं

होता। िहां के कानून की िडटलतायें भी पीडड़ता को बेबस होने के डलए मिबूर कर िेती है।

अगर साथ में बच्चा भी है तो मडहला के डलए डिक्कतें और अडधक बढ़ िाती हैं।

सही राह समझ नही ों आती

ऐसे मामलो ंमें लड़की के माता-डपता अपने शहर की पुडलस और कोटि कचहरी के चक्कर

काटते हैं। डिन्ें थोड़ा बहुत मालूम होता है, िे राज्य मडहला आयोग, राष्ट्र ीय मडहला एिं बाल

कल्याण मंत्रालय, मानिाडधकार आयोग और राष्ट्र ीय मडहला आयोग के पास फररयाि लगाते

हैं। इन सब िगहो ंपर उन्ें िैसी ही सामान्य डिक्कतो ंका सामना करना पड़ता है, िो

स्थानीय स्तर पर िेखने को डमलती हैं।

डगनती के कुछ पररिार, डिन्ें डििेश मंत्रालय की कुछ िानकारी होती है, िे िहााँ पहंुच

िाते हैं। िो पररिार सीधे यहां पर आ िाते हैं, उन्ें डकसी न डकसी रूप में नीचे की

संस्थाओ ंके पास ही लौटना पड़ता है। डििेश मंत्रालय केिल पुख्ता आधार पर ही डकसी

मामले को लेकर िूसरे िेश को कुछ डलख सकता है। उसके डलए मंत्रालय पहले पुडलस,

अिालत या आयोग की ठोस िांच ररपोटि का अध्ययन करता है।

वसोंगल विोंडह वसस्टम का यह फायदा हहगा

एनआरआई डििाह के झगडे़ से संबंडधत कोई भी केस िब डकसी राज्य मडहला आयोग के

पास िाएगा तो उसकी सूचना तुरंत डििेश मंत्रालय के पास भी पहंुचेगी। ऐसे मामलो ंके

डनपटारे के डलए डपछले डिनो ंडििेश मंत्रालय में एक कमेटी का गठन डकया गया है। इसमें

राष्ट्र ीय मडहला आयोग, डििेश मंत्रालय, गृह मंत्रालय और मडहला एिं बाल कल्याण मंत्रालय

के प्रडतडनडध शाडमल हैं। डििया रहाटकर ने बताया डक इस प्रडक्रया में सभी राज्य आयोग,

केस को आगे बढ़ाने में कमेटी की मिि करें गे। कमेटी को िरूरी िस्तािेि मुहैया कराए

िाएंगे। इससे सभी केसो ंकी प्रगडत ररपोटि भी डमलती रहेगी।

एनआरआई दुल्ा कहेगा, जी मैं आ रहा हों...

अभी तक िो व्यिस्था है, उसके तहत एनआरआई िुल्ा लड़की के पररिन ही नही,ं बक्ति

मडहला आयोग एिं िूसरी संस्थाओ ंको भी परेशान करता है। आयोग समन भेिता है तो

मालूम पड़ता है डक आरोपी ने अपना पता बिल डलया है। टेलीफोन भी बिल गया और ई-

मेल पर कुछ भेिो ंतो िह भी बैरंग लौट आती है। ऐसी क्तस्थडत में केिल डििेश मंत्रालय के

पास ही िे अडधकार होते हैं, डिनकी मिि से िुल्ें तक पहंुचा िा सकता है। िह िहां पर

भी होगा, उसकी िानकारी डििेश मंत्रालय के पास होती है।

काम का परडमट, िीिा की अिडध या िूसरी िानकाररयां, सब मंत्रालय में डमल िाएंगी।

अब नई व्यिस्था के तहत आयोग डििेश मंत्रालय के द्वारा ही आरोपी को समन डभििाएगा।

बाकायिा समन को मंत्रालय की िेबसाइट पर अपलोि करें गे। अगर इसके बाि भी आरोपी

सामने नही ंआया तो ंउसका लाइसेंस या िकि परडमट सस्पेंि करा डिया िाएगा। इन

क्तस्थडतयो ंमें एनआरआई िुले् को सामने आना ही पडे़गा।

शुक्रिार कह देशभर के राज्य मवहला आयहग इस पर करें गे मोंथन

महाराष्ट्र राज्य मडहला आयोग की चेयरमैन डििया रहाटकर, डिन्ोनें गत िषि मंुबई में

मडहलाओ ंकी समस्याओ ंको लेकर एक बड़ा समे्मलन कराया था। इसमें 27 िेशो ंने भाग

डलया था। अब ऐसा ही एक डििसीय सम्मलेन 27 िुलाई को केिी मागि क्तस्थत महाराष्ट्र

सिन में आयोडित होगा।

इसमें सभी राज्य के मडहला आयोग, राष्ट्र ीय मानिाडधकार आयोग के प्रडतडनडधयो ंके अलिा

उपराष्ट्र पडत िैंकया नायिू, डििेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराि, महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री िेिेंद्र

फिनिीस और कें द्रीय मंत्री मेनका गांधी मुख्य ििा के तौर पर शाडमल होगंी। समे्मलन में

एनआरआई मडहलाओ ंकी समस्याओ ंऔर मडहला टर ैडफडकंग िैसे मुद्दो ंपर मंथन होगा।

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-women-s-body-for-penalising-nris-who-leave-indian-wives-

2642223

Women’s body for penalising NRIs

who leave Indian wives

NRIs

dna Correspondent | Updated: Jul 27, 2018, 06:00 AM IST

Ahead of the national conference on NRI marriages and trafficking of women and

children, Maharashtra women commissions urged External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj to penalise NRI's who desert women after marrying them.

"In the last three years, 3,300 complaints related to NRI marriages, exploitation

and desertions have been received. We have requested the External Affairs

Ministry to put up summons against guilty people on its website and suspend their

passports so that we can initiate legal action against them," said Vijaya Rahatkar,

chief of Maharashtra Women's Commission and President of BJP's Mahila

Morcha.

The conference is being organised by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and

Maharashtra State Commission for Women. It will be attended by Sushma Swaraj,

Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Women and Child Development (WCD)

Minister Maneka Gandhi. Representatives from 20 state women commissions, top

ministry and government officials and members of civil society groups will

participate in the conference.

"We have also asked Swaraj to create single window mechanism where affected

women can go and file their complaints," Rahatkar said.

Speaking on providing a smoother grievance redressal mechanism for women

under duress, Rahatkar said the women commissions had urged MEA to create a

single point of contact within the ministry where aggrieved women can file

complaints.

"Today they have to run from pillar to post, from one government department to

other in search of justice. A single window mechanism will not only ensure speedy

justice to affected women but also ensure better coordination between MEA and

other state women commissions."

https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/swcs-ask-swaraj-to-devise-mechanism-to-

help-women-aggrieved-by-nri-marriages-118072601557_1.html

'SWCs ask Swaraj to devise mechanism to help women aggrieved by NRI marriages' Press Trust of India | New Delhi Last Updated at July 26, 2018 23:30 IST

State women commissions have asked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to devise

a mechanism to help women aggrieved by NRI marriages and create a single contact

point mechanism within the ministry where they can directly go with their

issues,Maharashtra Women Commission chief Vijaya Rahatkar said.

"In the last three years, over 3,300 complaints related to NRI marriage desertions have

been filed. As these cases are growing, we have to take proactive measures so that guilty

are punished," Rahatkar said.

She said the SWCs requested Swaraj to find a way to serve summonses to such

defaulters so that swift penal action could be taken against them.

"We have also asked Swaraj to create single window mechanism where affected women

can go and file their complaints," Rahatkar said in a statement. "Today they have to run

from pillar to post, from one government department to other in search of justice."

She also said cases of trafficking of women and children are also growing.

"Trafficking of Indians to other nations and of women to other nationalities, particularly

from Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma and erstwhile Russian Federation nations, are on the rise.

We also need to find ways to address this burning issue".

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a

syndicated feed.)

http://www.millenniumpost.in/nation/mea-urged-to-find-a-way-to-penalise-nris-for-deserting-

311404

MEA urged to find a way to penalise NRIs

for deserting

Team MP | 26 July 2018 11:12 PM

New Delhi: In a major move that may prove to be a great relief to women deserted by their NRI

partners, the state women commissions have urged the Ministry of External Affairs to find a way to

penalise those NRIs who marry women in India and then desert them.

"Serving summons to such NRIs, who desert their wives after marriage, is very difficult as they

change their addresses and emails while abroad. We have urged External Affairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj to find a way to serve summons to such defaulters so that swift penal action could be taken

against them," said Maharashtra State Commission for Women Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar.

Rahatkar further stated that the women commission has asked Swaraj to create a single window

mechanism where affected women can go and file their complaints.

"It may be the outcome of the lacuna in the legal system that complaints related to NRI marriage

desertions have been increasing year after year. As per the available records, in the last three years

over 3,300 cases have come to the notice," she said. "Given that these cases are growing, we have to

take proactive measures so that guilty get punished. We have requested the MEA to put up

summons against guilty people on its website and suspend their passports so that we can initiate

legal action against them," she said

To brainstorm over the issue with all the stakeholders, a national conference on "NRI Marriages, and

Trafficking of Women and Children – Issues and way forward", is also being organised by MEA and

Maharashtra State Commission for Women on Friday.

Representatives from 20 state women commissions, government officials, etc would take part in the

event.

https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/-swcs-ask-swaraj-to-devise-mechanism-to-help-women-

aggrieved-by-nri-marriages-1297552-2018-07-26

'SWCs ask Swaraj to devise mechanism

to help women aggrieved by NRI

marriages' PTI July 26, 2018 UPDATED: July 26, 2018 23:24 IST

New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) State women commissions have asked External Affairs Minister

Sushma Swaraj to devise a mechanism to help women aggrieved by NRI marriages and

create a single contact point mechanism within the ministry where they can directly go with

their issues, Maharashtra Women Commission chief Vijaya Rahatkar said.

"In the last three years, over 3,300 complaints related to NRI marriage desertions have been

filed. As these cases are growing, we have to take proactive measures so that guilty are

punished," Rahatkar said.

She said the SWCs requested Swaraj to find a way to serve summonses to such defaulters so

that swift penal action could be taken against them.

"We have also asked Swaraj to create single window mechanism where affected women can

go and file their complaints," Rahatkar said in a statement. "Today they have to run from

pillar to post, from one government department to other in search of justice."

She also said cases of trafficking of women and children are also growing.

"Trafficking of Indians to other nations and of women to other nationalities, particularly

from Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma and erstwhile Russian Federation nations, are on the rise.

We also need to find ways to address this burning issue". PTI UZM UZM TIR TIR

https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/commission-for-module-to-resolve-nri-marriage-

abuses/articleshow/65155225.cms

Commission for module to resolve NRI marriage abuses tnn | Jul 27, 2018, 11.05 AM IST

PUNE: The Maharashtra State Commission for Women is set to prepare a

framework in consultation with the National Commission of Women (NCW)

and external affairs ministry to redress NRI marriage abuse cases.

With Maharashtra reporting the maximum number of such cases in India

(see graphics), the state women’s commission has tied up with its

counterparts across the country to organize a workshop on Friday and

come out with some definite solutions to address abuses related to NRI

marriages.

“The meeting will involve all stakeholders to address the issue. We hope

that the involvement of the external affairs ministry will ensure that a

framework is in place to resolve NRI marriage abuse cases easily,” state

women’s commission chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar said.

During a recent meeting, the ministries of women and child development

and law and justice had recommended that all NRI marriages should be

registered within a week of the wedding and notified on the website of the

registrars of marriages.

“Parents often get their daughters married to NRI men without mandatory

checks,” a commission member said.

http://m.eenaduindia.com/news/national-news/2018/07/27220840/New-law-to-tackle-problems-

in-NRI-marriages-Sushma.vpf

New law to tackle problems in NRI marriages:

Sushma

2 days ago

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives.

Pic courtesy: Twitter@VijayaRahatkar

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a

new bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament.

"We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against

NRI men who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will

be uploaded. Those responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and

his properties would be seized," she added.

Read more:NRI matrimonial disputes: WCD awaits law ministry nod for changes

Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be canceled

and the property will also be confiscated.

"And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his

aggrieved wife. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal

Procedure. We are already in talks with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are

being make to ensure that a law is in place by the end of this year," she said.

In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who

have been deserted by their NRI husbands. "We are acting tough on such cases. For

a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have

been canceled. The accused whose passports were revoked have

surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added.

https://hwnews.in/news/national-news/ncpcr-mediation-cell-women-fleeing-kids-abroad-escape-

domestic-violence-maneka-gandhi/51197

NCPCR mediation cell for women fleeing with kids from abroad to escape domestic violence: Maneka Gandhi

on July 28, 2018| By PTI

New Delhi | A mediation cell has been opened on the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ website to register complaints of Indians who have fled with their children from abroad to escape domestic violence or some other issue, Union minister Maneka Gandhi has said. Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions, Gandhi yesterday said the cell, consisting of members of the Ministry of External Affairs and the NCPCR, would contact the embassies of the respective countries and try to reach a solution after consultations with them. About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention, she said if India was a signatory, then the child would have to be sent back and the woman apprehended.

“We refused that we would not send our women back so their child is snatched away from them,” the Women and Child Development minister said. She said her ministry was desperately looking for a solution for women who have fled from abroad with their child to escape domestic violence or for some other issue. “We haven’t come to a solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has been formed,” Gandhi added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent. She recommended members of the women commissions to follow three things — release a book on the performance every year, identify single cases and try to solve them and hire lawyers for women who cannot afford it.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ncpcr-mediation-cell-for-women-fleeing-with-kids-from-

abroad-to-escape-domestic-violence-maneka-5280483/

NCPCR mediation cell for women fleeing with kids from abroad to escape domestic violence: Maneka The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to

protect children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from

the custody of the other parent.

By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: July 28, 2018 11:21:56 am

Maneka Gandhi to push for information on law against trafficking in school books

A mediation cell has been opened on the National Commission for Protection of Child

Rights’s website to register complaints of Indians who have fled with their children

from abroad to escape domestic violence or some other issue, Union minister Maneka

Gandhi has said.

Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions, Gandhi yesterday

said the cell, consisting of members of the Ministry of External Affairs and the NCPCR,

would contact the embassies of the respective countries and try to reach a solution after

consultations with them.

About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention, she said if

India was a signatory, then the child would have to be sent back and the woman

apprehended.

“We refused that we would not send our women back so their child is snatched away

from them,” the Women and Child Development minister said. She said her ministry

was desperately looking for a solution for women who have fled from abroad with their

child to escape domestic violence or for some other issue. “We haven’t come to a

solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has been formed,” Gandhi added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children

wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent. She

recommended members of the women commissions to follow three things — release a

book on the performance every year, identify single cases and try to solve them and hire

lawyers for women who cannot afford it.

https://m.timesofindia.com/india/mediation-cell-on-ncpcr-website-for-indians-who-elope-with-

their-children-from-abroad-maneka-gandhi/articleshow/65169340.cms

Mediation cell on NCPCR website for Indians who elope with their children from abroad: Maneka Gandhi PTI | Jul 27, 2018, 10.33 PM IST

NEW DELHI: A mediation cell has been opened on the website of the

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for complaints of

Indians who fled with their children from abroad, Union minister Maneka

Gandhi said on Friday.

Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions,

Maneka Gandhi said the cell consisting of members of the ministry of

external affairs and NCPCR would contact the embassies of the respective

countries and try to reach a solution after consultations with them.

About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention,

she said If India was a signatory then the child would have to be sent back

and the woman apprehended.

"We refused that we would not send our women back so their child is

snatched away from them," the minister for women and child development

said.

She said her ministry has been desperately looking for a solution for

women who eloped from abroad with their child to escape domestic

violence or for some other issue.

"We haven't come to a solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has

been formed," she added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect

children wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the

other parent.

She recommended members of the women commissions to follow three

things - release a book on the performance every year, identify single

cases and try to solve them and hire lawyers for women who cannot afford

it.

https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/93757-medication-cell-for-women-fleeing-from-abroad-

with-kids-to-escape-domestic-violence-opened-by-ncpcr

Medication cell for women fleeing from

abroad with kids to escape domestic

violence opened by NCPCR

"We refused that we would not send our women back to their child is snatched

away from them," the Women and Child Development minister said.

PTI 28 Jul 2018, 10:58 AM India

A mediation cell has been opened on the National Commission for Protection of Child

Rights' website to register complaints of Indians who have fled with their children from

abroad to escape domestic violence or some other issue, Union minister Maneka Gandhi has

said.

Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions, Gandhi yesterday said the

cell, consisting of members of the Ministry of External Affairs and the NCPCR, would

contact the embassies of the respective countries and try to reach a solution after

consultations with them.

About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention, she said if India

was a signatory, then the child would have to be sent back and the woman apprehended.

"We refused that we would not send our women back to their child is snatched away from

them," the Women and Child Development minister said.

She said her ministry was desperately looking for a solution for women who have fled from

abroad with their child to escape domestic violence or for some other issue.

"We haven't come to a solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has been formed,"

Gandhi added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children wrongfully

removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other parent.

She recommended members of the women commissions to follow three things -- release a

book on the performance every year, identify single cases and try to solve them and hire

lawyers for women who cannot afford it.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/ncpcr-mediation-cell-for-women-fleeing-with-kids-

from-abroad-to-escape-domestic-violence-maneka-gandhi-2775031.html

NCPCR mediation cell for

women fleeing with kids from

abroad to escape domestic

violence: Maneka Gandhi Gandhi said her ministry was desperately looking for a solution for

women who have fled from abroad with their child to escape domestic

violence or for some other issue. PTI@moneycontrolcom

A mediation cell has been opened on the National Commission for Protection

of Child Rights' (NCPCR) website to register complaints of Indians who have

fled with their children from abroad to escape domestic violence or some

other issue, Union minister Maneka Gandhi has said.

Addressing a national conference of the state women commissions, Gandhi

yesterday said the cell, consisting of members of the Ministry of External

Affairs and the NCPCR, would contact the embassies of the respective

countries and try to reach a solution after consultations with them.

About why India should not become a signatory of the Hague Convention, she

said if India was a signatory, then the child would have to be sent back and the

woman apprehended.

"We refused that we would not send our women back so their child is

snatched away from them," the Women and Child Development minister said.

She said her ministry was desperately looking for a solution for women who

have fled from abroad with their child to escape domestic violence or for some

other issue.

"We haven't come to a solution, but till a solution is reached this cell has been

formed," Gandhi added.

The Hague Convention is a multi-national treaty that seeks to protect children

wrongfully removed by one of the parents from the custody of the other

parent.

She recommended members of the women commissions to follow three things — release a book on

the performance every year, identify single cases and try to solve them and hire lawyers for women

who cannot afford it.

First Published on Jul 28, 2018 11:11 am

https://littleindia.com/govt-to-act-tough-against-absconding-nri-husbands-says-sushma-swaraj/

Govt to Act Tough Against Absconding NRI

Husbands, Says Sushma Swaraj

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

Photo: PIB

"The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants against NRIs who have

abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad through a new MEA

website," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

By Little India Desk | July 28, 2018

The Indian government is planning to strengthen the rules in a bid to tackle cases

of marriage disputes involving Non-Resident Indians. A new law, “Summons and

Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad,” will be enacted during the next

session of parliament, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on July 17,

ANI reported.

The government will also bring in other measures to take actions against NRI men

accused of abandoning their wives, Swaraj said. A website is under development

on which notices and warrants against them will be posted, and deemed as served.

If the accused NRI does not respond, he would be declared a proclaimed offender

and legal action will be initiated against him. The proposal to launch the website

has been cleared by the ministries of external affairs, law, home and women and

child development.

“The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants against NRIs who have

abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad through a new MEA

website. We will upload summons and warrants on the website and those not

responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be

seized,” Swaraj said at a conference held over the issue of NRI marriages and

trafficking of women and children, according to ANI.

For the summons on the website to be considered as “served” under Indian law, the

Code of Criminal Procedure would require some amendments, which the

government will try to get passed in the parliament at the earliest.

“We are trying if the amendments could be introduced in the cabinet and we would

try to get it passed in the next parliament session,” Swaraj was quoted as saying by

PTI.

The new law will enable the government to cancel the passport of the accused NRI

as well as confiscate his property in India.

“We will not only cancel the passport but also confiscate the property. And NRIs

who don’t return, their property could be sold to give financial aid to their

aggrieved wives. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal

Procedure,” Swaraj added.

In the last three years, the External Affairs Ministry has received 3,328

complaints from Indian women who say that they have been deserted by their NRI

husbands.

“We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men

accused of abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The accused whose

passports were revoked have surrendered,” Swaraj added.

Until the new law comes into place, an inter-ministerial committee has been set up

to look into complaints against NRI husbands accused of abandoning their wives.

https://www.thestatesman.com/india/sushma-swaraj-calls-for-strict-action-against-illegal-agents-

sending-people-abroad-1502666089.html

Sushma Swaraj calls for strict action against illegal agents sending people abroad She said in Punjab alone more than 15,000 females have been left by their NRI husbands which is a matter of concern.

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | July 27, 2018 6:12 pm

Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PIB/File) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked the concerned authorities to take strict action against illegal agents who have been sending people on false promises abroad.

Addressing a national conference in New Delhi on NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children, she said people were suffering and being exploited in the name of good opportunities in foreign countries by these agents. She said, there was a need to create awareness among people that they must opt for government registered agents only. The minister asked the states to identify such illegal agents who were bypassing all rules and regulations. Her ministry has saved a large number of women who were being sent abroad on the false promise of employment.

On the issue of NRI marriages, she said efforts are being made to provide justice to those females who have suffered in such marriages. She asked people to carefully verify the NRI grooms before the marriage.

She said in Punjab alone more than 15,000 females have been left by their NRI husbands which is a matter of concern.

The MEA, the minister said, was developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused did not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property attached,

For coming up with such a portal, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) needed to be amended to allow district magistrates to accept such summons and warrants put on the portal to be “deemed as served”.

Swaraj said the Law Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Home Ministry and the Women and Child Development Ministry have agreed on the proposal.

Swaraj said the move was aimed at preventing NRI marriages where husbands abandon their wives and abscond or mentally and physically abuse them after marriage in a foreign country.

http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/280718/govt-framing-new-law-to-tackle-problems-in-nri-

marriages-sushma-swaraj.html

Govt framing new law to

tackle problems in NRI

marriages: Sushma Swaraj ANI

Published : Jul 28, 2018, 11:14 am IST

Updated : Jul 28, 2018, 11:13 am IST

Sushma Swaraj said Government will enact law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', during next session of Parliament.

Swaraj said that her Ministry will be developing a separate website where summons and warrants

against NRIs who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded.

(Photo: PTI | File)

New Delhi: The Centre is in the process of framing a new law to tackle problems in NRI marriages and provide for deterrent measures like confiscating the property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives and illegally married abroad.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that the government will enact a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', during the next session of Parliament.

"Government will make a law, 'Summons and Warrants Against Indian People Living Abroad', in next session of Parliament which will make provision of confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives in India and illegally married abroad," Swaraj said at a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children".

She further said that her Ministry will be developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRIs who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded.

"The law will enable online serving of summons/warrants against NRIs who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad through a new MEA website. We will upload summons and warrants on the website and those not responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be seized," she said.

The External Affairs Minister said that under the new law, the passport of the person will be cancelled along with the confiscation of the property.

Swaraj also said that the external affairs ministry is in talks with the law and home ministries and all efforts are being made to ensure that a law is in place by the end of this year.

"We will not only cancel the passport but also confiscate the property. And NRIs who don't return, their property could be sold to give financial aid to their aggrieved wives. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure," she added.

According to the MEA, 3,328 complaints were received during the last three years from Indian women who have been deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough in such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of abandoning their wives have been cancelled. The accused whose passports were revoked have surrendered," Swaraj said.

https://www.newkerala.com/news/read/26757/new-law-to-tackle-problems-in-nri-marriages-

sushma-swaraj.html

New law to tackle problems in NRI marriages: Sushma Swaraj Jul 28, 2018

IANS

New Delhi, July 27 : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that her ministry is framing a new law to tackle the problem in NRI marriages and providing for deterrent measures like confiscating property of NRIs who have abandoned their wives.

At a seminar on "NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children", she said that a new

bill is likely to be taken up in the next session of Parliament.

"We are also developing a separate website where summons and warrants against NRI men

who have abandoned their wives and have illegally married abroad will be uploaded. Those

responding to it will be declared a proclaimed offender and his properties would be seized,"

she added.

Sushma Swaraj said that under the new law the passport of the person will be canceled and

the property will also be confiscated.

"And if he doesn't return, his property could be sold to give financial aid to his aggrieved

wife. We will have to make some amendments in the Code of Criminal Procedure. We are

already in talks with Law and Home ministry and all efforts are being make to ensure that a

law is in place by the end of this year," she said.

In last three years, the MEA has received 3,328 complaints from Indian women who have

been deserted by their NRI husbands.

"We are acting tough on such cases. For a start, the passports of eight NRI men accused of

abandoning their wives have been canceled. The accused whose passports were revoked

have surrendered," Sushma Swaraj added.

https://www.siasat.com/news/amendment-crpc-has-been-proposed-nri-marriage-issue-maneka-

1385768/

Amendment to CrPC has been proposed for NRI marriage issue: Maneka July 28, 2018, 12:52 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that amendment to Code of Criminal Procedure has been proposed for better tackling of issues related to NRI men abandoning wives in India and absconding.

“Amendment to CrPC has also been proposed, wherein in case an erring spouse does not appear after the summons has been uploaded, he will be declared a proclaimed offender,” she tweeted after she attended a seminar on “NRI marriages and trafficking of women and children” here.

“The problem of women being abandoned in NRI marriages is a grave issue. For the first time, government of India is providing coordinated support to women facing problems in their marriage to NRIs,” she wrote.

Gandhi also said that based on the recommendations by NCW, the Integrated Nodal Agency (INA) has been issuing Look-Out Circulars (LoCs) to absconding husbands in cases of NRI Marriages.

“Till now, 6 LoCs have been issued. MEA has also revoked passports of erring husbands,” she said.

IANS

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