According to a Supreme Court order, government male employees should be asked to disclose whether they had taken dowry. The SC is hopeful that this will discourage dowry-giving-and-taking.
I don't see the purpose of having such a rule, simply because no person of sound mind will voluntarity provide dowry information to the government, especially since he knows that more the details he gives, more will be the questions asked. Declaring dowry could be a nice way to attract trouble towards yourself.
And let's not underestimate our government officers. The people who ace the IAS exams aren't exactly duds.
Sample this:
"Do you think government servants will do that [disclose dowry details]?" asked a top official from the state’s General Administration Department.
"We will always find a way to escape this," he told Newsline.
True to character, the order hasn't even been implemented, and the bureaucratic high-handedness has already begun to show. Contempt of court, anyone?
P.S.- How about asking political candidates to disclose their dowry details?
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