The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a new set of directions to prevent the misuse of Section 498A of Indian Penal Code. A two judge bench of Justices AK Goel and UU Lalit observed that Section 498A was inserted in the statute laudable object of punishing cruelty at the hands of husband, or his relatives against a wife, particularly when such cruelty had potential to result in suicide or murder of a woman as mentioned in the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Act 46 of 1983, reports www.livelaw.in