Topic: anti-dowry

According to police, the husband was accused of setting his wife on fire. He was also accused of frequently assaulting the victim, Nikki.

25-yr-old Karishma Bhatti's family says she suffered frequent domestic abuse over dowry at the hands of her husband & in-laws, who were also unhappy when she gave birth to a daughter.

The move, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan tells ThePrint in exclusive interview, comes after the 'suicide' of a 24-year-old medical student, allegedly because of dowry harrassment. 

This institutional issue is taking away the weight of verdicts delivered by smaller benches turning the courts into a bundle of contradictions.

However, a three-judge bench led by CJI withdraws family welfare committees it had mandated to vet complaints filed by women under the law.

Senior bureaucrat Aruna Sharma has lashed out at what she calls the “narrow approach in the name of women’s rights”. She believes this has led to a rampant misuse of law by women, asserting that such “activism” is resulting in men losing faith in the judiciary and the institution of marriage.