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TopicAnti-dowry law

Topic: anti-dowry law

Dowry, domestic violence: Messy divorce ends with IPS officer’s public apology to husband on SC’s orders

New Delhi: Following directions in a rare Supreme Court order, an IPS officer and her parents have issued a public apology to her ex-husband...

Bollywood’s ongoing blockbuster bust & the bitter truth behind Maharashtra’s sugar industry

New Delhi: India’s entertainment industry is going through a “blockbuster famine” and is lining up a series of local and Hollywood films to get people back...

‘Helps avoid false dowry allegations’ — HC on why making list of wedding gifts given to bride is vital

Dowry Prohibition Act makes exception for gifts given to bride at marriage, and rules have been laid down for making of such lists. Allahabad HC last week stressed importance of the act.

Patna HC says if custom warrants, man asking money from wife’s parents for child rearing ‘not dowry’

Patna High Court says dowry has been expanded from restrictive meaning and can include such money / property / security which is given as “consideration for marriage”.

Avoiding ‘unnecessary’ arrests in dowry cases — Calcutta HC’s new guidelines for cops & courts

SC judgment last month asked HCs & DGPs to issue circulars to ensure police & lower courts strictly follow arrest guidelines established in 2014 Arnesh Kumar case.

SubscriberWrites: TISS Mumbai examines the importance of Savitribai Phule’s role in contemporary times

The Ambedkarite Student’s Association at TISS Mumbai celebrated 192nd Savitribai Phule's birth anniversary on 4 January 2023, writes Vinay Damodar.

Downside of dowry crackdown — women’s decision-making power falls, domestic violence goes up

Researchers from Rice University in US studied the relationship between dowry payments and Indian women's post-marital status by using amendments to the anti-dowry law.

In busy & controversial 2018, SC struck down Colonial-era laws but upheld Aadhaar

Of the at least 35 judgments that dominated headlines in 2018, ThePrint takes a look at 7 key orders passed by the top court.

Supreme Court does well to prevent abuse of anti-dowry law

The 50-word Edit — ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

BJP MPs want a men’s commission, say women are ruining marriages

The two MPs call for an amendment to anti-dowry law, say men are scared of marriage and that's why they prefer live-in relationships.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.