TopicAnti-dowry law

Topic: anti-dowry law

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

Rossella Calvi - 6 March, 2021

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

Ritika Jain - 28 December, 2018

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

ThePrint Team - 14 September, 2018

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

Pragya Kaushika - 3 September, 2018

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.

Maneka Gandhi joins pushback against 498-A, calls anti-dowry law ‘strange’

Sanya Dhingra - 1 February, 2018

Women and Child Development Minister’s statement is significant because activists have been highlighting that there is a pushback against women-centric laws.

Talk Point: Steel secretary’s remarks shed light on a collective misogyny we all need to question

Nandita Singh - 13 November, 2017

Aruna Sharma’s statement, and our instinctual response to subvert women’s voices and dilute legitimacy, sheds light on a collective internalised misogyny we all need to question.

Talk Point: Section 498-A is sometimes misused, implement July 2017 apex court order

Shailaja Chandra - 13 November, 2017

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...

Talk Point: Section 498-A: Most cases are filed to make monetary gains out of a failed relationship

Amit Lakhani - 13 November, 2017

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...

Talk Point: Women-centric laws: Quality investigation alone can do justice to both men and women

Chitleen K Sethi - 13 November, 2017

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...

Talk Point: Steel secretary’s attempt to vilify women is a disgrace to her gender

Nirupama Rao - 13 November, 2017

I do not agree with Sharma’s sweeping assertions. Firstly, she does not care to address the fact that the basic problem regarding women and their rights persists.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

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Hard-nosed, practical—why India has revived relations with Kabul, and why Taliban is welcoming

Jyoti Malhotra - 28 June, 2022

By protecting the Indian embassy in Kabul for the last ten months, the Taliban is sending a message to its neighbours and the rest of the world.

India readying Bharat NCAP for safer cars but curbing violations can make big difference too

28 June, 2022

Simranjit Singh Mann is reborn because there’s an uneasy vacuum in Punjab

28 June, 2022

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Central banks in Asia spend billions to bolster weakening currencies against rising US dollar

Karl Lester M. Yap - 28 June, 2022

Learning from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, central banks have been accumulating dollars to help defend their currencies during periods of wild market swings.

Topic: anti-dowry law

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YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Hard-nosed, practical—why India has revived relations with Kabul, and why Taliban is welcoming

India readying Bharat NCAP for safer cars but curbing violations can make big difference too

Simranjit Singh Mann is reborn because there’s an uneasy vacuum in Punjab

Economy

Central banks in Asia spend billions to bolster weakening currencies against rising US dollar

Defence

Almost 4,000 enrol for IAF’s Agnipath recruitment scheme on day 1 of online registrations

National Interest

With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again

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