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Monday, August 4, 2025
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Topic: Dowry

Indian Muslims are hiding their dowry practice in a Sharia loophole

Inheritance is often handed over at the time of marriage in the name of dowry. And once it enters the husband’s household, it no longer remains hers.

Bengaluru techie suicide: Neighbours in wife’s UP hometown shocked, ‘never got a hint of bitter dispute’

Nikita Singhania’s affluent family did not mingle much & never revealed anything about her marital dispute, say neighbours who got to know of her husband’s suicide via news reports.

Woman thrown out of house after triple talaq, Haryana cops book her husband & in-laws

Eight people booked for alleged dowry harassment, domestic abuse & sexual assault. Section 4 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act also brought against accused.

Bengaluru techie suicide: His marriage was marked by legal battles, dowry claims, ‘extraordinary’ ruling

Atul Subhash died by suicide earlier this month. He & his wife Nikita married 5 yrs ago, but their relationship broke down soon after. There were 6 cases against Atul at one point.

Bengaluru techie suicide: PIL in Supreme Court seeks reform of dowry, domestic violence laws

The plea further sought a direction to record articles or gifts given during marriage registrations.

‘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”.

Gr Noida ‘dowry death’: Shattered family recalls woman’s last call — ‘something bad is going to happen’

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.

Suspended UP Police SI who ‘shot pregnant wife thrice’ wanted dowry given ‘secretly’, say in-laws

Shashank Mishra allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh in cash & tortured his wife for not meeting his demands. His father-in-law had lodged an FIR Monday against the SI & the family.

Akshay Kumar’s PSAs usually hit the spot. But ad on car airbags unwittingly promotes dowry

Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways’s latest ad on cars needing six airbags is timely after Cyrus Mistry’s death. But someone should’ve checked the script.

On Camera

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India’s strategic decisions suggest a pragmatic reading of the US' duality. While defence cooperation with the US has accelerated, India continues to diversify its military suppliers.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

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...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.