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90% burns, but no accusation: Why HC fell back on dying woman’s words to acquit husband after 28 yrs

Trial court had relied on a contested suicide note to convict the man on the dowry complaint lodged by his father-in-law.

50 days of cruelty: Twisha Sharma’s final distress messages revealed

Twisha's WhatsApp SOSes to her family in the days leading up to her alleged suicide, documented by CBI, paint terrifying picture of her final days in her matrimonial home.

Can in-laws be prosecuted for asking woman to ‘adjust’? What SC said in dowry-domestic violence case

Allegations against each accused 'must be specific, distinct and supported by prima facie material' in prosecutions arising out of matrimonial disputes, it asserted.

Evil of dowry will continue unless women are economically independent: Kanak Mukherjee

In August 1986, Kanak Mukherjee delivered a speech during a debate on amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act in the Rajya Sabha.

Kin blame in-laws, say ‘40-inch TV killed her’ as 25-yr-old Delhi woman’s death takes murky turn

In yet another suspected dowry death, 25-yr-old woman falls off building in Delhi’s Inderpuri. Family alleges abuse, torture, violence by in-laws; husband & his brother in custody.

Husband set pregnant woman on fire for dowry. Her testimony has now led to his reduced sentence

The woman still carries burn marks from the November 2000 incident. But she requested the court no further punitive action be taken against husband, in-laws.

India’s dowry laws are most powerful in the world. They’re not enough

India has enough laws. What it lacks is the institutional infrastructure, political will necessary to make those laws mean something.

Can a live-in partner be charged for dowry harassment? Supreme Court examines the question

SC has asked Centre to respond to an appeal filed by a Karnataka man challenging 2 police charge sheets that accuse him of harassing his live-in partner for dowry.

Behind Greater Noida wife burning — a beauty salon, Instagram Reels, a bottle of thinner

Nikki’s parents claimed that her in-laws had demanded Rs 36 lakh and a Scorpio, which police said was the family’s attempt to conceal her Instagram account — something they feared society would not accept.

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.

On Camera

Vande Mataram was always a Congress song. It’s the latest symbol BJP-RSS has claimed

Turning anyone who ever sparred with Nehru and Gandhi into a trophy of appropriation has long been both the Hindu Right's sport and strategy, and a rather successful one.

Is India becoming too dependent on Russian oil? The answer isn’t straightforward

Russia now accounts for about half of India’s crude imports. Experts say this reflects source diversification, but high concentration carries risks from sanctions, shipping curbs.

Modi govt opens up conventional missile production to private players. Astra & Pralay up for grabs

This opens up a market worth several thousand crores while allowing defence ministry to diversify and speed up production at a time when armed forces are looking to build missile stock.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.