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TopicDowry

Topic: Dowry

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.

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.

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India’s Russian oil imports set to hit all-time high this month, ahead of Iran crude comeback

Kpler data shows India's Russian oil imports are on track to reach 2.25 mbpd in June 2026, as prospects of Iranian crude returning to India grow after US-Iran agreement.

SMPP partners with Europe’s KNDS to build loitering munitions in India amid growing military demand

Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’.

Why many parties break up when out of power and some don’t

Ideology keeps parties together, or the glue of power. Without either, you face the ongoing defections at an industrial scale.