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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.

On Camera

Modi govt is giving more teeth to a paper leak law that has so far bitten none

Two years later, we are made to believe that this time the amendments will be the panacea. A law deters only if it is effectively enforced.

Life insurance policy surrender, withdrawal payouts jump to Rs 2.8 lakh-crore, exceed maturity benefits

Govt says surrender & withdrawal payouts accounted for 39% of total benefits in 25-26, up from 32% in 21-22, driven by affordability issues, mis-selling, changing financial circumstance.

‘When Pakistan sought ceasefire, we keep it waiting’—Gen Anil Chauhan reveals India’s Op Sindoor flex

Pakistan reached out to India around 9.30 am on 10 May 2025 but Indian DGMO spoke only in the afternoon, just retired Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan says at ThePrint's Off The Cuff.

Modi govt response to Gen Z protest shows a rare vulnerability. It’s an opportunity for Opposition

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.