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Days After Noida Horror, Another UP Woman Burnt By Husband Over Dowry
Days after the brutal death of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati in Greater Noida, another case of dowry-linked violence has emerged in Uttar Pradesh.
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Are You Aware Dowry Is Illegal? Nikki Bhati's Father's Chilling Response
Six decades after dowry was banned in India, a 28-year-old woman living less than an hour from national capital Delhi was burnt alive, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, over a demand of getting Rs 36 lakh from her parents as dowry.
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Pregnant Woman Found Dead In Delhi, Family Alleges Dowry Harassment
A 22-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Delhi's Dwarka on Monday - four months after her marriage, with her family alleging it to be a case of dowry death.
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Woman Crying Doesn't 'Per Se' Prove Dowry Harassment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that mere fact that a woman was crying, cannot per se make out any case of dowry harassment.
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Dowry Death Affects Foundation Of Dignity But No Blanket Ban On Bail: Court
Offence of dowry death strikes at the foundations of dignity, equality and justice in domestic life, but there is no blanket prohibition against the grant of bail in such cases, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Marriage To Be Seen, Not Place Where Woman Kills Self In Dowry Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has held the place -- parental or matrimonial -- where a married woman is driven to kill herself had no bearing in a dowry death case and refused bail to a man.
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"Not Every Woman's Suicide Due To Harassment": Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws
A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family members in the suicidal death case of his wife allegedly due to dowry demands and said there was no presumption every suicide by a married woman was due to harassment.
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"Her Husband Kept Asking For Dowry": Sister Of Indian Woman, 24, Found Dead In UK
Days after 24-year-old Harshita Brella - an Indian woman from Delhi living with her husband in the UK - was found dead with her body stashed away in the boot of a car, his family has pointed to a dowry angle in the case.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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Delhi Man Slits Wife's Throat Over Dowry, Arrested
A 27-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband over dowry in Delhi's Bakhtawarpur area, police said on Tuesday.
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In Doctor's Suicide Case, Court Acquits Husband Citing "Benefit Of Doubt"
The Saket Court in Delhi recently acquitted a doctor, whose wife had allegedly died by suicide, giving him the benefit of the doubt citing inconsistency in the statement of prosecution witnesses.
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Court Acquits Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty Charge In Dowry Death Case
A court in New Delhi on Friday acquitted the husband and mother-in-law of a woman, who died by suicide, holding there was not enough evidence to prove the dead was subjected to cruelty for dowry that drove her to take the extreme step.
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"Taunting Not Cruelty": Court Acquits Man, Parents In Wife's Suicide Case
Usual acts of taunting in a family do not amount to cruelty, a Delhi court has ruled, while acquitting a man and his parents in a dowry death case where they were accused of subjecting the woman to cruelty that prompted her to die by suicide.
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Fed Up Of Fights, 21-Year-Old Killed Wife, Dumped Body Near Delhi: Cops
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 21-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and later dumping her body near Haryana's Panipat, police said on Wednesday.
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Case Filed Against Ex-BJP MLA For Allegedly Raping Daughter-In-Law
The Delhi Police have filed a case against former BJP MLA Manoj Shokeen for allegedly raping and threatening his daughter-in-law at gun point on the intervening night of December 31, 2018 and January 1 this year, the police said on Saturday.
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Days After Noida Horror, Another UP Woman Burnt By Husband Over Dowry
Days after the brutal death of 26-year-old Nikki Bhati in Greater Noida, another case of dowry-linked violence has emerged in Uttar Pradesh.
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Are You Aware Dowry Is Illegal? Nikki Bhati's Father's Chilling Response
Six decades after dowry was banned in India, a 28-year-old woman living less than an hour from national capital Delhi was burnt alive, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, over a demand of getting Rs 36 lakh from her parents as dowry.
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Pregnant Woman Found Dead In Delhi, Family Alleges Dowry Harassment
A 22-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Delhi's Dwarka on Monday - four months after her marriage, with her family alleging it to be a case of dowry death.
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Woman Crying Doesn't 'Per Se' Prove Dowry Harassment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that mere fact that a woman was crying, cannot per se make out any case of dowry harassment.
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Dowry Death Affects Foundation Of Dignity But No Blanket Ban On Bail: Court
Offence of dowry death strikes at the foundations of dignity, equality and justice in domestic life, but there is no blanket prohibition against the grant of bail in such cases, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Marriage To Be Seen, Not Place Where Woman Kills Self In Dowry Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has held the place -- parental or matrimonial -- where a married woman is driven to kill herself had no bearing in a dowry death case and refused bail to a man.
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"Not Every Woman's Suicide Due To Harassment": Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws
A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his family members in the suicidal death case of his wife allegedly due to dowry demands and said there was no presumption every suicide by a married woman was due to harassment.
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"Her Husband Kept Asking For Dowry": Sister Of Indian Woman, 24, Found Dead In UK
Days after 24-year-old Harshita Brella - an Indian woman from Delhi living with her husband in the UK - was found dead with her body stashed away in the boot of a car, his family has pointed to a dowry angle in the case.
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Delhi Court Acquits Husband, In-Laws in Dowry Case After Victim Fails to Testify
A court here has acquitted the husband and three in-laws of a woman of the charge of subjecting her to cruelty for dowry, as she did not depose before it despite having been granted several opportunities.
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Delhi Man Slits Wife's Throat Over Dowry, Arrested
A 27-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband over dowry in Delhi's Bakhtawarpur area, police said on Tuesday.
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In Doctor's Suicide Case, Court Acquits Husband Citing "Benefit Of Doubt"
The Saket Court in Delhi recently acquitted a doctor, whose wife had allegedly died by suicide, giving him the benefit of the doubt citing inconsistency in the statement of prosecution witnesses.
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Court Acquits Husband, Mother-In-Law Of Cruelty Charge In Dowry Death Case
A court in New Delhi on Friday acquitted the husband and mother-in-law of a woman, who died by suicide, holding there was not enough evidence to prove the dead was subjected to cruelty for dowry that drove her to take the extreme step.
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"Taunting Not Cruelty": Court Acquits Man, Parents In Wife's Suicide Case
Usual acts of taunting in a family do not amount to cruelty, a Delhi court has ruled, while acquitting a man and his parents in a dowry death case where they were accused of subjecting the woman to cruelty that prompted her to die by suicide.
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Fed Up Of Fights, 21-Year-Old Killed Wife, Dumped Body Near Delhi: Cops
In a suspected case of dowry death, a 21-year-old man and his two associates were arrested for allegedly shooting his wife and later dumping her body near Haryana's Panipat, police said on Wednesday.
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Case Filed Against Ex-BJP MLA For Allegedly Raping Daughter-In-Law
The Delhi Police have filed a case against former BJP MLA Manoj Shokeen for allegedly raping and threatening his daughter-in-law at gun point on the intervening night of December 31, 2018 and January 1 this year, the police said on Saturday.
