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"Rs 71 Lakh Cash, 21 Tola Gold:" YouTuber With 2.4 Million Subscribers Under Fire For Taking Dowry Disguised As "Daan"
The controversy centres around the definition of "daan" (gift) versus dowry, with some arguing that the gifts were voluntary and others condemning the practice as a social evil.
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'Rampant Misuse': Top Court Says Anti-Dowry Laws Remain Ineffective
The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while flagging that existing laws suffer from both "ineffectiveness" and "misuse", and that the evil practice remains rampant.
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Kerala Man, Arrested Over Wife's Death By Suicide In UAE, Released On Bail
A month after the death of Chavara native Athulya Shekhar (29) in Sharjah, Kerala Police on Sunday detained her husband Satheesh (40), the sole accused in the case, at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
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Marriage Not Merely A Social Contract But A Spiritual Union: High Court
Marriages considered sacrosanct by Hindus are at stake now because of small and trivial issues between couples, the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing a dowry harassment case against a man and his family members.
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"If Educated People...": Groom Returns Dowry Of Rs 5 Lakh In Rajasthan, Earns Praise
A 30-year-old bridegroom, who was gifted Rs 5,51,000 as dowry amid wedding rituals, returned the money to the bride's family soon after the ceremony, earning widespread praise among relatives and villagers in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer.
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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"Women Misusing Dowry Law": Man Dies By Suicide, Leaves Note, Wife Charged
The wife of a photographer who committed suicide and three of her kin were booked in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for alleged abetment of the act, a police official said on Thursday.
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Plea In Supreme Court Calls For Reform In Dowry And Domestic Violence Laws
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking reform in domestic violence laws and to prevent their misuse in the wake of the recent tragic incident of Atul Subhash's suicide case.
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Bride, Groom Must Maintain List Of Gifts Received At Wedding: Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that maintaining a list of gifts received by the bride or bridegroom at the time of marriage as prescribed under Section 3(2) of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 is important to prevent false allegations of dowry.
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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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"Rs 71 Lakh Cash, 21 Tola Gold:" YouTuber With 2.4 Million Subscribers Under Fire For Taking Dowry Disguised As "Daan"
The controversy centres around the definition of "daan" (gift) versus dowry, with some arguing that the gifts were voluntary and others condemning the practice as a social evil.
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'Rampant Misuse': Top Court Says Anti-Dowry Laws Remain Ineffective
The eradication of dowry is an urgent constitutional and social necessity, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while flagging that existing laws suffer from both "ineffectiveness" and "misuse", and that the evil practice remains rampant.
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Kerala Man, Arrested Over Wife's Death By Suicide In UAE, Released On Bail
A month after the death of Chavara native Athulya Shekhar (29) in Sharjah, Kerala Police on Sunday detained her husband Satheesh (40), the sole accused in the case, at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
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Marriage Not Merely A Social Contract But A Spiritual Union: High Court
Marriages considered sacrosanct by Hindus are at stake now because of small and trivial issues between couples, the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing a dowry harassment case against a man and his family members.
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"If Educated People...": Groom Returns Dowry Of Rs 5 Lakh In Rajasthan, Earns Praise
A 30-year-old bridegroom, who was gifted Rs 5,51,000 as dowry amid wedding rituals, returned the money to the bride's family soon after the ceremony, earning widespread praise among relatives and villagers in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer.
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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"Women Misusing Dowry Law": Man Dies By Suicide, Leaves Note, Wife Charged
The wife of a photographer who committed suicide and three of her kin were booked in Indore in Madhya Pradesh for alleged abetment of the act, a police official said on Thursday.
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Plea In Supreme Court Calls For Reform In Dowry And Domestic Violence Laws
A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking reform in domestic violence laws and to prevent their misuse in the wake of the recent tragic incident of Atul Subhash's suicide case.
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Bride, Groom Must Maintain List Of Gifts Received At Wedding: Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that maintaining a list of gifts received by the bride or bridegroom at the time of marriage as prescribed under Section 3(2) of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 is important to prevent false allegations of dowry.
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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.
