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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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Caught Husband With Sister-In-Law, He Made Me Have Sanitiser: UP Cop
A police constable in Pilibhit registered a case against her husband, who is also a constable, and her in-laws, alleging that they demanded dowry and subjected her to cruelty, a police official said on Tuesday.
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Video: Chairs, Kicks, Punches Fly After 'Rasgulla Shortage' At Bihar Wedding
A wedding in Bihar's Bodh Gaya descended into a chaotic battlezone between the bride and the groom's families over shortage of rasgulla.
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'Get Royal Enfield Bullet Or 2 Lakhs': Man Kicks Wife Out Day After Wedding
A newly wed woman was thrown out of her husband's home in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur after she refused to ask her parents for a motorbike or Rs 2 lakh in dowry.
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'They Wanted SUV': UP Woman Found Hanging, Parents Claim In-Laws Killed Her
A 26-year-old woman was found hanging under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws' house here, police said on Monday.
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Woman, 27, Ends Life 5 Months After Marriage. She Was Tortured For Money
Within six months of marriage, a 27-year-old woman committed suicide by consuming poison in Nashik city of Maharashtra as she was allegedly subjected to torture by her husband and his family members over money and other issues, police said.
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In Dowry Case, Bengaluru Woman Alleges Sexual Harassment By Father-In-Law
Sangeeta, a woman from Bengaluru, has registered a case of dowry harassment against her husband, Dr Govardhan, and sexual intimidation against her father-in-law, Professor Nagaraju.
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'Poison', Dowry Claims As Mumbai Woman Dies Month Before 1st Wedding Anniversary
The husband of a 24-year-old Mumbai woman, who died last week under mysterious circumstances, has been arrested and charged with murder and dowry harassment.
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Gurugram Nurse Jumps To Death From 7th Floor With 3-Year-Old Son, Dowry Case Filed
A 28-year-old nurse at a private hospital allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of a residential society with her 3-year-old son tied to her waist, resulting in their deaths, police said on Wednesday.
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Noida Doctor Accuses IPS Officer Husband, 6 Others Of 'Dowry Harassment'
An FIR has been registered against a Karnataka-cadre IPS officer and six others on charges of dowry harassment, domestic violence and other offences. The complaint was lodged by his wife, who is doctor based in Noida, police said on Saturday.
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UP Mother Allegedly Killed Over Dowry, Infant Thrown On Road
A one-month-old baby was found lying on the edge of a road, covered in dust and dirt, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat on Friday.
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Karnataka Man Kills Wife With Machete Over Dowry, Refusal Of Physical Intimacy
A case of domestic violence was reported from Karnataka's Chikmagalur, where a 27-year-old woman was brutally killed by her husband over marital dispute.
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India's Violent Crime Cases Fall 29% In A Decade, Riots Down 40%: Data
Violent crime in India has recorded a decisive decline over the past decade, with official data showing a significant drop across key categories including rape, dowry deaths, riots and murders.
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Husband, 6 In-Laws Charged For Dowry Death, Woman Turns Up Alive After 2 Years
A woman over whose 'death' her husband and in-laws were facing a dowry death case for two years has now been found alive.
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Dowry Cases Rise By 14% In 2023, Over 6,100 Women Killed: Data
Cases registered under dowry-related crimes saw a 14 per cent increase in 2023, with more than 15,000 cases recorded across the country and over 6,100 deaths reported through the year, according to the latest report of the NCRB
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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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Caught Husband With Sister-In-Law, He Made Me Have Sanitiser: UP Cop
A police constable in Pilibhit registered a case against her husband, who is also a constable, and her in-laws, alleging that they demanded dowry and subjected her to cruelty, a police official said on Tuesday.
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Video: Chairs, Kicks, Punches Fly After 'Rasgulla Shortage' At Bihar Wedding
A wedding in Bihar's Bodh Gaya descended into a chaotic battlezone between the bride and the groom's families over shortage of rasgulla.
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'Get Royal Enfield Bullet Or 2 Lakhs': Man Kicks Wife Out Day After Wedding
A newly wed woman was thrown out of her husband's home in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur after she refused to ask her parents for a motorbike or Rs 2 lakh in dowry.
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'They Wanted SUV': UP Woman Found Hanging, Parents Claim In-Laws Killed Her
A 26-year-old woman was found hanging under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws' house here, police said on Monday.
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Woman, 27, Ends Life 5 Months After Marriage. She Was Tortured For Money
Within six months of marriage, a 27-year-old woman committed suicide by consuming poison in Nashik city of Maharashtra as she was allegedly subjected to torture by her husband and his family members over money and other issues, police said.
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In Dowry Case, Bengaluru Woman Alleges Sexual Harassment By Father-In-Law
Sangeeta, a woman from Bengaluru, has registered a case of dowry harassment against her husband, Dr Govardhan, and sexual intimidation against her father-in-law, Professor Nagaraju.
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'Poison', Dowry Claims As Mumbai Woman Dies Month Before 1st Wedding Anniversary
The husband of a 24-year-old Mumbai woman, who died last week under mysterious circumstances, has been arrested and charged with murder and dowry harassment.
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Gurugram Nurse Jumps To Death From 7th Floor With 3-Year-Old Son, Dowry Case Filed
A 28-year-old nurse at a private hospital allegedly jumped from the seventh floor of a residential society with her 3-year-old son tied to her waist, resulting in their deaths, police said on Wednesday.
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Noida Doctor Accuses IPS Officer Husband, 6 Others Of 'Dowry Harassment'
An FIR has been registered against a Karnataka-cadre IPS officer and six others on charges of dowry harassment, domestic violence and other offences. The complaint was lodged by his wife, who is doctor based in Noida, police said on Saturday.
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UP Mother Allegedly Killed Over Dowry, Infant Thrown On Road
A one-month-old baby was found lying on the edge of a road, covered in dust and dirt, in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat on Friday.
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Karnataka Man Kills Wife With Machete Over Dowry, Refusal Of Physical Intimacy
A case of domestic violence was reported from Karnataka's Chikmagalur, where a 27-year-old woman was brutally killed by her husband over marital dispute.
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India's Violent Crime Cases Fall 29% In A Decade, Riots Down 40%: Data
Violent crime in India has recorded a decisive decline over the past decade, with official data showing a significant drop across key categories including rape, dowry deaths, riots and murders.
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Husband, 6 In-Laws Charged For Dowry Death, Woman Turns Up Alive After 2 Years
A woman over whose 'death' her husband and in-laws were facing a dowry death case for two years has now been found alive.
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Dowry Cases Rise By 14% In 2023, Over 6,100 Women Killed: Data
Cases registered under dowry-related crimes saw a 14 per cent increase in 2023, with more than 15,000 cases recorded across the country and over 6,100 deaths reported through the year, according to the latest report of the NCRB
