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Kerala Woman Found Dead In UAE Flat, Family Alleges Dowry Harassment
Athulya Sekhar, 29, got married to Satheesh, also a resident of Kerala's Kollam, in 2014.
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Kerala Woman Died By Suicide In UAE, Husband, In-Laws Booked In Dowry Case
The husband and the in-laws of the 32-year-old Kerala woman, who was found dead with her toddler in the United Arab Emirates's Sharjah, have been booked for a dowry harassment case.
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Tortured For "300 Gold Sovereigns", Newlywed Woman Dies By Suicide In Tamil Nadu
A 27-year-old woman, who was married only about two and a half months ago, has died by suicide after holding her husband and in-laws responsible for her decision to end her life, police said on Monday.
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Commando Accused Of Killing Wife Says He Was In Op Sindoor. What Court Said
The Supreme Court today refused to provide relief to a Black Cat Commando accused of murdering his wife.
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UP Woman Thrashed By Husband And In-Laws, Hot Iron Pressed On Genitals, Dies
A woman, married for 10 years and a mother of two young children, has died after allegedly being brutally thrashed and tortured by pressing a hot iron all over her body, including her genitals, in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
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Ajit Pawar's Party Expels Leader, His Son Named In Dowry-Suicide Case
The Nationalist Congress Party has expelled a local leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case, it said on Thursday.
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UP Man Gets 10 Years Jail For Murdering Wife Over Dowry
A fast track court here has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for murdering his wife over dowry, a government lawyer said on Friday.
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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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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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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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Mindset That Women Endure Suffering Exploited By Perpetrators: High Court
The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman "endures" sufferings in her matrimonial home emboldens the perpetrators.
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"Extremely Tortured By Wife, In-Laws": Delhi Cafe Owner's Video Note Before Suicide
In a video recorded before his death, 40-year-old Delhi-based cafe owner Puneet Khurana alleged that mental torture and unreasonable demands from his wife Manika Pahwa and in-laws drove him to suicide.
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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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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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Kerala Woman Found Dead In UAE Flat, Family Alleges Dowry Harassment
Athulya Sekhar, 29, got married to Satheesh, also a resident of Kerala's Kollam, in 2014.
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Kerala Woman Died By Suicide In UAE, Husband, In-Laws Booked In Dowry Case
The husband and the in-laws of the 32-year-old Kerala woman, who was found dead with her toddler in the United Arab Emirates's Sharjah, have been booked for a dowry harassment case.
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Tortured For "300 Gold Sovereigns", Newlywed Woman Dies By Suicide In Tamil Nadu
A 27-year-old woman, who was married only about two and a half months ago, has died by suicide after holding her husband and in-laws responsible for her decision to end her life, police said on Monday.
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Commando Accused Of Killing Wife Says He Was In Op Sindoor. What Court Said
The Supreme Court today refused to provide relief to a Black Cat Commando accused of murdering his wife.
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UP Woman Thrashed By Husband And In-Laws, Hot Iron Pressed On Genitals, Dies
A woman, married for 10 years and a mother of two young children, has died after allegedly being brutally thrashed and tortured by pressing a hot iron all over her body, including her genitals, in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
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Ajit Pawar's Party Expels Leader, His Son Named In Dowry-Suicide Case
The Nationalist Congress Party has expelled a local leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case, it said on Thursday.
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UP Man Gets 10 Years Jail For Murdering Wife Over Dowry
A fast track court here has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for murdering his wife over dowry, a government lawyer said on Friday.
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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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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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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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Mindset That Women Endure Suffering Exploited By Perpetrators: High Court
The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman "endures" sufferings in her matrimonial home emboldens the perpetrators.
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"Extremely Tortured By Wife, In-Laws": Delhi Cafe Owner's Video Note Before Suicide
In a video recorded before his death, 40-year-old Delhi-based cafe owner Puneet Khurana alleged that mental torture and unreasonable demands from his wife Manika Pahwa and in-laws drove him to suicide.
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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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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.
