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Opinion | Irony: 19 Dowry Deaths A Day, Yet 'Men's Rights' Groups Want Law Scrapped
On average, in 2020, more than 19 young women died every day due to dowry-related harassment. Every year, in the 2017-2022 period, an average of 7,000 cases of dowry deaths were reported across the country.
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"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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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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"Society Must Change": Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Reforms In Dowry, Domestic Violence Laws
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL which sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse.
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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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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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Bengaluru Man's "Last Day, Last Moment" Checklist Before He Died By Suicide
The 34-year-old techie who died by suicide at his home in Bengaluru had been planning his death for months and had prepared a detailed checklist of everything he needed to do in the days leading up to it, ticking off every task once it was done.
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Madhya Pradesh Woman Attempts Suicide With 3 Daughters, 1 Survives: Cops
In a tragic incident in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Tuesday, a woman hanged herself along with her three daughters, following which the woman and her two daughters died while one girl was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, a police official
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"Meant To Strike Out Dowry Menace, But...": Court On Misuse Of Key Law
The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that some women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision that intends to protect them from cruelty by her husband or his family members.
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Strict Punishment For Hit-And-Run Cases? What New Bill Says
In an effort to curb hit-and-run cases, the government has proposed a new provision as part of its overhaul of criminal laws in the country.
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UP Woman Raped By Father-In-Law, Set On Fire For Refusing Dowry. Accused Arrested
A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Balia along with his son for allegedly setting his daughter-in-law on fire over dowry after he raped her, police said today.
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Laws Are Important But ...: Supreme Court On Ending Dowry
While laws are important, people also need to change from within and learn to treat women with respect to end the social evil of dowry, the Supreme Court said today.
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Law Student's Suicide "Heart Rending", Want Young Girls To Be "Bold": Kerala Governor
Terming the recent suicide of a law student as "very unfortunate, tragic and heart rending", Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said he wants young women to be "bold enough" to say no to dowry and to fight back, rather than give up their li
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Woman Found Dead in UP's Shamli, Husband Arrested: Police
A 28-year-old woman was found dead at her husband's house in a suspected case of murder for not giving additional dowry in a village in Uttar Pradesh Shamli's district, the police said.
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Opinion | Irony: 19 Dowry Deaths A Day, Yet 'Men's Rights' Groups Want Law Scrapped
On average, in 2020, more than 19 young women died every day due to dowry-related harassment. Every year, in the 2017-2022 period, an average of 7,000 cases of dowry deaths were reported across the country.
-
"Dowry Demand Not Needed To Invoke Cruelty Charge Against Husband": Top Court
The Supreme Court has said dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws.
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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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"Society Must Change": Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Reforms In Dowry, Domestic Violence Laws
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL which sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse.
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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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Amid Atul Subhash Suicide Shocker, Supreme Court's Big Remark On Dowry Cases
Flagging a "growing tendency to misuse" laws protecting women from cruelty by their in-laws, the Supreme Court has said courts must exercise caution while deciding dowry harassment cases to prevent unnecessary harassment of innocent people.
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Bengaluru Man's "Last Day, Last Moment" Checklist Before He Died By Suicide
The 34-year-old techie who died by suicide at his home in Bengaluru had been planning his death for months and had prepared a detailed checklist of everything he needed to do in the days leading up to it, ticking off every task once it was done.
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Madhya Pradesh Woman Attempts Suicide With 3 Daughters, 1 Survives: Cops
In a tragic incident in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Tuesday, a woman hanged herself along with her three daughters, following which the woman and her two daughters died while one girl was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, a police official
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"Meant To Strike Out Dowry Menace, But...": Court On Misuse Of Key Law
The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that some women have unleashed "legal terrorism" by misusing Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision that intends to protect them from cruelty by her husband or his family members.
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Strict Punishment For Hit-And-Run Cases? What New Bill Says
In an effort to curb hit-and-run cases, the government has proposed a new provision as part of its overhaul of criminal laws in the country.
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UP Woman Raped By Father-In-Law, Set On Fire For Refusing Dowry. Accused Arrested
A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Balia along with his son for allegedly setting his daughter-in-law on fire over dowry after he raped her, police said today.
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Laws Are Important But ...: Supreme Court On Ending Dowry
While laws are important, people also need to change from within and learn to treat women with respect to end the social evil of dowry, the Supreme Court said today.
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Law Student's Suicide "Heart Rending", Want Young Girls To Be "Bold": Kerala Governor
Terming the recent suicide of a law student as "very unfortunate, tragic and heart rending", Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said he wants young women to be "bold enough" to say no to dowry and to fight back, rather than give up their li
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Woman Found Dead in UP's Shamli, Husband Arrested: Police
A 28-year-old woman was found dead at her husband's house in a suspected case of murder for not giving additional dowry in a village in Uttar Pradesh Shamli's district, the police said.
