Dowry Harassment Claims Life: 25-year-old software engineer dies by suicide in Telangana. Telangana's Dowry Menace: 7,141 dowry deaths reported in 2020, stressing need for stricter laws. Justice ...

Over time, the practice of dowry replaced the gifts and essentials traditionally given to couples starting a new life together, and this harmful practice became deeply entrenched in weddings. However, ...

The Delhi High Court has rejected the writ petition filed by a man, seeking an inquiry into the finances of his wife and her family who claimed to have paid him ₹2 crores dowry, in addition to ...

Charges have been traded for domestic violence, dowry demand and financial foul play. Hisar police has filed an FIR under various sections against Deepak Hooda on the complaint of Saweety Boora.

Pilibhit police booked six members of a Ghaziabad-based family for allegedly torturing a 27-year-old woman over dowry. The woman claimed her husband and in-laws demanded Rs 10 lakh and a luxury ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, February 19, ruled that dowry demands are not essential to establish offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC, a law enacted in 1983 to protect ...

The Supreme Court said on Friday (February 21, 2025) dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married ...

The Supreme Court has held that demand for dowry is not a pre-requisite to invoke the offence of cruelty to wife under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Loading content, please wait ...

The Supreme Court observed that a dowry demand is not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC. The Court explained that this provision recognizes two ...

The court maintained that either form of cruelty -- physical or mental -- independent of dowry demand, is sufficient to attract the provisions of Section 498A IPC and make the offence punishable ...

The family of Adaobi Alagwu has returned her dowry to billionaire businessman, Tunde Ayeni. The dowry was returned amid court proceedings in the ongoing DNA saga between the businessman and Abuja ...