Dowry

Husband booked for demanding dowry, pronouncing triple talaq in Uttar Pradesh

Nusrat Fatima, a resident of Pipra Adai village under Khondare police station limits alleged on Wednesday that her in-laws threw her out of the house in September last year after beating her up for dowry

22-year-old woman killed for dowry in UP's Ghazipur

Chanda's body was found hanging in her room Tuesday morning at her in-laws' Sakra village, police said

Dowry death: Kerala court reserves verdict, will pronounce it on 23 May

The court's decision was confirmed by advocate G Mohanraj, who is the special public prosecutor (SPP) in the case

Husband, in-laws held for killing woman for dowry in UP's Muzaffarnagar

According to the police, Shabana was found hanging in her room on 7 May

Lucknow: Man gives triple talaq to wife within a year of marriage, sends divorce petition from Germany

The in-laws of the woman said that the desired dowry was not given at the time of the marriage which prompted the decision. Before sending the triple talaq letter, the wife was sent to her maternal home in Uttar Pradesh

NCW asks education minister to take action over book listing 'merits' of dowry

A book listing the merits and advantages of the dowry system have been prescribed for nursing students

About 31,000 complaints of crimes against women received in 2021, over half from UP: NCW data

There was a 30 percent rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021 as compared to 2020 when 23,722 complaints were received.

It’s good that women can now marry at 21, but whose marriage is it anyway?

The Cabinet’s move to approve the proposal to raise the legal age of women’s marriage from 18 to 21, bringing them at par with men, is a step in the right direction. But it doesn’t solve all the problems

Kerala directs government employees to submit 'no dowry' affidavit within one month of marriage

As per new rules, the 'anti-dowry' affidavit has to be signed duly by the employee’s wife, father, and father-in-law

In Kashmir, complainants run pillar-to-post for justice in absence of commission for women and children that was dissolved last August

The other commissions which remain dissolved dealt with human rights, the right to information, the rights of the disabled, and allegations against public functionaries.