Dowry Prohibition Act

Triple talaq: Criminality provision is very fulcrum of a much-needed reform, diluting it will kill the bill

Criminalisation of talaq-e-biddat might not totally abolish it, but definitely take away the threat of divorce from men and make Muslim marriages a more equitable contract.

Goa BJP leader Anil Hoble booked for harassing daughter-in-law for dowry

Senior Goa BJP functionary Anil Hoble was booked on Wednesday along with his wife and son for allegedly harassing his daughter-in-law for dowry, the police said.

IIT scholar Manjula Devak's suicide shows that in India, dowry is still a silent killer of women

The death of Manjula Devak, a PhD scholar from IIT Delhi, has exposed a society which still views women only as bringers of dowry. Not as sentient humans beings with lives, dreams and abilities of their own.

Triple talaq: Govt may step in to enact a law to ban practice, says Venkaiah Naidu

The government may have to step in and enact a law to ban triple talaq if the Muslim community fails to "change" the practice, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said.

Dowry Prohibition Act: BSP MP arrested along with wife, son for daughter-in-law's death

BSP MP Narendra Kashyap along with his wife and son was arrested on Thursday under anti-dowry laws in connection with the death of his daughter-in-law

Aspiring model found hanging in Delhi's Defence Colony flat, husband held

A 25-year-old married woman, who was an aspiring model, was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house. Her husband has been arrested