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Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...- Three women, one track: Allegations of dowry and 'take me home' pleas that rang hollowThree young women died in their marital homes this month amid dowry demands. Twisha Sharma, Deepika Nagar, and Palak Ranjan could not retur...
- Twisha Sharma case update: ‘How can you ask your own bahu this?’: Twisha Sharma’s brother questions her mother-in-law in explosive audio clipTwisha Sharma Death Case: A leaked audio recording reveals a heated exchange between Twisha Sharma's mother-in-law, Giri Bala Singh, and Tw...
- Deepika Nagar Greater Noida dowry case: Autopsy reveals ruptured spleen, brain haematoma and internal bleeding; family alleges gold demands at every festivalA 24-year-old woman, Deepika Nagar, died after a fall from her in-laws' third-floor terrace in Greater Noida, eighteen months after her mar...
- Second marriage & dowry harassment: SC quashes FIR against in-laws, keeps 498A case against husbandThe Supreme Court quashed FIRs against a husband's in-laws and sister in a dowry harassment case. While the wife alleged they were aware of...
- Bengaluru, India's IT capital, has highest dowry-related cases among metro cities: NCRB reportBengaluru leads metropolitan cities in dowry-related cases with 878 incidents reported in 2024, accounting for 87% of metro cases. Delhi, h...
- Wife filed criminal case against brother-in-law alleging that her veins burst due to harassment for dowry; SC says allegations are vague and cancels 498A criminal caseThe Supreme Court quashed a dowry harassment case against a brother-in-law, deeming the allegations vague. The wife's FIR, alleging her vei...
- UP groom accepts Re 1 as shagun: Dramatic twist at wedding in Uttar Pradesh leaves guests surprised. What happened next?A dramatic twist at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar left the guests stunned when the groom refused the dowry given by the bride'...
- SC rules Sharia courts, Kazis have no legal standing; grants maintenance to Muslim womanIn a key ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that bodies such as Sharia Courts and Courts of Kazi have no legal standing in India. The jud...
- Growing trend of dowry victim indicting husband's kin: SCThe Supreme Court has expressed concern over the increasing trend of dowry victims implicating the husband's relatives in harassment cases....
- We must now realise need for UCC, says MP HC judge while hearing triple talaq caseJustice Verma, Indore HC, supported UCC under Article 44, allowing Aliya and Farad Saiyyad's petition. He upheld Rajpur police jurisdiction...
- Kerala Doctor suicide: NCW requests detailed action taken report within 5 days from Kerala policeThe National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the police to invoke relevant sections of the Dowry Prohibition Act and Indian Penal Code...
- Wilful denial of sexual relationship by spouse cruelty: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court has ruled that the wilful denial of a sexual relationship by a spouse amounts to cruelty, upholding a divorce granted ...
- Dowry a social evil, but change has to come from society, says SC; refers plea to law commissionA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna, while disposing of the PIL said, "A dialogue on considering what measures would suppor...
- Afghans 'marry off' baby girls for dowries as starvation loomsChild marriage has increased in tandem with soaring poverty since the Taliban seized power 100 days ago on Aug. 15, with reports of destitu...
- Law no solution to social ills: Asaduddin Owaisi on triple talaq bill"Will triple talaq stop after the law is brought?" a release from the AIMIM quoted Owaisi as saying at `Tahafuzz e Shariayat' (`Save Sharia...
- No plans to give incentives for inter-religious marriages: Government"As of now, there is no plan to extend the scheme (Dr Ambedkar Scheme for Social Integration) to inter-religion marriages," Vijay Sampla sa...
- Government may step in if triple talaq practice not changed: Venkaiah NaiduHe recalled that laws were enacted to rid certain evil practices even in the Hindu society, like child marriage, sati and dowry.
- UNFPA report reviews laws on women, impact on son preferenceLaws to check gender discrimination and son preference in the country are often ineffective and sometimes may advance discriminatory practi...
- 'Indian men consider UK student visas as dowries’Following the tightening of visa rules, the inflow of Indian students in the 2011-12 dropped by 24% over the previous year.
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