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Bengaluru cop’s wife found dead: Family alleges dowry harassment after 26-year-old sent phone password before deathA 26-year-old woman, Lakshmi Priya, died under suspicious circumstances in Bengaluru's KR Pura police quarters. Her family alleges continuo...
Gold gifts exchanged in 'Chhoochhak' ceremony don’t amount to dowry, says SC and gives relief to husband from dowry caseThe Supreme Court has relieved a husband from jail in a dowry case. The court ruled that demanding gold ornaments during a child's Chhoochh...
Recently married Bengaluru man dies by suicide two days after wife’s death amid dowry harassment caseA Bengaluru businessman, Suraj Shivanna, died by suicide in Nagpur, two days after his wife's alleged suicide in Bengaluru. Facing dowry ha...
The dowry trap: Noida's Nikki Bhati only the latest in an endless listDowry's shadow looms large in India. Nikki Bhati's death highlights the issue. Twenty women die daily due to dowry demands. Nikki was alleg...
NCW takes suo motu cognisance of Noida woman's alleged dowry murder, demands immediate arrestsThe National Commission for Women intervened in the Nikki Bhatti dowry death case in Greater Noida. NCW sought a detailed report from Uttar...
NRI booked for wife's suicide in Dubai detained at airport, handed over to policeSatheesh was apprehended at Thiruvananthapuram airport. He is accused of driving his wife, Athulya, to suicide in Sharjah. A lookout notice...
Participating in Operation Sindoor doesn't give you immunity: SC in dowry death caseThe Supreme Court denied exemption to a dowry death convict, Baljinder Singh, citing that participation in Operation Sindoor doesn't grant ...
Trial courts repeatedly making same mistakes in dowry death cases: SCThe Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife due to lack of specific evidence of cruelty or h...
Bengaluru Techie Suicide Case: Estranged wife Nikita claims Rs 10 lakh dowry demand led to her father's deathBengaluru techie Atul Subhash, 34, died by suicide, leaving a note and video accusing his estranged wife, Nikita Singhania, and her family ...
'Beat me up after drinking...': Atul Subhash's estranged wife accused him of harassment, abuse in police complaintAtul Subhash, a 34-year-old techie, tragically died by suicide, alleging harassment by his estranged wife and her family. His wife, Nikita ...
Techie's suicide: Yet to receive any communication from Bengaluru, say UP copsA Bengaluru techie, Atul Subhash, died by suicide alleging harassment by his wife and her Jaunpur-based family. Jaunpur police are yet to r...
SC highlights misuse of dowry laws, acquits man in dowry death caseThe Supreme Court raises concerns over the misuse of dowry harassment provisions, urging caution to avoid implicating innocent relatives of...
Death of three sisters spotlights India's dowry violenceKalu, Kamlesh and Mamta Meena were victims of a dispute over dowries, the often hefty sums Indian parents pay to marry off their daughters.
Money & relationships: Which gifts in a marriage are considered as dowry?Are all the gifts, cash and things given by the bride’s parents to their daughter and to the groom’s family considered dowry? Does dowry di...
To invite me for marriage, speak out that no dowry has been taken: Nitish Kumar"No affidavit will be asked but those inviting me for marriage needs to speak out that no dowry demand has been made," he said.
Looking for reform, SC spares man who killed pregnant wife and sonThough the crime could qualify for the rarest-of-the rare criteria for awarding the death penalty, the court took a different view after co...
Live-link between harassment & death needed for proving dowry deaths: Supreme CourtThere must be a "proximate" and "live link" between the dowry harassment of a woman and her unnatural death to establish that the offence w...
Dowry demand can be made any time: Supreme CourtReferring to an earlier judgement, it said the social evil of dowry is prevalent in Indian society and the defence that it was not sought b...
- Delhi court terms wife-burning for dowry as terrorism
A youth in his early twenties was on Thursday sent to jail for ten years by a Delhi court for burning alive his newly-wed 18-year-old bride...
- Techie girl hangs self; driven to death by dowry demand?
A 22-year-old woman techie, whose marriage with a relative was fixed recently, on Sunday allegedly committed suicide. Reshape your career |...