Dowry

Dowry demand complaints are often not filed for the survival of marriage: Calcutta High Court
Supreme Court directs man to pay ₹3 lakh to bride for breaking marriage over gold demand
Lawyers must avoid being litigants: Supreme Court declines PIL against misuse of anti-dowry, DV laws
Section 498A being misused to force husband to comply with wife's unreasonable demands: Supreme Court
Police bypassing jurisdiction of dowry prohibition officers: Allahabad High Court
Husband seeking money from wife's parents to support child not dowry demand: Patna High Court
Trivial disputes during married life not dowry harassment or cruelty under Section 498A IPC: Kerala High Court
Jammu & Kashmir court denies bail to groom accused of skipping his wedding reception after dowry demand was not met
Wife can claim return of ornaments from husband after divorce only if she can prove husband was entrusted with it: Kerala High Court
Unjust partition: Dowry inclusion in partition claims
Karnataka High Court orders training at judicial academy for District Judge who granted bail to dowry death accused
Section 498A IPC being increasingly used to settle personal scores with husband, relatives: Supreme Court
"Marriages not made in heaven but hell:" Bombay High Court on constant quarrels between a husband, wife
Recovery of stridhan alone cannot be reason to deny anticipatory bail: Delhi High Court
[Dowry Prohibition] Change has to come from within; ask Law Commission to look into strengthening law: Supreme Court
[Dowry] Not proper to prosecute in-laws if they don't reside with couple, focus of allegations on husband: Rajasthan HC
[Dowry Death] Wrong message has gone to society that in-laws can easily escape liability if they lived separately from victim: Madras High Court
Psychological illness of wife does not give husband and family members the right to treat her like a slave: Orissa High Court
Pained to note that unnecessary arrests are made: Allahabad High Court directs Magistrates to strictly comply with Section 41, CrPC
Dowry Deaths: Jammu Court urges Government to set up district-level marriage counselling centres
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