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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that even after completion of investigation, the high court can exercise its inherent powers to prevent misuse of the criminal justice system.

Criminal law no tool for settling personal scores, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashes dowry FIR

December 30, 2025 12:16 pm

J&K Ladakh HC quashes dowry harassment FIR: Justice Sanjay Parihar quashed the FIR filed by the estranged wife alleging cruelty saying that allowing the prosecution to continue would amount to an “abuse of the process of law”.

Muzaffarnagar groom rejects Rs 31 lakh dowry, accepts only Re 1 as ‘shagun’: ‘This is bride’s father’s hard-earned money’

November 28, 2025 5:11 pm

The bride, Aditi, had lost her father during the COVID-19 pandemic, and since then, she and her younger brother, Anubhav, have been living with their maternal grandfather.

Dowry deaths are never the lead story in any mainstream newspaper. Dowry is just one in a list of social evils that hasn’t made it to the consciousness of the AI age, despite the fact that its fires are literally burning down homes.

Nikki Bhati case: To fight dowry, we must acknowledge it first

August 27, 2025 2:40 pm

Update the history books. Don’t talk of dowry like it’s an evil from our past that we successfully eradicated

‘I am just so angry.... Can't give you a rational answer’: Anand Mahindra on Greater Noida dowry death case

August 26, 2025 5:47 pm

Nikki Payla's older sister lodged a complaint against her in-laws, accusing Vipin of setting Nikki on fire at their house in Sirsa village on August 21. The sister is married to Nikki's husband's older brother.

The bench said Kumar, who got an “honourable acquittal,” must be paid Rs 2 lakh within 30 days “as just and proper compensation for vexatious criminal prosecution.”

UP man acquitted in dowry case after wife's suicide, Allahabad HC orders Rs 2 lakh compensation for him

August 08, 2025 8:07 pm

“We are of the staunch view that the State… has not applied its judicial mind… the life and liberty of the accused… has been twice at jeopardy and hence, would be suitably compensated,” the court observed.

Dowry cruelty and legal apathy: Why India still loses one woman every hour

July 31, 2025 3:15 pm

The gravity of the scale of domestic violence, affecting lakhs of women, must not be undermined merely because it doesn’t cause sensation as cases of rape or murder do

Woman dies by suicide after husband slaps her over fighting with his mother

July 04, 2025 8:32 pm

She was harassed by her husband for more dowry

Dowry provisions ‘now also being misused’ to harass men and their families: Delhi High Court

February 14, 2025 9:54 am

The Delhi High Court made the observation while quashing an FIR lodged in 2017 alleging harassment of a woman over dowry.

Dowry Prohibition and Associated Challenges, Atul Subhash Suicide case

UPSC Issue at a Glance | Dowry Prohibition and Associated Challenges: 3 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains

July 02, 2025 2:10 pm

The suicide of Atul Subhash has triggered a nationwide debate on the misuse of dowry and domestic violence laws. Here’s what you need to know about Dowry Prohibition in India.