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Dowry deaths severe blot on society, says Supreme Court, cancels bail of man whose wife died 3 months after marriage
March 27, 2026 7:06 pm
The Supreme Court was hearing a criminal appeal filed by the mother of the victim against order of the Patna High Court that had granted bail to her son-in-law in her daughter’s dowry death case.
Husband killed wife for dowry: Why Kerala High Court invokes rare ‘Slayer Rule’ to block him from her property
February 23, 2026 11:30 am
Husband killed wife dowry case: When a statute does not cater to a specific requirement of law, the judiciary must step in to ensure the application of principles that do not erode social morality, the Kerala High Court stated.
Training for cops, judges, changes in school curriculum: How Supreme Court wants to combat ‘evil’ of dowry related offences
December 16, 2025 1:42 pm
Supreme Court on Dowry Evils: The top court bench overturned the acquittal of a man and his mother for allegedly killing his wife over dowry demand and called it an ‘evil’ practice, needing ‘urgent’ eradication.
Demanding gold in ‘chhoochhak’ ceremony not dowry: Supreme Court junks dowry death charge against man
December 11, 2025 4:12 pm
The court said that a dowry demand within the meaning and scope of 304B IPC should be any property or security given or agreed to be given in connection with the marriage.
Nikki Bhati death: Who silences the dowry victim?
August 30, 2025 11:15 am
Patriarchy, caste and class norms
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
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
Pune dowry death case: Special IG (Prisons), who issued gun licences to Hagawanes, transferred
May 31, 2025 12:24 am
On Thursday, separate cases were lodged against Vaishnavi’s husband Shashank and brother-in-law Sushil Hagawane at the Warje and Kothrud police stations in Pune city
Pune dowry death case: 5, including ex-Karnataka minister's son, held for harbouring expelled NCP, son
May 26, 2025 11:08 pm
Vaishnavi (23) was found dead hanging on May 16 at her in-laws’ house in Bhukum area of Pune
Dowry death case: Shiv Sena (UBT) demands MCOCA charges against accused
May 26, 2025 10:31 pm
Demands for the resignation of chairperson of the state women's commission Rupali Chakankar intensified
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