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Wife's dowry death over pump-set demand: Jharkhand HC upholds man 9-year jail term
September 04, 2026 4:23 pm
The husband was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to nine years' rigorous imprisonment for dowry death of his second wife in 1999 over demand of hand-pump.
Schoolteacher dies within 8 months of marriage in Dehradun; family accuses in-laws of murder over dowry
July 31, 2026 3:03 pm
Three people, including a woman's husband, have been booked for alleged dowry harassment after a schoolteacher died within eight months of marriage in Dehradun.
‘Suicides due to dowry torture not very rare’: Court slashes husband’s life term to 10 years
July 07, 2026 3:19 pm
The Calcutta High Court held that the woman was subjected to cruelty and dowry demands, which led her to kill the child and herself.
‘Husband didn’t like her working, hit her’: Family of Delhi woman who 'fell to death'
July 07, 2026 4:07 pm
Two days after Akriti was found inside an apartment complex in Lodhi Colony, police arrested her husband on Monday after a dowry death case was registered.
‘Humiliation, mental cruelty drove woman to take her life’: Court refuses to quash 'dowry death' case
June 10, 2026 5:41 pm
The Karnataka High Court was hearing petitions filed by the husband and his family members seeking quashing of the FIR and criminal proceedings arising from the woman's death.
‘Dowry harassment for giving birth to girl continued till woman's death’: Delhi court convicts husband, family
June 05, 2026 6:45 pm
The Karkardooma Court held a husband and his family guilty in a dowry death case, finding sustained harassment, dowry demands and cruelty before the woman’s death.
In an era of wedding aesthetics and algorithms, the missing conversation is dowry
June 04, 2026 2:19 pm
The more things change, the more they remain the same. For an overwhelming majority, intra-caste marriage and dowry continue to govern marriage
Twisha Sharma case is Supreme Court’s chance to fix systemic failures on dowry: Senior Advocate Amit Desai
September 04, 2026 11:49 am
In this exclusive chat, one of India's foremost criminal law experts, Senior Advocate Amit Desai, draws from decades of high-stakes courtroom experience and breaks down the systemic challenges of investigating dowry cases.
In dowry death cases, a hidden hurdle: India's forensic autopsy system
June 02, 2026 3:42 pm
Tampering with autopsy results under pressure, or even a doctor’s lack of knowledge, can severely impact a criminal investigation. Such shoddy forensic evidence plays havoc with investigations in social crimes like dowry death
Twisha Sharma and the mother-in-law trope in India
June 07, 2026 1:30 am
Women, oppressed by a system, participate in sustaining it because compliance offers social rewards and resistance carries significant costs. Thus, the abusive mother-in-law is not an exception to patriarchy but one of its products
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