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Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide
1 week, 5 days ago

Anti-Dowry Law Being Used As Weapon To Unnecessarily Harass Husband: SC Amid Atul Subhash's Suicide

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the misuse of anti-dowry law and said, "It is being used as a weapon to unnecessarily harass the husband and his family". The apex court's statement comes amid outrage over the suicide of a 34-year-old techie, Atul Subhash, over alleged harassment by his wife Nikita Singhania. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna …

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Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Wife Threatening To Commit Suicide, Filing False Dowry Harassment Case Would Amount To Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Granting divorce to a husband, the Madras High Court recently observed that a wife threatening to commit suicide would amount to cruelty. The court also noted that the wife had filed false dowry harassment case against the husband and his family which had tarnished the family's image. The court thus noted that the wife had used the false dowry harassment …

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HC quashes dowry harassment case against sister-in-law, upholds charges against mother-in-law
5 months, 3 weeks ago

HC quashes dowry harassment case against sister-in-law, upholds charges against mother-in-law

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently quashed charges against a sister-in-law, accused of dowry harassment and cruelty, while holding the victim’s mother-in-law responsible for playing a significant role in making repeated demands for money and subjecting the victim to physical harassment. The victim, who married into the Yadav family on May 5, 1996, in Mumbai, claimed that her husband and …

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Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Prosecution Must Prove Continuous Harassment And Proximate Act For Securing Conviction Of Abetment To Suicide: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that for a conviction on charges of abetment to suicide, the prosecution must establish not just continuous harassment but also a clear and proximate act by the accused that demonstrably pushed the victim to take their own life. In dismissing a criminal appeal challenging the acquittal of a man accused …

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Bengaluru had most acid attack victims in 2022, shows NCRB data
1 year ago

Bengaluru had most acid attack victims in 2022, shows NCRB data

The Hindu  

Bengaluru had the most acid attack victims from six incidences among metropolitan cities in 2022, according to the recently released crime statistics for 2022 by the National Crime Records Bureau. In 2022, an acid attack case in Bengaluru rattled citizens after one Nagesh Babu allegedly stalked a 24-year-old woman for several years, and splashed half-a-litre of acid at her for …

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Making False Allegations Of Dowry Harassment Or Rape Against Husband’s Family Members Is An Act Of Extremely Cruelty: Delhi High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Making False Allegations Of Dowry Harassment Or Rape Against Husband’s Family Members Is An Act Of Extremely Cruelty: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has observed that making false allegations of dowry harassment or rape against the husband’s family members is an act of extreme cruelty for which there can be no condonation. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld a family court order which held a husband as entitled to divorce from …

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui case: Mumbai court rejects dowry harassment pleas against actor
1 year, 9 months ago

Nawazuddin Siddiqui case: Mumbai court rejects dowry harassment pleas against actor

India TV News  

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been in the headlines for his alleged legal battle with his estranged wife Aaliya Siddiqui. Now, a Mumbai court has rejected two pleas filed against Nawazuddin by his "former" wife Zianab, seeking directions to police to register cases against him for alleged dowry harassment. “Two cases filed before a magistrate's court were dismissed after we produced the …

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‘Better to die together’: Suicide note paints grim picture of torture on Rajasthan sisters
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Better to die together’: Suicide note paints grim picture of torture on Rajasthan sisters

Hindustan Times  

The three sisters married to three brothers were firm in their unfortunate resolve. “It wasn’t the first time she was beaten.” “Had we lodged a police complaint, my daughters would have been alive.” The sisters’ father is a landless labourer who has six daughters and a son. Santosh Meena’s husband had died almost two decades ago in an accident, and …

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Kerala HC grants bail to husband of law student who died by suicide
2 years, 10 months ago

Kerala HC grants bail to husband of law student who died by suicide

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to the husband of a 21-year-old law student who died by suicide leaving behind a note blaming him, his parents and a police officer for taking the extreme step. Subsequently, the husband had moved a second bail plea claiming that the police officer was responsible for the law student taking the …

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Suhail wanted Rs 40 lakh in dowry, my daughter stood firm by her values: Mofiya's father
3 years ago

Suhail wanted Rs 40 lakh in dowry, my daughter stood firm by her values: Mofiya's father

India Today  

The husband of Mofiya Parveen, the 21-year-old law student who committed suicide in Kerala, allegedly hounded her for dowry on several occasions and even demanded Rs 40 lakh from her father after getting married. Speaking exclusively to India Today, Mofiya’s father Dilshad said she did not agree to her husband Muhammed Suhail and in-laws’ insistent demands for dowry, even after …

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BJD MP, 2 others booked in dowry harassment case
3 years, 4 months ago

BJD MP, 2 others booked in dowry harassment case

Hindustan Times  

Biju Janata Dal parliament member Bhartruhari Mahtab, his wife, and their son have been booked for dowry harassment in Bhopal. Ajeeta Nayar, a local police officer said Mahtab’s daughter-in-law Sakshi, 34, filed a complaint against her husband, father-in-law, and mother-in-law at Bhopal’s women police station on Wednesday. The dowry harassment case looks like an afterthought and nothing like, what has …

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Kerala: 19-year-old harassed by in-laws for dowry found dead at home, family alleges murder
3 years, 5 months ago

Kerala: 19-year-old harassed by in-laws for dowry found dead at home, family alleges murder

India Today  

A 19-year-old woman, allegedly facing dowry harassment by her in-laws, was found dead at home nearly three months after her marriage in Kerala. READ: Kerala woman found dead days after she alleged dowry harassment by husband The victim's family alleged that even after receiving 51 sovereigns of gold and a car as dowry, the in-laws had been demanding Rs 10 …

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