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Allahabad HC Quashes Dowry FIR

‘Where Would One Go To Satisfy Sexual Urges If Not Their Partner’: Allahabad HC Quashes Dowry FIR

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed dowry charges against Pranjal Shukla, concluding that the allegations stemmed more from personal disputes than legitimate claims of harassment. Justice Anish Kumar Gupta emphasized that in... Read more »

Allahabad High Court on the Importance of Keeping Track of Wedding Presents

The Allahabad High Court recently drew attention to a seeming disregard for a regulation outlined in the Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the Bride and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985. This... Read more »
Dowry

Jharkhand Court Sentences 3 to Life Term for Murdering Woman Over Dowry

A court in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district has sentenced three members of a family to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman over dowry. According to the prosecution, the victim woman was... Read more »
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UP’s Pratapgarh Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Killing Wife For Dowry

Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh court has recently sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry in 2018. District and Sessions Judge Abdul Shahid convicted and passed the sentence against... Read more »
Daughter's Dowry

Daughter Has Rights In The Family Property Even Though She Is Given Dowry: Bombay HC

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that even if a daughter is given dowry at the time of her marriage, her entitlement to the family’s possessions does not end... Read more »
Kerala HC: Wife Can Reclaim Gold Ornaments Only If She Proves Entrustment To Husband

Kerala HC: Wife Can Reclaim Gold Ornaments If She Proves Entrustment To Husband

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that keeping gold ornaments in a locker in the wife’s name does not constitute entrustment of the ornaments to the husband or the husband’s family, and... Read more »
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