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Delhi Court Acquits Man Of Dowry Death, Cites “Must Be True” Standard

Delhi’s Dwarka Court has recently acquitted Satender Gautam of charges related to dowry death, citing insufficient evidence. The court, led by Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sharad Gupta, concluded that the prosecution failed... Read more »
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Dowry Death: Ballia Court Sentences Man & his Mother to Life Imprisonment

A court in Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) has sentenced a man and his mother to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife for dowry in 2019. District Judge Gyan Prakash Tiwari has... Read more »

Acquitted After 5 Years: Allahabad HC’s Verdict in Dowry Death Case

In the case of Vedram And Anr. vs. the State of U.P, the Allahabad High Court recently acquitted the mother-in-law of the deceased in a dowry death case.  Background of the Case... Read more »
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‘Need to Educate Society that Man’s Chromosomes Determine Child’s Gender’: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that parents who give their daughters-in-law a hard time for not being able to fulfil their desire of “preserving their family tree”, need to be... Read more »
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Delhi Court Acquits Man in Dowry Death Case

A Delhi court has acquitted a man of charges of cruelty and dowry death, stating the prosecution had “miserably failed” to establish that he subjected his deceased wife to any cruelty or... Read more »

Delhi Court Acquits Husband In Alleged Dowry Death Case

More than 10 years after a woman doctor committed suicide at AIIMS-Delhi, a Delhi court has recently acquitted her husband, also a doctor, of causing her death with his demands for dowry.... Read more »
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Dowry Death: Wife’s Unnatural Death Within 7 Years of Marriage Not Enough to Convict Husband, Says SC

The Supreme Court recently held that if a wife died in her matrimonial home under unusual circumstances within seven years of marriage will not suffice to convict the husband for dowry death. According to... Read more »
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Dowry Death: Court Sentenced Muslim Husband to Life Imprisonment & Imposed Fine

A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district has sentenced husband Shehzad to life imprisonment for dowry death of a married woman in a seven-year-old case and also imposed a fine of Rs... Read more »
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