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The payment of dowry has long been prohibited under specific Indian laws including the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 approved by the Parliament of India and subsequently by Sections 304B and 498A [7] of the Indian Penal Code. The Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 defines dowry: "Dowry means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given ...
The 2003 Nisha Sharma dowry case was an anti-dowry lawsuit that has been cited as an illustrative example highlighting the potential for misuse of the IPC 498A law in India. In this case, Nisha Sharma accused her prospective groom, Munish Dalal, of dowry demands, raising questions about the dynamics and fairness of such allegations within the ...
Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee has also criticized the broad definition of verbal abuse in the act. [20] Global health expert & Director of Edward & Cynthia Institute of Public Health, Dr Edmond Fernandes has talked about how educated women use this as a tool of legal exploitation to harass men.
UNODC includes dowry deaths as a form of gender-based violence. [157] About 4.6% of total crimes against women in India were dowry death-related, and another 1.9% were related to violation of Dowry Prohibition Act. [158] The dowry death rate in India has been about 0.7 women per 100,000 every year from 1998 to 2009. [159]
The practice of giving dowry was first criminalised in 1961 under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and later the Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code was introduced in 1983. [36] The Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code which deals with cruelty to a wife states that:
In dowry deaths, the groom's family is the perpetrator of murder or suicide. [12] India has by far the highest number of dowry-related deaths in the world according to Indian National Crime Record Bureau. In 2012, 8,233 dowry death cases were reported across India. [1] Dowry issues cause 1.4 deaths per year per 100,000 women in India. [13] [14 ...
Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's top federal prosecutor in Washington, announced on Friday he has launched an investigation into government employees accused of stealing property and making ...
Domestic violence in India includes any form of violence suffered by a person from a biological relative but typically is the violence suffered by a woman by male members of her family or relatives. [1] [2] Although men also suffer domestic violence, the law under IPC 498A specifically protects only women. Specifically only a woman can file a ...