The concern from the Supreme Court came amid growing demands for justice for 34-year-old Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide after accusing his former wife of filing false cases against him to extort money.
Uttar Pradesh crime news: Deputy Superintendent of Police (Sadar) Ashok Mishra said Tara Verma hanged herself at her in-laws' home in Sagarpali village on Wednesday.
A Sociology textbook that is part of the curriculum for a nursing course and is prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council mentions, in one of the chapters, the 'merits of dowry'. As images of the appended chapter were shared on social media, netizens reacted.
A 24-year-old woman was found dead at her husband's residence near Sasthamkotta in Kerala's Kollam district on Monday, which the family alleges was the outcome of dowry harassment.
The legislator's daughter got married around five years back to Sonu Adivasi of Mayapur village under Karahal police station limits in Sheopur, he said. "MLA Sitaram Adivasi's daughter has given a complaint based on which a case of dowry harassment, domestic violence and other related charges has been registered against her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law," Karahal police station in-charge Rajesh Sharma said.
The complainant, who had told police about the "video evidence" was asked to share the CCTV footage and accordingly, she gave the CDs, containing the videos, the official told PTI, adding that "police will submit it before the court."
On April 26, a case was filed against the former judge, his wife, son and their house help at the Central Crime Station in Hyderabad. The case was filed under sections 498A (cruelty by husband and relatives), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code and Dowry Prohibition Act.
The bench headed by chief Justice Dipak Misra and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also scrapped the pre-arrest and anticipatory bail provision in dowry harassment cases.
Singh's mother-in-law had last month submitted a complaint against him to the state's Director General of Police as well as Dantewada police.
Anisiya Batra was in her 40s and worked with a German airline. She allegedly jumped from the terrace of her house on Friday, they said.
Mumbai: Self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa was today questioned for the second time by Mumbai police in connection with a dowry harassment case."Maa was summoned by us with regard to the domestic violence case and dowry
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