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Newly-Wed UP Man Tortures Wife With Cigarette Burns Over Dowry, Case Filed: Cops
Barely two days after getting married, a man in Bhadohi district here allegedly assaulted his wife regularly with cigarette burns over dowry demands while his father and sister also assaulted her, the police said on Saturday.
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UP Woman Thrashed By Husband And In-Laws, Hot Iron Pressed On Genitals, Dies
A woman, married for 10 years and a mother of two young children, has died after allegedly being brutally thrashed and tortured by pressing a hot iron all over her body, including her genitals, in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
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Ajit Pawar's Party Expels Leader, His Son Named In Dowry-Suicide Case
The Nationalist Congress Party has expelled a local leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case, it said on Thursday.
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UP Woman, Facing Dowry Harassment, Kills Self As Husband Gives Triple Talaq Over Call
Police suspended a sub-inspector and ordered a departmental inquiry for failing to lodge a case on a complaint regarding dowry harassment.
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Dowry Death Affects Foundation Of Dignity But No Blanket Ban On Bail: Court
Offence of dowry death strikes at the foundations of dignity, equality and justice in domestic life, but there is no blanket prohibition against the grant of bail in such cases, the Delhi High Court has said.
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"Growing Trend Of Dowry Victim Arraigning Husband's Relative": Supreme Court
There is growing trend of the dowry victim arraigning the relatives of the husband, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said and quashed a dowry harassment case against a woman's parents-in-law.
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Man Attacks Wife With Screwdriver For Giving Birth To Girl In Uttarakhand, Alleges Family; Case Filed
A woman in Uttarakhand was attacked by her husband with a screwdriver after she gave birth to a girl, the victim's family alleged. The police have filed a case and arrested the accused.
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Mayawati's Niece Alleges Dowry Harassment, Husband Among 7 Charged: Cops
In a case filed by BSP chief Mayawati's niece, an FIR was registered against Hapur Municipal Council Chairperson and six of her family members on charges of domestic violence, dowry harassment and sexual harassment on Thursday.
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Marriage To Be Seen, Not Place Where Woman Kills Self In Dowry Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has held the place -- parental or matrimonial -- where a married woman is driven to kill herself had no bearing in a dowry death case and refused bail to a man.
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Techie Dies By Suicide 6 Months After Wedding, Family Alleges Dowry Abuse
A 25-year-old software engineer has died by suicide in Hyderabad, just six months after her wedding. Devika died by suicide at her Hyderabad home on Sunday night. Her husband Satish, also a techie, informed the police and Devika's family
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"If Educated People...": Groom Returns Dowry Of Rs 5 Lakh In Rajasthan, Earns Praise
A 30-year-old bridegroom, who was gifted Rs 5,51,000 as dowry amid wedding rituals, returned the money to the bride's family soon after the ceremony, earning widespread praise among relatives and villagers in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer.
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Woman Alleges In-Laws Injected HIV-Infected Syringe Over Dowry Demands In UP
A woman here has alleged that her in-laws administered an HIV-infected syringe to her after their dowry demands were not met, police said on Sunday. The allegation made by the woman's parents are under investigation, officials said.
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Man, Sister-In-Law Get Life Term For Murder Of Wife Over Dowry Demands In UP
The court found Angad Yadav (32) and his sister-in-law Renu Devi (wife of his elder brother) guilty of killing Tejam Devi in 2018 over dowry demands.
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
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Newly-Wed UP Man Tortures Wife With Cigarette Burns Over Dowry, Case Filed: Cops
Barely two days after getting married, a man in Bhadohi district here allegedly assaulted his wife regularly with cigarette burns over dowry demands while his father and sister also assaulted her, the police said on Saturday.
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UP Woman Thrashed By Husband And In-Laws, Hot Iron Pressed On Genitals, Dies
A woman, married for 10 years and a mother of two young children, has died after allegedly being brutally thrashed and tortured by pressing a hot iron all over her body, including her genitals, in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
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Ajit Pawar's Party Expels Leader, His Son Named In Dowry-Suicide Case
The Nationalist Congress Party has expelled a local leader and his son after they were named in a dowry harassment and abetment to suicide case, it said on Thursday.
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UP Woman, Facing Dowry Harassment, Kills Self As Husband Gives Triple Talaq Over Call
Police suspended a sub-inspector and ordered a departmental inquiry for failing to lodge a case on a complaint regarding dowry harassment.
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Dowry Death Affects Foundation Of Dignity But No Blanket Ban On Bail: Court
Offence of dowry death strikes at the foundations of dignity, equality and justice in domestic life, but there is no blanket prohibition against the grant of bail in such cases, the Delhi High Court has said.
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"Growing Trend Of Dowry Victim Arraigning Husband's Relative": Supreme Court
There is growing trend of the dowry victim arraigning the relatives of the husband, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said and quashed a dowry harassment case against a woman's parents-in-law.
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Man Attacks Wife With Screwdriver For Giving Birth To Girl In Uttarakhand, Alleges Family; Case Filed
A woman in Uttarakhand was attacked by her husband with a screwdriver after she gave birth to a girl, the victim's family alleged. The police have filed a case and arrested the accused.
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Mayawati's Niece Alleges Dowry Harassment, Husband Among 7 Charged: Cops
In a case filed by BSP chief Mayawati's niece, an FIR was registered against Hapur Municipal Council Chairperson and six of her family members on charges of domestic violence, dowry harassment and sexual harassment on Thursday.
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Marriage To Be Seen, Not Place Where Woman Kills Self In Dowry Cases: Court
The Delhi High Court has held the place -- parental or matrimonial -- where a married woman is driven to kill herself had no bearing in a dowry death case and refused bail to a man.
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Techie Dies By Suicide 6 Months After Wedding, Family Alleges Dowry Abuse
A 25-year-old software engineer has died by suicide in Hyderabad, just six months after her wedding. Devika died by suicide at her Hyderabad home on Sunday night. Her husband Satish, also a techie, informed the police and Devika's family
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"If Educated People...": Groom Returns Dowry Of Rs 5 Lakh In Rajasthan, Earns Praise
A 30-year-old bridegroom, who was gifted Rs 5,51,000 as dowry amid wedding rituals, returned the money to the bride's family soon after the ceremony, earning widespread praise among relatives and villagers in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer.
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Woman Alleges In-Laws Injected HIV-Infected Syringe Over Dowry Demands In UP
A woman here has alleged that her in-laws administered an HIV-infected syringe to her after their dowry demands were not met, police said on Sunday. The allegation made by the woman's parents are under investigation, officials said.
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Man, Sister-In-Law Get Life Term For Murder Of Wife Over Dowry Demands In UP
The court found Angad Yadav (32) and his sister-in-law Renu Devi (wife of his elder brother) guilty of killing Tejam Devi in 2018 over dowry demands.
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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Trial Courts Repeatedly Making Same Mistakes In Dowry Death Cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a man convicted of cruelty and causing dowry death of his wife and said trial courts were repeatedly making the same mistakes in the such cases.
