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April 17, 2026, 05:24 PM - 3 min read
A bench consisting of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K. Vinod Chandran dismissed an appeal filed by a husband who sought to have an FIR registered against his wife and her family.The husband argued that because his wife had admitted to providing dowry in her own legal complaint against him, she had effectively confessed to a crime under Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act (DP Act), which penalizes the "giving" of dowry. However, the court rejected his attempt to use her allegations as a basis for criminal proceedings against her.
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December 16, 2025, 08:14 PM - 3 min read
In a strongly-worded judgment on Monday, the Supreme Court highlighted the widespread prevalence of the evil practice of dowry despite legal prohibition on the same.
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October 1, 2025, 04:25 PM - 2 min read
The cases registered under dowry-related crimes saw a 14 per cent increase in 2023, with over 15,000 cases recorded across the nation, as per the data cited in the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
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August 28, 2025, 06:15 PM - 2 min read
A hospital memo stated that Nikki had suffered severe burns in a gas cylinder explosion at home and was brought in critical condition by her husband’s cousin.
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