Court, Judiciary & Legal System Woman Alleges Marital Rape, Dowry Demand, Lodges FIR August 29, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 30-year-old woman from Vadodara on Tuesday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police, alleging that her husband was torturing her for a dowry of Rs 2 lakh & frequently had sex with her against her will. The complainant, who married a Chandkheda-based man on Jan18, 2014, also alleged that she was forced to abort her first […] Read more » dowry demand
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Dowry demand can be made any time: SC February 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Demand for dowry can be made at any time and not necessarily before marriage, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the life term awarded to a man for poisoning and burning his wife to death in 1997. A bench of justices M Y Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose rejected the plea that the accused […] Read more » dowry demand justice M Y Eqbal Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose
Top Law News Delhi court: Couple staying separately doesn’t mean dowry demand improbable January 5, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has refused to grant any relief to a woman against framing of dowry harassment charges saying that only because her son and daughter-in-law were residing separately, it cannot be concluded that dowry demands was impossible or improbable. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain dismissed the revision petition filed by woman against whom a […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain Couple staying separately Delhi court dowry demand
Top Law News Man sentenced to 10 years RI in dowry death case August 25, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court in Bihar’s Nawada district today sentenced a man to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in the death case of his wife two years ago. The fast track court – II judge Vikram Singh passed the order sentencing the accused Manoranjan Kumar to 10 years’ RI after convicting him for the death of his wife […] Read more » Bihar’s Nawada district death case dowry demand Fast track court Man sentenced to 10 years RI in dowry death case Manoranjan Kumar RI in dowry death case rigorous imprisonment Shivnagar locality Supriya Devi
Top Law News Man acquitted in 27-yr-old dowry harassment case August 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man sentenced to one year jail term by a magisterial court in a 27-year-old dowry harassment case has been acquitted, with the sessions judge ruling that he was convicted on “vague allegations”. Additional Sessions Judge Rajeev Bansal let off Moradabad native Suresh Chand, observing that courts must not “be swayed away by complainant’s emotions” […] Read more » 27-yr-old dowry harassment case demand of dowry dismissal of dowry cases dowry dowry cases on vague grounds dowry demand dowry harassment case dowry under indian penal code dowry under IPC harassment for dowry punishment for demand of dowry
