Dowry case News
SC's remarks come amid a heated debate on misuse of dowry laws following a Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash's suicide.
The Allahabad High Court said "Maintaining the list is also important so that both parties to the marriage and their family members do not later make false allegations about taking or giving dowry in a marriage."
The police failed to gather any evidence in support of the dowry case, but despite no evidence, demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh to close the case.
Following the complaint, police have filed a case of murder against the husband and three of his family members.
A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were found dead in a Gurgaon village on Monday.
Gurmukh Singh's sister was allegedly being harassed over a dowry case in Italy.
Frustrated by constant harassment by her husband and in-laws for dowry, a 27-year-old woman allegedly killed her minor children by throwing them into a well and committed suicide by jumping in.
Controversies around self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa refuse to settle down as a new video showing her dancing at a casino in London has surfaced.
An electrician has been awarded rigorous jail term for two-and-a-half years by a Delhi court for injuring his wife with a screw driver and subjecting her to cruelty for bringing insufficient dowry, but absolved him of dowry death charge.
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