Articles tagged with: dowry

SCOI Social to re-examine 'biased' dowry law

The Social Justice bench of the Supreme Court has agreed to examine the existing administrative and judicial guidelines relating to dowry cases, allegedly biased against females, reported The Indian Express . A petition by NGO ‘Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar’ (SAFMA), through advocate Jyotika...

Dowry case filed against AP HC judge

Dowry case filed against AP HC judge : The daughter in law of an Andhra Pradesh high court judge has filed a case of dowry harassment against him. The judge, who has not been named in the report, allegedly made persistent demands for dowry from Kavya Rao’s family after his son lost his job in 2008 [...