Month: July 2014

Tihar overflowing with dowry cases

Tihar insiders call it the ‘Saas-Nanand’ barrack. It’s a part of Central Jail Number 6 in Delhi’s infamous prison, which holds only women accused in dowry harassment cases, almost always the mother-in-law and her daughters. One fifth of all women prisoners in Tihar are accused in dowry cases under sections 498A and 406 of the

Dowry law misused by disgruntled housewives, stop automatic arrests: SC

Spurce URL – http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dowry-law-misused-by-disgruntled-housewives-stop-automatic-arrests-sc/483413-3.html New Delhi: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has said that the dowry law is misused and automatic arrests in such cases should be stopped. This came as the apex court expressed concerns over the misuse of this law by disgruntled housewives against their husbands and in-laws. The court has directed