The bench emphasised that courts must carefully consider whether relatives residing in different cities are being implicated merely to pressure the primary accused. 

This paper propounds a contract-theoretic model where dowry acts as a screening device to differentiate gro

The British first discovered female infanticide in India in 1789. Jonathan Duncan, then the resident in Benares province was asked by the Bengal council to settle the revenues in the province acquired by the raja of Benares.

The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, is an Indian law enacted to prevent the giving or receiving of dowry in marriages.

A fear of female sexuality and therefore, the need to control it have been felt in many societies and civilizations. This control has assumed different forms in different societies.