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 existing structural nature of women's work (domestic as well as non-domestic) has severe built-in hazards for women (reproductive and otherwise) which no amount of first rate quality of care, total coverage and/or access to health services alone can deal with.

In many developing countries, women's activities, traditionally confined to the household, have changed over time.

The health of the general population as well as specific groups (infants, women, etc) has for long been an important concern for development studies.

The focus on mother and child health as a key element in Indian health policy evolved out of what was identified as one of the strongest explanatory factors for continued high fertility, viz., the high infant mortality rates.

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