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 Maharashtra government introduced a much-awaited and talked about bill in the state assembly: the Maharashtra Regulation of the Use of Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1988.
In the last decade, several international and national movements have focused their attention, on the long neglected areas of women's reproductive health.
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, is an Indian law enacted to prevent the giving or receiving of dowry in marriages.
There is a growing recognition that gynaecological morbidity is an important health problem among poor women in India.