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

This report comes to you at a time when questions around who can be family and whether adult citizens of this country have a say in formin

In June, police arrested the mother and stepfather of the victim for taking her to private fertility centres to sell her oocytes.

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

In recent years, with the increased pace of urbanisation and modernisation, Indian women of all social classes have entered professional occupations.

This study aims to understand the access to justice and the justice delivery system from the perspective of victims of marital violence especially in the context of r

Most people in India are now aware that the country's population is growing rapidly, and appreciate the need for controlling its rate of growth.

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

The Kandyan Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 2013, passed by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, revises the legal framework governing marriages and divorces within the Kandyan community.