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 notion of quality in the public health system is becoming increasingly an issue for policymakers and planners in India. The Eighth Five-Year Plan identified the poor quality of family welfare services as one of the factors
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.