In a strange case two judges -- father and son -- landed in jail in a dowry harassment case in Hyderabad. A court in the city remanded T Kiran Kumar, a magistrate, his father second additional district sessions judge of Mahbubnagar T Narasimha Rao and his wife Narayanamma to two weeks' judicial custody on the complaint of harassment for dowry.
Nargol beach is witnessing a surge in pre-wedding shoots.
The daughter-in-law of BSP Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kashyap was on Wednesday found dead inside the bathroom of their house in Sanjay Nagar in mysterious circumstances.
The pacer has been charged under IPC 498A and 354A for dowry harassment and sexual harassment respectively.
A sessions court had rejected the anticipatory bail petition of Radhe Maa on Thursday.
A man landed at a private school in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and pronounced "triple talaq" to his wife in front of her students while she was taking a class, the police said on Thursday.
Chandran's brother's daughter-in-law Latha filed the case.
A 26-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district has claimed her husband gave her 'triple talaq' after being angry with her for supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party, among other reasons, police said.
Inderjit Singh and his mother were sentenced for forcing Rajwant Kaur (Singh's wife) to commit suicide in December 2001.
'It has only become a pathology because of gender relations,' argues historian Veena Talwar Oldenburg in a startling new thesis.
Women Of My Billion is stark and disturbing, but at the end of it Srishti Bakshi is still able to say, 'My India is not beyond repair', observes Deepa Gahlot.
The Patna high court has observed that the use of 'filthy language' by an estranged couple, who call each other names like 'bhoot' (ghost) and 'pishach' (vampire), does not tantamount to 'cruelty'.
'A marriage is not an event for 'song and dance' and 'wining and dining' or an occasion to demand and exchange dowry and gifts by undue pressure leading to possible initiation of criminal proceedings thereafter'
The superstar endorses a wide array of products but all the money it is bringing him has not blinded him to his social responsibilities.
Pratik Gandhi once again proves that he is an actor who can bring any character to life with his dedication to his craft and instinctive understanding of what the role requires, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Former Odisha minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife were arrested from neighbouring West Bengal in a dowry torture case slapped by their daughter-in-law, police said on Saturday.
Odisha's Law and Urban Development Minister Raghunath Mohanty resigned on Friday on "moral grounds" after his daughter-in-law filed a dowry case against him and his family members.
The Supreme Court said that death sentence should be awarded in dowry death and bride burning cases as they fall under the "rarest of rarest" category while observing the Indian society has become totally sick and commercial.
The victim was married to Jagannath in Reni village. She alleged that since her marriage in January last year, her husband and in-laws used to beat her up and demand dowry of Rs 51,000, according to the state police.
A cultural preference for sons in India may be expressed as 'son preference' or 'daughter aversion', arising from patrilocality, patrilineality, the cost of dowry, and old-age support from sons.
The Allahabad high court has observed that 'protection of a person' from being charged in 'marital rape continues in cases where the wife is of 18 years of age or more'.
It is alleged that Arjun had been demanding a Mercedes car and a flat.
Unable to persuade former Odisha law minister and dowry torture accused Raghunath Mohanty to surrender, the ruling Biju Janata Dal on Friday asked him to respect the law of the land or face consequences. "Through the media, I will like to request Raghunath Mohanty to cooperate with the law before the matter gets more complicated," government Deputy Whip Sanjay Dasburma told reporters.
Raja Shree Mohanty, son of former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty, was arrested on Sunday, three days after his wife slapped a dowry torture case against his family members, a senior police official said.
Former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife Pritilata, accused of torture by their daughter-in-law for dowry, were released on Tuesday after spending three days in jail following bail granted to them by a local court.
Three days after their arrest in a dowry torture case, former Odisha Law Minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife were granted bail by a local court on Tuesday.
'The media, particularly the national media and especially the English media, do not report these stories any longer.' 'They have no interest in crime or human interest stories that do not concern the wealthy,' says Aakar Patel.
"I agree that there might be some lapses, but the problem does not lie with the law itself, it lies with the way it is being implemented," she told PTI.
'I'm better now. A ceramic pot fell on me while rehearsing for a next scene to shoot. And I got a deep cut on my right-hand knuckle.'
The mass marriages in Srinagar were organised by the We The Helping Hands Foundation to curb dowry in society.
Nisha Sharma called the police when Munish and his parents allegedly demanded more dowry at the time of her wedding on Sunday night.
After spending 20 days in jail in a case of dowry torture, Raja Shree Mohanty, son of former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty, was granted bail by a local court on Friday.
Streedhan refers to gifts, money or property that a woman receives before her marriage, at the time of her marriage, during childbirth or widowhood, primarily from her parents, relatives or in-laws.
Amidst speculation about the whereabouts of the husband of the woman who allegedly committed suicide in the Bahamas complaining of torture for dowry, the Gurgaon police have sought permission to go the United States for investigation into her personal computer.
The top court said the direction to create family welfare committees in every district and the power conferred in them was 'not in accord with the statutory framework'.
In narrating the Maria story, Vatsala Mendonca, in the tradition of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaiden's Tale, Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street and Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things, places the protagonist challenges within the context of class and caste and religious and, most of all, patriarchal conflicts and ultimately finds strength and hope, inspiring readers to pursue their dreams and carve their own paths.
A probe team has been formed to investigate the matter and it will submit its report within 24 hours, District Magistrate Manoj Kumar said.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other family members became eligible only after the spouse's ineligibility or demise, the statement said. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has introduced an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, allowing female government employees or pensioners to grant family pension to their eligible child/children after their own demise, in place of of their spouse.
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