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Man Brings Bride Home From Her Parents' House, Then Beats Her To Death
A newly married woman was beaten to death by her husband for not meeting his demand of an TVS Apache bike and Rs 3 lakh in dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man Of Dowry Death Citing Insufficient Evidence
Delhi's Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between "may be true" and "must be true", the court said in the judgement.
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Pregnant Woman's Limbs Chopped Off, Body Burnt Over Dowry, In-Laws Flee
A 23-year-old pregnant woman was murdered, her hands and legs chopped off and the mutilated body set on fire in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district yesterday. Reena Tanwar's family has alleged that her husband Mithun and in-laws had been torturing her
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UP Woman Dies By Suicide, Case Against Husband, In-Laws For Dowry: Cops
A 24-year-old woman was found hanging at her residence in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Thursday as her father alleged that she was killed for dowry by her husband and in-laws, police said on Thursday.
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Clerical Error Delays 78-Year-Old UP Woman's Release By Two Years
A clerical blunder delayed a 78-year-old woman's release from a correction home in Kanpur for two years, even after the Uttar Pradesh government ordered her release following the remission of her life sentence in a dowry death case.
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Woman Stabbed To Death By Estranged Husband In UP, Was Tortured Over Dowry
A woman was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in a village here on Saturday, police said.
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No Fortuner In Dowry, Woman Killed By Husband, In-Laws In Greater Noida
A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and his family in Greater Noida for being unable to meet their dowry demands that included a Toyota Fortuner and Rs 21 lakh cash, police said.
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28-Year-Old Odisha Woman, Daughter Found Dead; Family Blames Husband: Cops
A woman allegedly killed her two-year-old daughter and then hanged herself to death in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday, police said.
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Man Accused In Dowry Death Case Slits Neck With Blade In Noida Court: Cops
A man accused in a dowry death incident in Greater Noida on Friday slit his neck with a blade inside a local court while a hearing in the case was underway, officials said.
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Women's Panel Seeks Report From Cops In Kerala Doctor Suicide Case In 5 Days
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has expressed deep concern over the death of a young doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, who allegedly died by suicide due to dowry demands and requested detailed action taken report within
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'He Didn't Stand By Her': Doctor's Brother On How Dowry Demand Crushed Her
Kerala Dowry Case: Jasim Nas did not want her sister Shahana to marry into a family that demanded dowry. But the 26-year-old doctor was certain that she had chosen a "good man". Jasim had agreed to support the match, only for his sister's happiness.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Delhi Court Acquits Doctor Of Dowry Death, Cites "Benefit Of Doubt"
More than 10 years after a woman doctor committed suicide at AIIMS-Delhi, a court in Delhi has acquitted her husband, also a doctor, of causing her death with his demands for dowry.
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Strict Punishment For Hit-And-Run Cases? What New Bill Says
In an effort to curb hit-and-run cases, the government has proposed a new provision as part of its overhaul of criminal laws in the country.
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UP Woman's Body Exhumed After Brother Alleges Dowry Death: Cops
The body of a 36-year-old woman, whose in-laws had claimed she died due to electrocution, was exhumed on Friday as her brother alleged she was killed over dowry, police said.
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Man Brings Bride Home From Her Parents' House, Then Beats Her To Death
A newly married woman was beaten to death by her husband for not meeting his demand of an TVS Apache bike and Rs 3 lakh in dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha.
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Delhi Court Acquits Man Of Dowry Death Citing Insufficient Evidence
Delhi's Dwarka Court recently acquitted a man of charges related to dowry death, citing benefits of the doubt. There is a long distance between "may be true" and "must be true", the court said in the judgement.
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Pregnant Woman's Limbs Chopped Off, Body Burnt Over Dowry, In-Laws Flee
A 23-year-old pregnant woman was murdered, her hands and legs chopped off and the mutilated body set on fire in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district yesterday. Reena Tanwar's family has alleged that her husband Mithun and in-laws had been torturing her
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UP Woman Dies By Suicide, Case Against Husband, In-Laws For Dowry: Cops
A 24-year-old woman was found hanging at her residence in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia on Thursday as her father alleged that she was killed for dowry by her husband and in-laws, police said on Thursday.
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Clerical Error Delays 78-Year-Old UP Woman's Release By Two Years
A clerical blunder delayed a 78-year-old woman's release from a correction home in Kanpur for two years, even after the Uttar Pradesh government ordered her release following the remission of her life sentence in a dowry death case.
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Woman Stabbed To Death By Estranged Husband In UP, Was Tortured Over Dowry
A woman was stabbed to death by her estranged husband in a village here on Saturday, police said.
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No Fortuner In Dowry, Woman Killed By Husband, In-Laws In Greater Noida
A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and his family in Greater Noida for being unable to meet their dowry demands that included a Toyota Fortuner and Rs 21 lakh cash, police said.
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28-Year-Old Odisha Woman, Daughter Found Dead; Family Blames Husband: Cops
A woman allegedly killed her two-year-old daughter and then hanged herself to death in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday, police said.
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Man Accused In Dowry Death Case Slits Neck With Blade In Noida Court: Cops
A man accused in a dowry death incident in Greater Noida on Friday slit his neck with a blade inside a local court while a hearing in the case was underway, officials said.
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Women's Panel Seeks Report From Cops In Kerala Doctor Suicide Case In 5 Days
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has expressed deep concern over the death of a young doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, who allegedly died by suicide due to dowry demands and requested detailed action taken report within
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'He Didn't Stand By Her': Doctor's Brother On How Dowry Demand Crushed Her
Kerala Dowry Case: Jasim Nas did not want her sister Shahana to marry into a family that demanded dowry. But the 26-year-old doctor was certain that she had chosen a "good man". Jasim had agreed to support the match, only for his sister's happiness.
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"Psychological Trauma...": Delhi High Court On Dowry Deaths
The judicial system cannot stand by and allow the economic circumstances of a woman's parents to become her death warrants in her matrimonial home, the Delhi High Court has observed.
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Delhi Court Acquits Doctor Of Dowry Death, Cites "Benefit Of Doubt"
More than 10 years after a woman doctor committed suicide at AIIMS-Delhi, a court in Delhi has acquitted her husband, also a doctor, of causing her death with his demands for dowry.
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Strict Punishment For Hit-And-Run Cases? What New Bill Says
In an effort to curb hit-and-run cases, the government has proposed a new provision as part of its overhaul of criminal laws in the country.
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UP Woman's Body Exhumed After Brother Alleges Dowry Death: Cops
The body of a 36-year-old woman, whose in-laws had claimed she died due to electrocution, was exhumed on Friday as her brother alleged she was killed over dowry, police said.
