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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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Nursing Textbook That Listed "Merits Of Dowry" To Be Withdrawn After Row
The publishers of a college sociology textbook, which listed the merits of the dowry system, said that they have decided to withdraw the book from the market with immediate effect.
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Sena MP Writes To Union Minister Over BSc Textbook Containing 'Merits, Advantages Of Dowry System'
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for a book of Second-Year BSc students having "derogatory" remarks against women.
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"Ugly Girls Can Be Married Off": Textbook Lists Dowry 'Merits' In Shocker
An image of a book page, listing the "merits and advantages" of the dowry system, has gone viral on social media, prompting people to wonder the kind of message such reading material is sending to youngsters and the society at large.
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Kerala Woman Who Sent WhatsApp Messages On "Dowry Torture" Found Dead
In a tragic story that has left Kerala in shock, a 24-year-old woman who had sent WhatsApp messages to her family sharing photos of alleged torture over dowry, was found dead at her husband's home on Monday.
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Odisha School Teacher's Unique Demand From His Bride's Family
A 33-year-old school teacher refused dowry and instead received 1001 saplings as wedding gift with the brides parents agreeing to the unusual pre-condition set by the man in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
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Court In Madhya Pradesh Nullifies Triple Talaq For Not Following Norms
A family court has nullified the Triple Talaq given by a man to his wife saying that due procedure, as prescribed in Muslim religious texts, was not followed. Additional principal judge Omprakash Sharma on March 9 observed that the procedure adopted by Tousif Sheikh to divorce his wife was "illegal" and "ineffective" and nullified the same.
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18-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide Allegedly So Father Doesn't Have To Pay Dowry
In a tragic incident, a 18-year-old girl from Latur district, who was academically bright, committed suicide so her poor farmer father doesn't have to pay dowry for her marriage.
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At this wedding, families exchanged blows over bride's jewellery
High drama prevailed at a marriage function in Virudhunagar area of Tamil Nadu after the bridegroom's family allegedly objected to the bride wearing 'gilt' ornaments leading to fisticuffs between the two families and the ceremony being cancelled, police said today.
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Fighting for women's rights
Thousands of women are killed each year - by the family into which they marry - violence that is often ignored and unpunished by the system.
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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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Nursing Textbook That Listed "Merits Of Dowry" To Be Withdrawn After Row
The publishers of a college sociology textbook, which listed the merits of the dowry system, said that they have decided to withdraw the book from the market with immediate effect.
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Sena MP Writes To Union Minister Over BSc Textbook Containing 'Merits, Advantages Of Dowry System'
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for a book of Second-Year BSc students having "derogatory" remarks against women.
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"Ugly Girls Can Be Married Off": Textbook Lists Dowry 'Merits' In Shocker
An image of a book page, listing the "merits and advantages" of the dowry system, has gone viral on social media, prompting people to wonder the kind of message such reading material is sending to youngsters and the society at large.
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Kerala Woman Who Sent WhatsApp Messages On "Dowry Torture" Found Dead
In a tragic story that has left Kerala in shock, a 24-year-old woman who had sent WhatsApp messages to her family sharing photos of alleged torture over dowry, was found dead at her husband's home on Monday.
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Odisha School Teacher's Unique Demand From His Bride's Family
A 33-year-old school teacher refused dowry and instead received 1001 saplings as wedding gift with the brides parents agreeing to the unusual pre-condition set by the man in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
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Court In Madhya Pradesh Nullifies Triple Talaq For Not Following Norms
A family court has nullified the Triple Talaq given by a man to his wife saying that due procedure, as prescribed in Muslim religious texts, was not followed. Additional principal judge Omprakash Sharma on March 9 observed that the procedure adopted by Tousif Sheikh to divorce his wife was "illegal" and "ineffective" and nullified the same.
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18-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide Allegedly So Father Doesn't Have To Pay Dowry
In a tragic incident, a 18-year-old girl from Latur district, who was academically bright, committed suicide so her poor farmer father doesn't have to pay dowry for her marriage.
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At this wedding, families exchanged blows over bride's jewellery
High drama prevailed at a marriage function in Virudhunagar area of Tamil Nadu after the bridegroom's family allegedly objected to the bride wearing 'gilt' ornaments leading to fisticuffs between the two families and the ceremony being cancelled, police said today.
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Fighting for women's rights
Thousands of women are killed each year - by the family into which they marry - violence that is often ignored and unpunished by the system.
