Dowry deaths

Six decades after it was officially banned in India, the spectre of dowry still hangs over many corners of the country. Last week, a 28-year-old woman living less than an hour from the nation’s capital was burnt alive, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, over an additional dowry demand. Such cases are reported with alarming frequency, laying bare one of Indian society’s gravest failings

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know about Crime Against Women Under Indian Penal Code,1860. This mantra from Smriti unmistakably shows the high spot of regard for women in the society in antiquated India, even so, the status of women in commonsense angles was not satisfactory.