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Dowry deaths

  • India’s dowry problem is actually a marriage problem

    India’s dowry problem is actually a marriage problem

    Divya Aslesha
    · May 31, 2026 · 09:00 am
  • How audiences in Delhi reacted to ‘Om Swaha’, a 1979 feminist street play about dowry deaths

    How audiences in Delhi reacted to ‘Om Swaha’, a 1979 feminist street play about dowry deaths

    Deepti Priya Mehrotra
    · Sep 08, 2025 · 08:30 am
  • Greater Noida man accused of killing wife over dowry shot in leg while trying to escape: Police

    Greater Noida man accused of killing wife over dowry shot in leg while trying to escape: Police

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 25, 2025 · 08:18 am
  • Kerala dowry deaths: Husbands of two women taken into custody amid outrage

    Kerala dowry deaths: Husbands of two women taken into custody amid outrage

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 23, 2021 · 05:43 pm
  • Kerala: Husband, mother-in-law allegedly starve woman to death for dowry in Kollam

    Kerala: Husband, mother-in-law allegedly starve woman to death for dowry in Kollam

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    · Mar 31, 2019 · 10:30 am
  • Gurugram: Man allegedly murders wife by stabbing her over 40 times, arrested

    Gurugram: Man allegedly murders wife by stabbing her over 40 times, arrested

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  • Husband’s kin should not be involved in marital discord cases if their involvement is not proven: SC

    Husband’s kin should not be involved in marital discord cases if their involvement is not proven: SC

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 22, 2018 · 06:21 pm
  • How a dowry death in Delhi gave birth to feminist street theatre in India

    How a dowry death in Delhi gave birth to feminist street theatre in India

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    · Jul 13, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Dowry death cases: Presumption of guilt has to be backed by cogent evidence, says Supreme Court

    Dowry death cases: Presumption of guilt has to be backed by cogent evidence, says Supreme Court

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    · Nov 20, 2016 · 01:31 pm