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The Court further observed that compelling a married woman to live in her parental home on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry would also amount to mental harassment.
Jharkhand has the highest rate of dowry cases in the country, according to the latest report by NCRB. The state also ranks second in cases of domestic violence, procurement of minor girls, and kidnapping of women. Read more about the alarming situation in Jharkhand.
The High Court upheld sentence of a man convicted for demanding dowry from his wife which ultimately drove her to suicide.
The Orissa High Court recently quashed a case of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) initiated against a woman by her brother's wife
There is an increase in the number of dowry, rape, and attempt to rape complaints received in the National Commission for Women in the last three years, the Union Women and Child Development Ministry said.