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Three awarded life term in Sirsa dowry death case

Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 19:49

A local court Thursday sentenced a couple and their son to life imprisonment for harassing their five-month pregnant daughter-in-law for dowry and driving her to commit suicide.

UP: Woman killed for dowry

Last Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012, 13:33

A 21-year-old newly-married woman was strangled to death allegedly by her husband and in-laws over dowry in Uttar area, police said here.

Judges must act fairly and be above suspicion: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 22:19

The SC has set aside an order of a single judge of the Delhi HC who had dismissed an appeal against acquittal in a dowry death case.

School teacher denied bail in dowry death case

Last Updated: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 18:33

Seema and the other accused were arrested the following day.

Four arrested for driving newly-wed to suicide

Last Updated: Friday, October 14, 2011, 13:42

Four persons of a family have been arrested here on charges of harassing their newly wed daughter-in-law for dowry following which she committed suicide, police said Friday.

Five jailed for dowry death in Delhi

Last Updated: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 15:50

A 75-year-old man along with his wife and three other family members have been jailed for varying periods by Delhi court.

Woman burnt to death over dowry

Last Updated: Friday, April 1, 2011, 13:55

A woman was burnt to death allegedly by her in-laws over dowry at Toda village, police said Friday.

Mother, son gets ten-year RI in dowry death case

Last Updated: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 16:10

A mother and her son from Sangli district of Maharashtra were sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a fast track court here in a dowry death case.

CAT upholds dismissal of teacher convicted for dowry death

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 19:27

The Central Administrative Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a woman teacher of an MCD-run primary school, following her conviction in a dowry death case in her family.

Death penalty should be given to those killing for dowry: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 23:56

Supreme Court Thursday said that death sentence should be awarded in dowry death and bride burning cases as they fall under the "rarest of rarest" category while observing the Indian society has become totally sick and commercial.

SC quashes its own judgement in dowry death case

Last Updated: Friday, August 27, 2010, 00:20

SC has set aside its own order passed in a dowry death case in 2008 on the ground that the accused husband and mother-in-law were not heard at the time of quashing their remission of sentence in the case.

Woman beaten to death for dowry in UP, husband arrested

Last Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 13:20

A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her in-laws over a dowry-related dispute, following which her husband has been arrested, police said Thursday.