The laws that protect women have been misused frequently. Men have been accused falsely under the Dowry Prohibition Act, of domestic violence or various kinds of crimes against women in the past few years. Victims who are falsely accused find it hard to get their everyday life back. Rajesh (name changed) who is currently working […]
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Official data shows a decline in dowry harassment cases in the city last year. Activists disagree. Cases of dowry harassment have decreased by 22.71 percent from 2019 to 2020 in Bengaluru. Women’s rights activists attribute this to the under-reporting of cases rather than an actual decline. In the last five years, according to the National […]
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The number of cases of dowry harassment in the city have seen an 18 per cent rise. By Archita Chakraborty Bengaluru is facing an increase in number of dowry crimes. A total of 1,063 dowry cases have been filed at Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court last year. The number of dowry cases under IPC section […]
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The rate of dowry cases has been on a steady rise since the past three years Bangalore, Sept 11, 2018: The City Crime Control Bureau, Commissioner’s Office states in its statistics that in 2016, there were 725 cases reported on dowry, followed by 728 cases in 2017 and 398 till July of 2018. The city […]
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