MP High Court restores husband’s conviction for dowry demand and cruelty, holding that a prior dowry agreement is not required.
Read Full ArticleKerala High Court rules that entrustment of stridhan cannot be presumed and must be proved with evidence to claim return of gold or money.
SC: Woman's father can't seek return of her stridhan; court quashes belated criminal case, emphasizing only a woman can claim her stridhan under Hindu law.
Supreme Court orders man to pay Rs 25 lakh for taking wife's jewelry in 2003, emphasizing her right to stridhan as absolute property.
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