The second thing about your question, in '85 when they reformed the dowry act, a clause said all dowry (of a dead wife) would revert to the giver, meaning the parent, if it is proved to be a murder.

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Bridewealth and dowry have certain obvious similarities in that they both involve ...

Dowry payments in India's villages have been largely stable over the past few decades, a World Bank study has found. Researchers looked at 40,000 marriages that took place in rural India between ...