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  Maneka Gandhi opposes move to amend anti-dowry law

  Politics | March 23, 2015 13:20 IST

  New Delhi: Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, has expressed her opposition to the proposal seeking amendment to the anti-dowry law saying the present legislation was women-friendly."I don't think the law should be

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  10 pc of dowry cases false, govt mulls amending law

  India | March 22, 2015 12:46 IST

  New Delhi: A large number of cases filed every year under the dowry laws are fake. Approximately, 1 lakh dowry harassment cases are investigated every year out of which over 10,000 complaints are found to

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  Jaipur Police Inspector Held Under Dowry Law

  India | July 09, 2011 18:42 IST

  Jaipur, Jul 9: Vishwas Atal, a circle police inspector in Jaipur was arrested on Friday after his wife Laxmi Devi lodged a complaint  under Prevention of Dowry Act.  Vishwas had married a year and a