Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 Archives - Shades of Knife https://www.shadesofknife.in/tag/dpact/ True Colors of a Vile Wife Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:38:20 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.shadesofknife.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-1021-32x32.jpg Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 Archives - Shades of Knife https://www.shadesofknife.in/tag/dpact/ 32 32 Are Offices of Dowry Prohibition Officers in AP designated as Police Stations? https://www.shadesofknife.in/are-dowry-prohibition-officers-in-ap-designated-as-police-stations/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/are-dowry-prohibition-officers-in-ap-designated-as-police-stations/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:06:47 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=23484 Continuing from Round-1 litigation here, this page captures the Round-2 litigation efforts. Now that the Respondent #3 in WP(PIL).No. 115/2025 admitted to AP High Court that Dowry Advisory Boards were activated hurriedly from August 2025, the next step was to check if the Dowry Prohibition Officers are actually performing the DPO Activities (specifically the 6 […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/are-dowry-prohibition-officers-in-ap-designated-as-police-stations/feed/ 0 Charul Shukla Vs State of UP and Ors on 25 Mar 2026 – Judgment Summary https://www.shadesofknife.in/charul-shukla-vs-state-of-up-and-ors-on-25-mar-2026-judgment-summary/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/charul-shukla-vs-state-of-up-and-ors-on-25-mar-2026-judgment-summary/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:06:41 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=23219 In Charul Shukla vs State of U.P. & Others (2026), the Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court’s refusal to quash criminal proceedings against the complainant’s sister-in-law and parents-in-law. The case alleged offences under Sections 498A, 323, 354 IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Court carefully examined whether […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/charul-shukla-vs-state-of-up-and-ors-on-25-mar-2026-judgment-summary/feed/ 0 Rajesh Chaddha Vs State of Uttar Pradesh on 13 May 2025 – Judgement Summary https://www.shadesofknife.in/vague-allegations-cannot-sustain-conviction-under-section-498a-ipc/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/vague-allegations-cannot-sustain-conviction-under-section-498a-ipc/#respond Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:04:00 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=22992 In Rajesh Chaddha v. State of Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court held that vague and omnibus allegations cannot sustain a conviction under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The Court examined a case where the husband challenged his conviction for alleged cruelty and dowry […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/vague-allegations-cannot-sustain-conviction-under-section-498a-ipc/feed/ 0 Abuzar Ahmed and Ors Vs State of Karnataka and Anr on 8 Jan 2026 https://www.shadesofknife.in/abuzar-ahmed-ors-vs-state-of-karnataka-anr-on-8-jan-2026/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/abuzar-ahmed-ors-vs-state-of-karnataka-anr-on-8-jan-2026/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:11:40 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=22657 The High Court of Karnataka quashed criminal proceedings initiated under Section 498A and Section 504 of the IPC, read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The Court examined the complaint in detail. It found that the allegations described routine marital disagreements. They did not disclose grave cruelty or a specific […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/abuzar-ahmed-ors-vs-state-of-karnataka-anr-on-8-jan-2026/feed/ 0 Dowry Prohibition Officers of Telangana working? https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-telangana-working/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-telangana-working/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:21:56 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=22449 After moving a PIL before AP High Court here, now I chose to approach Telangana High Court with same prayers. As usual, we have the routine drill to file RTIs which was done in 2025 itself! The following are the RTI applications (along with First and Second Appeals) RTI Application to Home Department (Prosecutions) of […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-telangana-working/feed/ 0 Dowry Prohibition Officers of Andhra Pradesh working? https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-andhra-pradesh-working/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-andhra-pradesh-working/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:22:40 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=21614 After failing to make sense of the hypocrisy of Police and Judiciary on the fact that Dowry giving is equally punishable as much as Dowry taking under same section i.e., Section 3 of Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, so I decided to go in a different route. The usual combo of offences that Police add to […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-officers-of-andhra-pradesh-working/feed/ 2 Dowry Prohibition Act Judgments https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-act-judgments/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-act-judgments/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2020 08:54:28 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=10090 Here are a collection of judgment pertaining to Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 and other cases involving Dowry element. Sarla Prabhakar Waghmare Vs State of Maharashtra And Others on 10 April 1989 [SC:Cruelty should be such that, as to make woman commit harm to herself] Sankar Prasad Shaw and Ors Vs The State and Anr on […]

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/dowry-prohibition-act-judgments/feed/ 0 NCRB does not collect Info on Dowry Givers https://www.shadesofknife.in/ncrb-does-not-collect-info-on-dowry-givers/ https://www.shadesofknife.in/ncrb-does-not-collect-info-on-dowry-givers/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:05:18 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=10017 Here is the Response I got from NCRB stating that ‘Information on persons arrested for crime of giving dowry is not collected by NCRB‘

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]]> https://www.shadesofknife.in/ncrb-does-not-collect-info-on-dowry-givers/feed/ 0 Korimerla Videesha Vs State of A.P. and Anr on 12 October 2018 https://www.shadesofknife.in/korimerla-videesha-vs-state-of-a-p-and-anr-on-12-october-2018/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 12:33:41 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=7796 In a rare act, Justice Satyanarayan Murthy has given a Quash order in a false 498A IPC case. He also invoked AP Dowry Prohibition Rule 1998 which are available here. Citations: Other Source Links: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/114175976/

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]]> Amendments made to Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 https://www.shadesofknife.in/amendments-made-to-dowry-prohibition-act-1961/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:08:28 +0000 https://www.shadesofknife.in/?p=7271 Here are the 1984 and 1986 amendments made to Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 here. Contact me here for ‘Statement of Objects and Reasons’.

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