The Court said that dowry still persisted as a social evil and many cases of abuse over dowry demands went unreported.

While refusing to set aside the conviction of a man and his mother under Section 498A of the IPC, the Madras High Court noted ...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that married women cannot use police machinery to hold husband to ransom and expressed concern over much abused Section 498A (cruelty to women in matrimonial ...

His next, titled The Verdict 498A, will chronicle the case of Deeptanshu Shukla, an engineer who was accused of dowry harassment and finally acquitted in 2016. Through the film, Shaandilyaa wants ...

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently observed that a marital cruelty case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) ...

The Supreme Court acknowledged potential misuse of dowry harassment laws (Section 498A IPC/Section 85 BNS) against men and their families, but refused to alter the legislation designed to protect ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises cruelty towards women by their husbands or in-laws, does not violate the right to equality ...

Kolkata: An allegation under Section 498A of the erstwhile IPC could not be "omnibus and vague"; it needed to be backed by evidence, Calcutta High Court said in a recent judgment, quashing ...