Paper Key : IRJ************337
Author: Arunachalam
Date Published: 06 Nov 2023
Abstract
Dowry deaths is violence by the husband and his family with a motive of extortion of gifts and other demands from time to time against a woman. It is an ancient custom with no records or when it started or where. In India during the vedic and Indus civilization it is seen the dowry was practiced from that time. Dowry is defined under Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 'dowrymeans any property or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage.The unnatural death of recently married woman vital to womens moment in the Indian society through the meaning of dowry has changed over time but harassment and cruelty have remained the same to some extent. The main objective of this study is To understand the concept of dowry death.To suggest measures for its abolition completely in india.Dowry death is the result of a unique form of violence suffered by Indian women. In some cases, to escape the punishment by law, the husband and his family do not kill the woman directly but harass her mentally and physically forcing her to commit suicide.Government has enacted many laws regarding the prohibition of dowry.The research method followed is Emprical Research .random sampling is used and the total responses is 200.Many educational and awareness programme was run by the government and non- governmental organisation with the intent to the lesser down the rate of dowry death. section 304 B Dowry death, Section 498A,113 B was incorporated in Indian penal laws around 1986 to eradicate the nuisance of dowry death.
DOI LINK : 10.56726/IRJMETS45520 https://www.doi.org/10.56726/IRJMETS45520