Dowry system in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Essay

This article may require cleanup to satiate Wikipedias quality standards. The specific problem is reference formatting. Please attention improve this article if you can. (March 2013) In India, helping (Hindi , Daheja in Hindi)1 is the payment in cash or some kind of gifts presumption to bridegrooms family along with the bride. Generally they include cash, jewellery,2 electrical appliances, furniture, bedding, crockery, utensils and other household items that dish the newly-wed set up her home.The dowry system is thought to put vast financial burden3 on the brides family. It has been one of the reasons for families and women in India resorting to sex pickax 4 in favor of sons. 5 This has distorted the sex ratio of India (940 females per thousand males 6)and has given rise to female foeticide. 7 The payment of a dowry has been prohibited to a lower place The 1961 fortune Prohibition Act in Indian civil legal philosophy and subsequently by Sections 304B and 498a of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Contents hide 1 national violence 2 Laws3 False dowry allegations 4 weigh also 5 References 6 External links domesticated violenceedit In 2001 nearly 7,000 dowry expirys8 were registered in India over inadequate dowry, aside from other mental trauma cases. 9 Bride burning,10 inducing suicides, physical and mental suffering by their conserve or in-laws is sometimes found to be through if the bride fails to bring sufficient dowry. 11 There be laws like Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 that help to reduce domestic violence and to cling to womens rights. LawseditSee also Dowry law in India Dowry became prohibited by law in 1961 with the purpose of prohibiting the demanding, giving and taking of dowry. To full point the offences of cruelty by husband or his relatives on the wife, fraction 498-A was added in Indian Penal Code and section 198-A in the barbarous Procedure Code in the year 1983. False dowry allegationsedit The dowry law (artic le 498a) is thought to sometimes have been misused12 by women to lodge stupid or exaggerated complaints against husbands and entire extended family accusing them of cruel behavior.As per the data only 2% of the cases registered for dowry demand have lead to conviction of the groom or grooms family. This had raised questions intimately rampant misuse of dowry laws in India by women to harass husbands family. According to one survey conducted by reputed Indian intelligence information magazine India Today, over 90% of presidential term servants actively seek and stick out dowry in marriage. It is a common feature for unmarried government servants to seek dowry relevant to the market rates of their post.These rates are sky-high, with an estimate of dowry rates for a bachelor IAS Officer (Indian administrative Services) being as high as Rs 50 Lac to Rs 5 Crore (up to USD 1 Million). These high rates are one of the primary reasons for corruption as young IAS officers after marriage are forced to take bribes to keep abreast their new lifestyle and match the financial status of their wealthy in-laws. See alsoedit Dowry law in India Female foeticide in India Referencesedit 1. pass across up Godrej Nupur Jagruti- Dahej Ke Khilaf Ek Awaz 2. jumpstart up Dowry death Police recovers Payals items. Tribune. 3. Jump up Indian Man Accused of Killing Wife Who Refused to end Third Daughter. National Right To Life News Today. whitethorn 17, 2011. 4. Jump up Govt looks to tighten abortion norms. The Times Of India. 5. Jump up Son preference attitude among Indian parents A silent requisite TwoCircles. net 6. Jump up Census of India India at a glance Sex Ratio 7.Jump up Kashmirs missing girls. Agence France-Presse. 2011-05-19. 8. Jump up Ash, Lucy (2003-07-16). Indias dowry deaths. BBC News. 9. Jump up Till death do us part. Deccan Herald. 20 May 2011. 10. Jump up School pays dowry to save girls from childhood marriage. CNN. 2011-06-16. 11. Jump up Rising dowry cases cast shadow over nuptial ravel. The Times of India. 2013-09-17. 12. Jump up Amend dowry law to stop its misuse, SC tells govt. The Times Of India. 2010-08-17.