https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=53738 The persistence of dowry-related violence remains a pervasive legal and social problem despite statutory prohibition. Criminal-law mechanisms such as Section 498A face limitations from defence narratives treating transfers as gifts, requirements for visible physical injury, and narrow judicial interpretations of cruelty, producing low conviction rates. The text calls for stronger enforcement, earlier FIR registration for harassment, recognition of non-physical cruelty in evidence assessment, and systemic measures to counter societal normalization of dowry to improve protection and accountability. en-us Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:01:04 +0530 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:01:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=53738 The persistence of dowry-related violence remains a pervasive legal and social problem despite statutory prohibition. Criminal-law mechanisms such as Section 498A face limitations from defence narratives treating transfers as gifts, requirements for visible physical injury, and narrow judicial interpretations of cruelty, producing low conviction rates. The text calls for stronger enforcement, earlier FIR registration for harassment, recognition of non-physical cruelty in evidence assessment, and systemic measures to counter societal normalization of dowry to improve protection and accountability. News - Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:01:04 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=53738