MONEY THAT A HUSBAND DEMANDS FROM HIS WIFE’S FAMILY IN ORDER TO PAY FOR HIS NEWBORN’S EXPENDITURES DOES NOT QUALIFY AS DOWRY

In a recent judgement, a single judge bench of Justice Bibek Chauduri ruled that if husband demands money from his wife’s paternal home to meet the expenses for his new born child it does not come under the definition of dowry.  The decision was made in response to an instant Read more