Law Relating to Dowry, Dowry Death, Cruelty to Women & Domestic Violence, 2nd Edn.

The authors have made a venture to highlight the pathetic condition of the deserted, and dejected women who are the victims of the most despicable, detestable and utterly condemnable evil of demand of dowry. Dowry is a vice which has shattered the sacred bond of marriage and its alarming increase has created a cult of violence and expolitation to the extent that the civilized society, the creator of the disease, has now become helpless and merely pathetic. Numerous laws have been enacted with full dynamism but this evil could not be nipped. The authors, in this book have shown the pain and agony, with a clarion call for the society to come forward to save the woman who is the mother of civilization. The authors while dealing with the social aspect of the problem, laid equal emphasis on the legal aspect also, punctuated with up-to-date case law to enable the legal fraternity to understand the magnitude of the problem and make sincere efforts to resolve the problem.