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		<title>More Protection to Women in Live-in Relationships</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women in live-in relationships are supposed to receive the same protection as wives when it comes to domestic violence. Now,  it appears that that protection also applies to dowry. Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code has long been &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/more-protection-to-women-in-live-in-relationships">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Dowry: Not a Gift to a Baby</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 says, â€œDowry means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage; or by the parents &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/defining-dowry-not-a-gift-to-a-baby-300">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Burden of Proof in Dowry Deaths</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a dowry death case, the husband was acquitted because he was not present in the village at the time of his wife&#8217;s death. His parents were, however, convicted. The Rajasthan High Court set aside their conviction since the State &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/the-burden-of-proof-in-dowry-deaths-95">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trafficking and Prostitution</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post focusses on the EU. 1 Direct trafficking The expansion of the European Union and the opportunity to make money due to an ostensibly insatiable demand are factors which have contributed to up to 120000 women and children being &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/trafficking-and-prostitution-3">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Use and Misuse of Section 498A</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people seem to associate Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code exclusively with Indian anti-dowry laws. One does, of course, often hear allegations of the section being widely misused but have very rarely does one hear any actual cases &#8230; <a href="http://lawmatters.in/content/the-use-and-misuse-of-section-498a-1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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