DOWRY PROBLEMS IN CHENNAI CITY
AUTHOR – JAYASWETHA. J, SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW THE TAMIL NADU DR. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI – 600113.
BEST CITATION – JAYASWETHA. J, DOWRY PROBLEMS IN CHENNAI CITY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (1) OF 2026, PG. 466-472, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to examine the involved social and cultural dowry practice. Dowry is a payment of cash or valuable gifts from the bride’s family to the bridegroom upon marriage. Dowry is one of the social evils which India needs to fight and abolish totally. The paper argues that this threat of Dowry has become a social trouble in modern India leading to the oppression of women, physical violence on the bride, financial and emotional stress on the parents of the bride, marital conflict, and so on. The practice of giving dowry is widespread and deep-rooted in Indian society. Paying dowry at the moment of marriage is almost considered a universal rule and dowry demands are rising.
Keywords: Dowry, Dowry deaths, Marriage and Women.