MD Safruddin, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun
ABSTRACT
Dowry system is prevalent in India since medieval times. By legal definition, dowry is considered a valuable security. Dowry is considered to be the gift that is given to a daughter for getting married, by her family to maintain her independence. A large section of society in India believes that giving dowry is a mandatory practice that must be followed. During the colonial period, the dowry system became one of the legal ways to marry. In present day India, with its growing economy, the trend is now encouraging a steady rise in bride prices among all socioeconomic levels. But the rise in bride prices in the form of dowry has led to an increase in violence against women. In India, both taking and giving dowry are crimes and are prohibited as per the “Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961”. It is evident that dowry has become a major social issue. The dowry system has been replaced by dowry deaths, where a woman commits suicide or is killed because of the immoral demands and abusive treatment of her husband or in-laws. The utmost purpose of this research is to study the current status of dowry system in India.
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