Dhanvi Patil, Tvisha Gupta & Vatsala Satyakam, BBA LLB (Hons.), University of Mumbai, Thane Sub-Campus
ABSTRACT
Living law covers almost all the social laws in today's Indian legal landscape. After observing this landscape for a few days, researchers questioned the efficiency of these laws. Although dowry was declared an offence by The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, it is still widely practised in India. According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau as many as 13,479 dowry cases were registered in 2022.[1] The researchers also came across new information in their lectures where they learned about adultery which was considered to be a criminal offence until the year 2018 was decriminalised and is presently solely recognised as grounds for divorce. The research paper aims to study the disparity between formal and living law through the aforementioned topics.
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