Saturday 20 October 2012

Present day concept of Dowry


On many cases it has been found that the bride’s family offers cash and kind to attract a well educated and good earning man. The bride’s family is ready to invest in order to secure good matrimony for the prospective bride. At the time of the marriage such gifts are handed over to the groom and his family by the bride’s family members with smiling faces. However, if something goes wrong in the marriage then the wife would implicate her husband and his relatives by stating that they had demanded and received dowry during her marriage. How can voluntary gifts be converted into dowry so easily?

If the husband asks for money from his wife it could be termed as demand for dowry. However, if a wife demands money from her husband then it is her marital right and there is nothing wrong with it. 

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