Dowry death: violation of right to life
by Uruba Naaz; Lakshmi Priya Vinjamuri
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies (IJHRCS), Vol. 11, No. 1, 2024

Abstract: Consistently in India, something like 15 young ladies are killed by their spouses or parents in law for neglecting to create an adequate endowment during the marriage. Despite the fact that India has many different laws in order to prevent and punish these dowry deaths, still these deaths continue to take place in an increasing number due to vague or ambiguous legislative language, bad enforcement, cultural attitudes, and economic inequality against women. The right to life refers to a person's right to live his or her life, more specifically, the right not to be killed or murdered by any other person or authority. It is a violation of article 21 of the Indian constitution by failing to prevent such murders which are termed as dowry deaths which occur for the lust to obtain dowry. This research problem highlights the traditions of dowry and problem of dowry death. Further, this research article also explains what it means to violate the different domestic laws and Article 21 of the Constitution by practising of killing a bride for the sake of dowry.

Online publication date: Tue, 16-Jan-2024

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