What does dowry system mean?

It is a system in which young grooms are tortured by their wives for more money.

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It is a system in which the groom's parents are required to give expensive gifts to the bride's family for the marriage to happen.

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It is a system in which young brides are tortured by their husbands for more money.

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It is a system in which the bride's parents are required to give expensive gifts to the groom's family for the marriage to happen.

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The correct option is D It is a system in which the bride's parents are required to give expensive gifts to the groom's family for the marriage to happen.
Dowry system is a system in which the bride's parents are required to give expensive gifts to the groom's family for the marriage to happen.

Women’s rights activists brought ‘dowry deaths’ to light during the 1980s. Young brides were being murdered by their in-laws or husbands, greedy for more dowry.

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Q. In 1929, it was mandated that the groom should be at least 18 years old and the bride at least 16, for a marriage to be considered legal.

Q. A bride took a loan of ₹ 3 lakhs to meet the expenses of her marriage at an installment of ₹ 10,000 per month for 3 years.Find the extra money she needs to pay the bank.

Q. Legal Principle: The act of using influence on another and taking undue advantage of that person is called undue influence.

Factual Situation: An agreement was made between the fathers of a groom and a bride before their marriage that each would pay a certain sum of money to the husband. Father of the boy paid the promised amount but his wife's father failed to pay the amount. The boy sued his father in-law for the recovery of the promise amount of money.

Issue: Can the boy recover the money?

According to the Supreme Court's decision:

1. ‘Streedhan’, is a gift in gold valuables given to a woman by her family, is her “exclusive but not the absolute property.”

2. In this a husband had only a qualified right over a women’s ‘streedhan’- the right to use it in times of distress.

3. “Judicial separation” is a period of suspension of marriage granted by the court which may be used by the couple to explore the possibilities of reviving their broken marriage.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Q. S1: X is a woman, who married Y. On her wedding day, X's parents gifted her a house.

S2: A is a women and married B. Before marriage, B's family provided a list of their demands to be received on wedding day.

Which among the following options do you think could be true?

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