Dowry and protection to married women
By: Paras Diwan.
Publisher: Deep & Deep Publications
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Dowry -- India; Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
Description: Commentary; with text of acts and case-law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subtitle: Dowry prohibition acts, stridhan, dower and Muslim wife's right to maintenance, dowry-deaths and protection to battered wives, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, maintenance under section 125, Code of Criminal Procedure, etc., as amended up-to-date.