Yes. Any Indian wife and her relative can file 498a on her husband, his parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, wives of brothers, and other relatives. 498a (dowry harassment case) leads to arrest without any verification or investigation.
India, Pakistan and South Asian countries
Dowry is the giving of money as lumpsum amount in cash, gold, or kind by the bride's father to the groom during their wedding. This is prevalent in India for generations. SOME SIGNIFICANT CAUSES OF DOWRY IN THE PAST AND PRESENT PRESENT CAUSE 1. Dowry being the traditional, done thing, an accepted norm existing for generations to renegade is difficult. This is why dowry continues. 2. Dowry system continues out of necessity. Examples: A family accepts dowry for boy in the family (even though wanting to stop the traditional practice) out of compulsion that arises because the girl in the same family when wedded has to give dowry. The family justifies saying we take dowry for the boy because we have to give dowry for the girl. Another reason is when the boy's father has borrowed huge sums of money for the boy's education. The loan and its interest is mounting. It becomes imperative for this family to take dowry so that the money borrowed can be returned. Often while taking loan the money that will come into the family from dowry is figured in. So also, most parents keep saving for dowry from the time of birth of the female child because of the inevitable certainly of having to pay dowry at the time of girl's wedding. These two examples show pragmatic causes of dowry system prevailing through ages till now. ORIGINAL CAUSE FOR THE ANCIENT DOWRY SYSTEM 3. Originaly dowry acted as offering of insurance policy for those who got married. Dowry was safeguard for the girl in eventuality of being deserted by husband or becoming widow (child widows were many and they could not remarry ; )
An old saying is, "You can chose your friends, but you can't chose your relatives". This can be understood in two ways. In a negative sense, you may have relatives that you wouldn't normally "like". In a positive sense, regardless of how you feel about your relatives, they are still your relatives.
Sadly yes. If this is because you don't like the relatives you are being selfish. The child should still have the ability to see their relatives.
Nathan Hale has no famous relatives, or at least no one knows if there are any relatives that are still alive. The question and mystery stand unanswered.
Well, considering the fact that Blair wants a divorce from a royal and being in the marital code, it is normal for Louis's mother to want a dowry. It is necessary to be paid in case the marriage lasts for less then an year.
yes
I believe I may be One
No, and neither does Luigi.
It's on LiveJournal and Hawthorn and Vine. You have to have an account for both. LJ has the whole story whereas Hawthorn and Vine is still being updated.
Yes indeed, and he still has relatives there.
As of now, there are no known living relatives of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She passed away in 1957, and any direct descendants or relatives would likely belong to previous generations.