Dowry Deaths: One Woman Dies Every Hour in India

The Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of a dowry, "as consideration for the marriage" and dowry here is defined as a gift demanded or given as a pre-condition for a marriage. "The existing law has certain loopholes and needs to be made stricter. Despite the amendments made to the Dowry Act in 1983, good results are still desired to be achieved," Nalwa said.
However, Kamini Jaiswal, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, says improper investigations by the police at the initial stage of a case slow down the process of judicial proceedings. "We need quick conviction in such cases. Our judicial procedure has become very slow, police does not record a case at initial stage," she said.
According to Nalwa, at times it is easy to get bail in the cases which are registered under the section 498 (a) of the IPC which deals with the subject of "husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty". National Commission for Women chairperson Mamata Sharma said the sole reason for such a huge number of deaths is the non-implementation of the law correctly.
"Police are required to be sensitised and the public needs to be made aware of their rights and laws. Then only we can achieve effective implementation of such laws," she said.

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