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1 J. E. Asia & Int'l L. 275 (2008)
Dowry Deaths (Bride Burning) in India and Abetment of Suicide: A Socio-Legal Appraisal

handle is hein.journals/jeasil1 and id is 275 raw text is: Dowry Death in India 275 NOTES & COMMENTS Dowry Deaths (bride burning) in India and Abetment of Suicide: A Socio-Legal Appraisal Dr. Nehaluddin Ahmad* 1. Introduction Dowry system as a social problem has acquired grave dimensions in recent years and all attempts for a legal solution have not produced the desired result. Over the past few years, the cases of bride burning have registered a sharp increase through-out India, everyday, almost every six hours, somewhere at some place in India,1 a young married woman is being burnt alive or beaten to death or being pushed the commit suicide.2 The gravity of the situation may also be judged from the fact hat the National Commission of the Women has recommended for the scraping of the dowry Prohibition Act. It only shows that the reality of the situation is beyond the legislative and enforcement activities. According to data complied by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India, a total of 2,276 female suicides due to dowry disputes were reported in 2006 that is six a day on an average, while the figure was 2,305 in 2005. In 2004, at least 2,585 such cases were registered across the country.3 On an average one Indian woman commits suicide every four hours over a dowry dispute, as per official data, despite a series of laws to empower them.4 Dowry has been referred and may defined as unilateral transfer of resources from Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Law Multimedia University, Malaysia, The author may be contacted at: ahmadnehal@yahoo.com. 1 Anita Pratap, Women killed by greed and oppression, TIE, Sept. 11, 1995. 2 The National Commission for women in India in one of its year reports (2000). 3 Shuriah Niazi, State of Dowry Deaths (Jul. 15, 2008), available at httpY/www.bologi.conr/wfs6/2008/wfs 1107.htm (last visited on Aug. 25, 2008). 4 Dowry Death Every 4 hrs in India, available at httpJ/www.zeenews.comarticles.asp?aid=414869&sid=LIF (last visited on Aug. 18, 2008). 2JEAIL(2008)

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