Supreme Court gave a historic decision by changing the decision of the High Court, said- not only asking for dowry is wrong…

Women have to face harassment in their in-laws’ house because of dowry and other things. To save such women from all these harassments, the government has now made laws. Due to these laws, the courts also save women from harassment and action is also taken against those who harass. In such a situation, the Supreme Court has given an important decision on a big case of dowry and harassment.

A similar case has come up in the country’s Supreme Court in which a woman has alleged harassment. In such a situation, the Supreme Court has heard the case of harassment from the women’s side. During this, dowry was not demanded from the woman, but due to this, the case was first dismissed in the High Court. Then the Supreme Court also said that there is no need to demand dowry to prove cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC.

The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Prasanna B Varale of the Supreme Court heard this case. They said that the main objective of 498A is to protect women from cruelty by their husbands or in-laws. It is not necessary that cruelty is done only by demanding dowry. The Supreme Court has also made it clear during the decision that the scope of 498A is not limited to demanding dowry only.

The Supreme Court also says that if any woman is tortured mentally or physically, then section 298A is applicable on her, whether dowry is demanded or not. The bench of the Supreme Court also says that if the husband or in-laws behave in such a way that the woman suffers physical or mental harm, then it is considered cruelty.

For your information, let us tell you that before the Supreme Court, this decision had reached the High Court. This entire matter is related to Andhra Pradesh. In such a situation, an order was also issued by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to cancel the primary case registered against the person and his family. In such a situation, the court had to say that because no demand for dowry was made, therefore the case of 498A does not arise at all. But now the matter has gone to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the High Court. The Supreme Court has said that other forms of cruelty are also crimes.