Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

Act No. 28 of 1961 In force from 01-07-1961 Ministry of Women and Child Development 13 sections

An Act to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry.

104 Supreme Court judgments considering this law. Search within these.

• B. Venkat Swamy v. Vijaya Nehru and Anr.
  2008 INSC 96625 August 2008Dismissed
• Priya Vrat Singh & Ors. v. Shyam Ji Sahai
  2008 INSC 9065 August 2008Appeal(s) allowed
• Baldev Singh v. State of Punjab
  2008 INSC 9004 August 2008Disposed of
• Renu Kumari v. Sanjay Kumar and Ors.
  2008 INSC 2783 March 2008Allowed
• Ran Singh and Anr. v. State of Haryana and Anr.
  2008 INSC 12130 January 2008Partly allowed
• Sunita Jain v. Pawan Kumar Jain & Ors.
  2008 INSC 10625 January 2008Disposed of
• Sanapareddy Maheedhar and Anr v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Anr.
  2007 INSC 128313 December 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• M. Srinivasulu v. State of A.P.
  2007 INSC 90510 September 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Arvind Kumar and Anr. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
  2007 INSC 77524 July 2007Disposed of
• Shiv Anand Mallappa Koti v. The State of Karnataka
  2007 INSC 6815 June 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Gajanand Agarwal v. State of Orissa and Anr.
  2007 INSC 41512 April 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Biswajit Halder @ Babu Halder and Ors. v. State of West Bengal
  2007 INSC 30519 March 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Anuran Rastogi and Ors. v. State of U.P. and Anr.
  2007 INSC 1137 February 2007Disposed of
• Appasaheb and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra
  2007 INSC 95 January 2007Appeal(s) allowed
• Gajanand Agarwal v. State of Orissa and Ors.
  2006 INSC 62618 September 2006Appeal(s) allowed
• Panakanti Sampath Rao v. State of A.P.
  2006 INSC 34618 May 2006Dismissed
• In Re: Enforcement and Implementation of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 v. -
  2005 INSC 2432 May 2005Allowed
• Nirmal Jeet Kaur v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Anr.
  2004 INSC 4901 September 2004Appeal(s) allowed
• State of Andhra Pradesh v. Raj Gopal Asawa and Anr.
  2004 INSC 17917 March 2004Partly allowed
• Kaliyaperumal and Anr. v. State of Tamil Nadu
  2003 INSC 42827 August 2003Partly allowed
• Satvir Singh and Ors. v. State of Punjab and Anr.
  2001 INSC 46427 September 2001Disposed of
• Asokan v. State Represented by Public Prosecutor, Madras
  2000 INSC 1905 April 2000Partly allowed
• Pawan Kumar and Ors. v. State of Haryana
  1998 INSC 769 February 1998Partly allowed
• S. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh
  1996 INSC 72711 July 1996Appeal(s) allowed