Should laws against child marriage, domestic violence or harassment be cancelled simply because enforcement is difficult?

Sixty years ago, India banned the giving and taking of dowries. Yet the practice continues to date, with deaths due to dowry demands showing no signs of abating. An average of 20 women die every day ...

Terming dowry a “cross-cultural evil” cutting across religions, the Supreme Courtof India has said in a judgment that the “social strategy” to marry daughters to “higher status families” has come at a ...