High Court cancels dowry case, warns against criminalizing all failed marriages

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A High Court in India has cancelled a dowry-related criminal case. The court cautioned that routinely turning failed marriages into criminal proceedings harms the institution of marriage. It stated that not every strained or broken marriage should become a criminal case. The ruling was made while quashing a dowry harassment case filed by a wife.

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