Diwan, Paras, 1924-

Dowry and protection to married women / Paras Diwan. - New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications, c1987. - 374 p. ; 23 cm.

Subtitle: Dowry prohibition acts, stridhan, dower and Muslim wife's right to maintenance, dowry-deaths and protection to battered wives, Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, maintenance under section 125, Code of Criminal Procedure, etc., as amended up-to-date.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Commentary; with text of acts and case-law.

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Dowry--India.
Married women--Legal status, laws, etc.--India.

KNS581 / .D59 1987

306.8 / DID 1987