India’s Anti-Dowry Law: Tools to Harass Husbands

India’s Dowry Prohibition Act was crafted to empower women and prevent their victimization from avaricious husbands and in-laws while punishing those who tortured and killed brides for dowry. But in an ironic twist, men are increasingly getting the wrong end of the stick under the law.

Enacted in 1961, the law’s primary aim is to prevent husbands and the…