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Request the Dept of State to re-initiate the Travel Advisory related to the Misuse of Dowry Laws in India to warn not on

Created by G.G. on February 27, 2015

The State Dept had the travel advisory on misuse of Indian Dowry Laws in 2004-2005.
“A number of U.S. citizen men who have come to India to marry Indian nationals have been arrested and charged with crimes related to dowry extraction. The courts sometimes order the U.S. citizen to pay large sums of money to his spouse in exchange for the dismissal of charges. The courts normally confiscate the American's passport.."
The Hon. Supreme Court of India in a recent Judgment (Arnesh Kumar vs State Of Bihar [CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1277, 2014] has raised grave concerns over misuse of IPC 498a, DV act
Similar Travel Advisory is presently issued by other countries:
CANADA: http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/india > Laws & Culture
AUSTRALIA: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/India > Laws

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