iStockKanpur dowry case (Representative image)Criminal proceedings cannot be initiated on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated allegations, the Supreme Court has held, quashing a dowry harassment and cruelty case filed by a daughter-in-law against a Kanpur-based elderly couple in their seventies.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the complaint was filed nearly seven years after the alleged incidents. The court stressed that individuals must remain vigilant about the...