'Vague claims not enough,' SC on Kanpur dowry case

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...