Dowry System in Bangladesh: A Socio- Legal Perspective

Abstract

Bangladesh suffers some evil culture and superstitions. Dowry system is one of the worst evil cultures in the society. It has been an ancient and widespread practice, as it is found and practiced almost all class of people irrespective of religious belief and economic and social condition. Though the government from time to time enacted laws for elimination of dowry practice, still it persists and found in the very whole texture of the society. There is a gap between practice and legal sanctions. The study in the beginning focuses on the socio- legal factors which constantly inspire dowry practice in Bangladesh and then finds out the loopholes of existing legal sanctions. The write up finally comes up with some recommendations of rethinking the existing legal sanctions to fight this evil.