What is life?
1.The quality that people, animals or plants have when they are not dead.
2.The period from an event until death
Abstract This study examines the underreported phenomenon of Indian wives murdering their husbands (2022-2025), where media reports suggest 270-300 annual cases (one every 32 hours). Analyzing 15 high-profile cases, we find poisoning (40%), strangulation (25%), and contract killings (15%) dominate, with 80% involving extramarital collusion. Systemic gaps – gender-biased laws, absent NCRB data categorization, and investigative biases – enable this hidden crisis. We argue for gender-neutral domestic violence laws, improved crime data systems, and specialized forensic protocols to address this alarming manifestation of marital breakdown in modern India. Keywords: spousal homicide, gender-neutral laws, intimate partner violence, crime data, India Introduction: The Silent Epidemic in Legal Shadows Marriage in India, traditionally revered as a sacred and indissoluble union, is undergoing a profound transformation as modern socio-economic pressures and evolving gender dynamics reshape ...
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