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Panel to seek review of judgment

Bageshree S.

Bangalore: The Karnataka Women's Commission will meet the Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan during his scheduled visit to Bangalore city on March 31 to seek review of two recent Supreme Court decisions that will have a serious impact on the lives of women.

They will discuss the Supreme Court's January 5, 2007, judgment that states that money taken for "domestic purposes" cannot be termed as dowry and the December 12, 2006, judgment that says that nudity, per se, is not obscene.

Speaking to The Hindu, commission chairperson Pramila Nesargi said the commission has decided to build pressure on the Government to set up advisory committees to ensure that the Dowry Prohibition Act (1961) is enforced effectively in the State.

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