New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that persistence of the social evil like dowry requires a much larger consideration and asked the law commission to consider suggestions in a plea.

A.S. Bopanna told Biju, representing the petitioners Sabu Steephen and others, the law commission can look at the suggestions on strengthening the dowry prohibition law — to make it more effective — instead of the court issuing notice in the matter.

Justice Chandrachud added that the plea has raised a very substantial grievance but these are matters imminently for the legislature to decide — to give more teeth to the law. He cited the SC/ST Act, which was amended repeatedly to give it more teeth. The top court was hearing a plea by two social activists and a lawyer practising in the Supreme Court seeking certain concrete directions to curb the social evil of dowry.