@ Author
Just playing devil (suggest to take my takes in that spirit only) while rebutting for sake of this thread post.
Check whether someone from the girl's father's family or mother's family has ditched her husband for trivial reasons and staying in her parent's house
Take: That is what Indian ‘arranged marriage’ are all about. So?
If the girl that you are going to marry is currently having a full fledged relationship with someone who is a frequent visitor to the girl's house - stay away
Take: A milkman is generic visitor to most Indian families every morning and evening (you see fresh milk is staple needs of great Indian middle class). So?
If the girl is having a relationship with her brother in law or her close relative - stay away
Take: Then generic counter advise all prospective grooms to fist take crash course in ‘becoming certified detective and master of spying instrumentation. So?
Check whether the girl's family is in deep debt (lot of home loans, car loans) and their income is less than their spending
Take: That is what Indian ‘arranged marriage’ are all about. So?
If both the girl's parent are working be double cautious , girls with lot of freedoms can really be troublesome
Take: That will alienate all prospective brides from ‘great Indian middle class” as well as “suffering ‘rural populace” so all that will be left is Shelter Homes / orphanage prospective available brides. Well is that is your advise then let prospective reader decide the last mile left outs and carry on for that matter.
Make sure there is not much difference in economic status between your family and girl's family
Take: That is what Indian ‘arranged marriage’ are all about. So?
Make sure the girl is a good match to you physically. (example if she is fat and you are too thin, stay away)
Take: That is what Indian ‘arranged marriage’ are all about. Well many prefer in that way too, So?
If the girl starts saying things like "I love you ,etc." before marriage , just do not get melted , 90% of the time she may be just acting as told by her parent.
Take: Too late this caution is. Hon’ble SC has already banned Lie detector and brain mapping test which are against consent of parties and who in such case will come forward to give consent think now ! And BTW which Govt. lab you plan to avail services of to authentify her statement made in heat of expectations for a appropriate match!
If the girl has got a close lawyer relative and the lawyer is not earning much from his practice, be extra cautios. Verify whether the lawyer is ready to fight a fake 498a case.
Take: Lawyers are not covered under IT disclosure (though we do our best to file correct returns) and many successive govt. never dared to touch us. So?
If the girl is very hot tempered , better to avoid
Take: Also suggest from where in market a prospective groom is going to buy ‘temperature meter” to check that in early days of their courtshoip!
If you belive in astrology , for God's sake get both of your kundali matched by a good astrologer
Take: That is what Indian ‘arranged marriage’ are all about. So?
If you are not taking any dowry, better put in writing that "No dowry was exchanged in this marriage" in a stamp paper and get it signed by the girl and her parent
Take: You did not read Dowry laws correctly that means; it says the occasion are three fold to book you under such laws – 1st. time – before marriage 2nd time - during marriage (which you offcourse said so) and 3rd time – anytime during their marriage. So brother add 1st. and 3rd. too while cautioning all prospective groom readers here with correct Law. Also be known that she can always say, this pyara husband of mine and his side of pyari family put 100% stainless steel kitchen knife on my head and my parents head to sign such under duress disclosures / statement, so you see @ author all prospective grooms and his side of family goes for a toss initially under this Law read with IPC and there goes for some years to come hope of even their re-marriage as innocence prooving by groom is most challenging act they ever come across by then their mid life crisis.
However appreciate your initial discussion points raised before us but put more efforts in studying case laws and then re-write some genuine doable guidelines for all those prospective grooms as in my opinion no prospective and already established husband is 100% safe till gender biasness remains in such matrimonial Laws.