By default a highly educated woman should be denied compensation as she can maintain herself. In our community for past 100 years no one has taken dowry and it is not in the culture. In place like Mumbai most people pay 50% towards marriage expenses too. So there is no question of dowry. In our law system there is no option of divorce due to incompatibility or wavelength don't match. So educated woman take route of false DV, 498A to prove that they are Abla nari. My wife wanted me to allow her to live with her parents 3 times a week as she is their only child. I allowed once a week so she filed divorce. Can you imagine? One side she says I was asking money from her parents and in maintenance application she says I earn 4 times more than her parents. She is highly educated but purposely left her job. If I don't give her money then I am cruel but no objection on her attitude.
There are various places in India where Dowry is still very common but it is upto girl whether to bend or object.