Women Laws in India and Domestic Violence

Status of women in India
Rightly did Swami Vivekanand say, 'Just as a bird can not fly with one wing only, a Nation can not march forward if the women are left behind'. Men and women are the two holes of a perfect whole. Strength is borne of their union their separation results in weakness. Each has what the other does not have. Each completes the other, and is completed by other. Etymologically, the word 'woman' mean - half of man. The relation of the male and female is very well illustrated in our Nyaya Darshan by the analogy of mind and matter, which means that man and woman are closely associated with each other, as the soul and body. Therefore the women ought to be respected.

The Socio-Economic Status of Women in India Ancient to Modern Era:
There is no doubt that we are in the midst of a great revolution in the history of women. The evidence is everywhere; the voice of women is increasingly heard in Parliament, courts and in the streets. While women in the West had to fight for over a century to get some of their basic rights, like the right to vote, the Constitution of India gave women equal rights with men from the beginning. Unfortunately, women in this country are mostly unaware of their rights because of illiteracy and the oppressive tradition. Names like Kalpana Chawla: The Indian born, who fought her way up into NASA and was the first women in space, and Indira Gandhi: The Iron Woman of India was the Prime Minister of the Nation, Beauty Queens like Aishwarya Rai and Susmita Sen, and Mother Teresa are not representative of the condition of Indian women.

Violence Towards Woman

Section 498A: of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which defines the offence of matrimonial cruelty, was inserted into the IPC by an amendment in 1983

Domestic Violence in Marriage: The aim of this article is to segregate this evil from the other righteous norms, thus trying to create a mental block or resistance amongst people towards the undue violence

Domestic Violence Act - Fundamental rights: Domestic violence is sadly a reality in Indian society, a truism. In the Indian

Subjugation of women rights lead to violation of human rights: Human rights as an issue occupies centre stage in contemporary public debate

Eve teasing In India And Tortious Liabilities: The term Eve teasing is used to refer to sexual harassment of women in public places

Bride burning and Laws in India: The system of dowry is deep rooted in the Indian society since the early days of the history

Law, Women And Advertisements: The Advertising Standards Council’s Code for Self regulation defines an advertisement

legal position of Eunuchs: This article is a very rare and sensitive article which delves

Women Suffrage: A comparative perspective toward women’s voting right between Scandinavian and Middle Eastern countries -with a focus in Iran

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: Despite of these legislations there is no legislation which particularly

Personal Dignity: Dignity is a universal human concern. Its moral agenda is to attempt a double kind of evaluation of the

Commercial Sex Workers: The commercial sex worker has been a universal being throughout civilization as prostitution

Women and Violence: Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide, in all socio-economic and educational classes

Domestic Violence Act, 2005-A Bane Or A Boon?: Domestic violence is one of the gravest and the most pervasive human rights violation

A Woman Can't Rape Woman: In State Govt. V. Sheodayal (1956 Cr LJ 83 M.P) M.P High court opined that modesty of a woman can be outraged by another women u/s 354.

Rights of Second Wife: Second marriage, during the subsistence of the first marriage, is illegal

Violence against women: This research paper introduces the discussion of legal responses to violence against women.

Violence against woman - Issue of Honor killing: A woman can be targeted by individuals within her family for a variety of reasons, including: refusing to enter into an arranged marriage

Can Women be Karta?: The Karta of a Hindu joint Family in Hindu Law is the senior most member of the family

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Gender Inequality