laws for women in india

1. Laws for
Women
in India
Puttu. Guru Prasad

2. Violence against women
Female Foeticide And Infanticide
Honor Killing
Domestic Violence- Cruelty, Dowries & Dowry
Death, Dying Declaration
Sati
Witch Killing
Modesty And Obscenity- Indescent
Representation, Sexual Harassment
Rape
Prostitution And Trafficking

3. Constitutional Provisions for the
rights of the women in India
•Hindu Adoption And Maintenance Act,
1956
•Immoral Trafficking Act, 1956 Dowry
Prohibition Act, 1961
•Medical Termination Of Pregnancy
Act, 1971 Indecent Representation Of
Women
•Prohibition Act, 1986
•Commission Of Sati Prevention
Act, 1987
•Comission of sati (prevention)
act, 1987 National Commission
For Women Act, 1990
•The Prenatal Diagnostic
Techniques (Regulation And
Prevention) Act, 1994
•Domestic Violence Act, 2005

4. Female Foeticide
The Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention) Act, 1994
 Provides the regulation of the use of PNDT for the
purpose of detecting genetic or metabolic disorders or
chromomsomal abnormalities or certain congenital
malformations or sex linked disorders, and
 Provides for the prevention of the misuse of such
techniques for the purpose of prenatal sex determination
leading to female foeticide.

5. Honour Killing
There are no specific laws for Honour
Killing but there are few provisions in
the constitution:
 Sections 299-304
 Section 307
 Section 308
 Sections 120A and B
 Sections 107-116
 Sections 34 and 35
 Section 300

6. Domestic Violence
 Domestic Violence Act, 2005
 Cruelty
Section 498A, Indian Penal Code
Section 113A, Indian Evidence Act
 Dowries & Dowry Deaths Section
304B, Indian Penal Code Section
113B, Indian Evidence Act
 Dying Declaration
Section 32 (1), Indian Evidence Act
Section 157, Indian Evidence Act

7. Witch KillingWitch Killing
There are no specific legislations
regarding witch killing. But there
are few section which deals with
cases related to it.
 Sec 302 which charge for
murder
 Sec 307 attempt for
murder
 Sec 323 hurt
 Sec 376 which penalises for
rape
 Sec. 354 which deals with
outraging a woman’s

8. SatiSati
The comission of sati
(prevention) act, 1987
•To provide for the more
effective prevetion for the
commission of sati and its
glorification and for matters
connected herewith
incidental thereto.

9. ObscenityObscenity ModestyModesty
The Indecent Representation Of
Women (Prohibition) Act to prohibit
indecent representation of women through
advertisement or in publications, writings,
paintings, figures or in any other manner
and for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto.
Section 509 & Section 354 for
dealing with sexual harassment

10. RapeRape
Section 375
Section 376A
Section 376B
Section 376C
Section 376D

11. TraffickingTrafficking
&&
ProstitutionProstitution
 Immoral Trafficking
(Prevention) Act, 1986
For prevention of
trafficking for the
purpose of prostitution
Any person involved in
management or
maintenance of a brothel
shall be punishable

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