Laws for

Women
in India
Puttu. Guru Prasad
 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
 Constitutional Provisions for the
rights of the women in India
Commission Of Sati Prevention
Hindu Adoption And Maintenance Act,
Act, 1987
1956
Comission of sati (prevention)
Immoral Trafficking Act, 1956 Dowry
act, 1987 National Commission
Prohibition Act, 1961
For Women Act, 1990
Medical Termination Of Pregnancy
Act, 1971 Indecent Representation Of The Prenatal Diagnostic

Women Techniques (Regulation And

Prohibition Act, 1986 Prevention) Act, 1994

Domestic Violence Act, 2005

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.
 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
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
 Witch 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 womans
 Sati
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.
 Obscenity Modesty

The Indecent Representation Of

Women (Prohibition) Act to prohibit
indecent representation of women through Section 509 & Section 354 for
advertisement or in publications, writings,
paintings, figures or in any other manner and
dealing with sexual harassment
for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.
 Rape
Section 375
Section 376A
Section 376B
Section 376C
Section 376D
 Trafficking
&
Prostitution
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
Thank you