CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 14: Equality before law
Article 15: Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth
Article 16: Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment
Article 21: Protection of life and personal liberty
Article 23: Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour
Article 38: State to secure a social order for promotion of welfare of the people
Article 42: Provision for just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief
Artcile 43: Living wage, etc. for workers
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The 73rd Amendment Act: to reserve seats in elections to rural local bodies
The 74th Amendment Act: to reserve seats in elections to urban local bodies
LAWS RELATING TO WOMEN
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
National Commission for Women Act, 1990
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment Bill, 2007
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
LAWS RELATING TO CHILDREN
Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 1992
Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 2003
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956
LAWS RELATING TO THE ELDERLY
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
LAWS RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act, 1886
Bangalore Marriages Validating Act, 1936
Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
Indian Divorce Amendment Bill, 2001
Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
Marriages Validation Act, 1892
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936
LAWS RELATING TO MAINTENANCE
See the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for
Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents under section 125
Procedure to be followed under section 125
Alteration in allowance under section 125
Enforcement of the order of maintenance
LAWS RELATING TO PROPERTY, SUCCESSION, INHERITANCE, GUARDIANSHIP AND ADOPTION
Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928
Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956
Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
Indian Succession (Amendment) Act, 2002
Married Women's Property Act, 1874
Married Women’s Property (Extension) Act, 1959
LAWS RELATING TO ABORTION
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2001
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2002
LAWS RELATING TO WORKING WOMEN
LAWS RELATING TO CHARITABLE HOMES AND ORPHANAGES
Orphanages & Other Charitable Homes (Supervision & Control) Act, 1960
Women’s & Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
OTHERS
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2000
Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN UNDER THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
See the Indian Penal Code, 1860 for law on
Causing miscarriage or miscarriage without the woman's consent
Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
Assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty
Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage
Preventing a child from being born alive or causing its death after birth
Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Abandoning of child under 12 years of age
Importation of girl from foreign country
Selling minor for purpose of prostitution
Buying minor for purpose of prostitution
Intercourse by man with his wife during separation
Intercourse by public servant with a woman in his custody
Intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
Intercourse by a member of management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
Marrying again during lifetime of spouse
Concealment of former marriage
Fraudulent marriage ceremony without lawful marriage
Enticing, detaining or taking away with criminal intent a married woman
Husband or relative of a husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman
Assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty
Law Commission Reports Important Court Judgments
